Packaging Corporation of America

PKG Consumer Cyclical Packaging & Containers

Packaging Corporation of America’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $9.0 billion, up 7.23% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+12.5%
EPS
+16.7%
Free cash flow
+5.30%
Total debt
+60.1%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

248.02 11.15 −4.30%
Market cap
$22.2B
P/E
30.4×
Fwd P/E
26.2×
Dividend yield
2.22%
F-score
3/9
Altman Z
3.74
Beneish M
−2.64
Dividend safety
73/100

Packaging Corporation of America (PKG) EV/EBITDA

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As of 5 November 2026, Packaging Corporation of America (PKG) trades at a EV/EBITDA of 14.3×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 5.8× (February 2016) to 15.3× (November 2024); the current reading is higher than 98% of that period. That is above the Packaging & Containers industry median of 9.5× and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 9.8×.

EV/EBITDA, daily

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Annual newest first

Period EV/EBITDA Change
FY2025 12.6× (7.55%)
FY2024 13.6× 32.72%
FY2023 10.2× 36.91%
FY2022 7.5× (15.10%)
FY2021 8.8× (27.38%)
FY2020 12.1× 44.60%
FY2019 8.4× 23.47%
FY2018 6.8× (35.18%)
FY2017 10.5× 16.17%
FY2016 9.0× 22.31%

Quarterly newest first

Period EV/EBITDA Change
Sep 2026 13.3× (2.55%)
Jun 2026 13.7× 10.27%
Mar 2026 12.4× (1.27%)
Dec 2025 12.6× (1.46%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 5.8× High 15.3×
Ten-year median 9.4×
Current reading's percentile 98

EV/EBITDA against peers

Company EV/EBITDA
AMCR Amcor PLC compare 3.8×
IP International Paper Company compare 8.3×
CCK Crown Holdings, Inc. compare 8.7×
SW Smurfit Westrock PLC compare 8.7×
REYN Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. compare 10.5×
SON Sonoco Products Company compare 11.9×
AVY Avery Dennison Corporation compare 12.0×
PKG Packaging Corporation of America 14.3×
BALL Ball Corporation compare 15.6×
Packaging & Containers industry median 9.5×
Consumer Cyclical sector median 9.8×
Market median 10.9×

What EV/EBITDA is

Enterprise Value over EBITDA tells an investor how the market values a whole company, with debt added and cash taken off, against its operating earnings.

((Stock Price × Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)) + (Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter)) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)) ÷ EBITDA (TTM)

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