Packaging Corporation of America PKG
- Market cap
- $21.2B
- P/E
- 30.7×
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Packaging Corporation of America (PKG) EV/EBITDA
As of 25 September 2026, Packaging Corporation of America (PKG) trades at a EV/EBITDA of 13.6×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 5.8× (February 2016) to 15.3× (November 2024); the current reading is higher than 95% of that period. That is above the Packaging & Containers industry median of 9.0× and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 9.4×.
EV/EBITDA, daily
Annual
| 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
| Period | EV/EBITDA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 13.7× | 10.27% |
| Mar 2026 | 12.4× | (1.27%) |
| Dec 2025 | 12.6× | (1.46%) |
| Sep 2025 | 12.8× | 21.45% |
| 42 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
EV/EBITDA against peers
| Company | EV/EBITDA |
|---|---|
| AMCR Amcor PLC compare | 3.6× |
| SON Sonoco Products Company compare | 5.3× |
| CCK Crown Holdings, Inc. compare | 8.2× |
| SW Smurfit Westrock PLC compare | 9.0× |
| REYN Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. compare | 9.0× |
| IP International Paper Company compare | 9.4× |
| BALL Ball Corporation compare | 10.4× |
| AVY Avery Dennison Corporation compare | 11.1× |
| PKG Packaging Corporation of America | 13.6× |
| Packaging & Containers industry median | 9.0× |
| Consumer Cyclical sector median | 9.4× |
| Market median | 11.0× |
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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- Revenue
- Net income
- EBITDA
- Free cash flow
- Operating cash flow
- Gross margin
- Operating margin
- Net margin
- Free cash flow margin
- P/E ratio
- P/S ratio
- P/B ratio
- Price to free cash flow
- EV/Sales
- Return on equity
- Return on assets
- Return on invested capital
- Debt to equity
- Current ratio
- Total debt
- Shares outstanding
- Book value per share
- Revenue growth
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