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

248.99 0.19 +0.08%
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/Sales

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As of 5 November 2026, Packaging Corporation of America (PKG) trades at a EV/Sales of 2.6×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.1× (February 2016) to 3.0× (November 2024); the current reading is higher than 95% of that period. That is above the Packaging & Containers industry median of 1.4× and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 1.0×.

EV/Sales, daily

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Annual newest first

Period EV/Sales Change
FY2025 2.5× (6.60%)
FY2024 2.6× 26.17%
FY2023 2.1× 26.24%
FY2022 1.7× (12.51%)
FY2021 1.9× (12.69%)
FY2020 2.2× 23.05%
FY2019 1.8× 22.47%
FY2018 1.4× (33.60%)
FY2017 2.2× 20.92%
FY2016 1.8× 25.32%

Quarterly newest first

Period EV/Sales Change
Sep 2026 2.5× (5.41%)
Jun 2026 2.6× 6.21%
Mar 2026 2.5× (0.51%)
Dec 2025 2.5× (6.38%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 1.1× High 3.0×
Ten-year median 1.9×
Current reading's percentile 95

EV/Sales against peers

Company EV/Sales
IP International Paper Company compare 1.0×
SW Smurfit Westrock PLC compare 1.2×
SON Sonoco Products Company compare 1.2×
CCK Crown Holdings, Inc. compare 1.3×
AMCR Amcor PLC compare 1.5×
BALL Ball Corporation compare 1.6×
REYN Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. compare 1.8×
AVY Avery Dennison Corporation compare 1.8×
PKG Packaging Corporation of America 2.6×
Packaging & Containers industry median 1.4×
Consumer Cyclical sector median 1.0×
Market median 2.1×

What EV/Sales is

EV/Sales tells an investor how the value of a whole company, counting its debt and cash, compares with the sales it brings in.

((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)) ÷ Revenue (TTM)

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