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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. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 14.7%, EPS fell 19.4%, free cash flow grew 5.30% and total debt rose 60.1%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for ten consecutive years.

236.30 3.72 +1.60%
Market cap
$20.7B
P/E
30.6×
Fwd P/E
22.6×
Dividend yield
2.33%
F-score
3/9
Altman Z
3.74
Beneish M
−2.64
Dividend safety
73/100
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Packaging Corporation of America (PKG) Gross margin

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Packaging Corporation of America's gross margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 20.1%, down 0.9 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (21.0%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 20.6% (fiscal 2020) to 24.7% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 18% of that period. That is in line with the Packaging & Containers industry median of 20.0% and below the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 35.0%.

Gross margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2025 21.0% (0.25)
FY2024 21.3% (0.50)
FY2023 21.8% (2.89)
FY2022 24.7% 0.43
FY2021 24.2% 3.66
FY2020 20.6% (3.04)
FY2019 23.6% 0.15
FY2018 23.5% 0.64
FY2017 22.8% 0.74
FY2016 22.1% 1.04

Quarterly newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Jun 2026 20.6% 1.45
Mar 2026 19.1% 0.19
Dec 2025 18.9% (2.86)
Sep 2025 21.8% (0.44)
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Against its own ten years

Low 20.6% High 24.7%
Ten-year median 22.1%
Current reading's percentile 2

Gross margin against peers

Company Gross margin
IP International Paper Company compare 29.8%
AVY Avery Dennison Corporation compare 29.0%
REYN Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. compare 25.1%
SON Sonoco Products Company compare 20.8%
PKG Packaging Corporation of America 20.1%
AMCR Amcor PLC compare 20.0%
BALL Ball Corporation compare 18.6%
SW Smurfit Westrock PLC compare 17.9%
CCK Crown Holdings, Inc. compare 17.4%
Packaging & Containers industry median 20.0%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 35.0%
Market median 46.2%

What Gross margin is

Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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