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) Net margin

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Packaging Corporation of America's net margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 7.37%, down 1.2 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (8.55%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 6.87% (fiscal 2020) to 12.1% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 36% of that period. That is above the Packaging & Containers industry median of 3.43% and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 2.12%.

Net margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
FY2025 8.55% (0.99)
FY2024 9.54% (0.19)
FY2023 9.73% (2.32)
FY2022 12.1% 1.25
FY2021 10.8% 3.93
FY2020 6.87% (3.05)
FY2019 9.92% (0.52)
FY2018 10.4% 0.15
FY2017 10.3% 2.59
FY2016 7.70% 0.18

Quarterly newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 10.1% 2.41
Jun 2026 7.67% 0.45
Mar 2026 7.22% 3.00
Dec 2025 4.22% (5.52)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 6.87% High 12.1%
Ten-year median 9.73%
Current reading's percentile 12

Net margin against peers

Company Net margin
REYN Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. compare 8.53%
AVY Avery Dennison Corporation compare 7.56%
PKG Packaging Corporation of America 7.37%
CCK Crown Holdings, Inc. compare 5.78%
AMCR Amcor PLC compare 4.71%
BALL Ball Corporation compare 3.52%
SW Smurfit Westrock PLC compare 1.50%
SON Sonoco Products Company compare −3.08%
IP International Paper Company compare −14.3%
Packaging & Containers industry median 3.43%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 2.12%
Market median 1.06%

What Net margin is

Net Profit Margin tells an investor how much of each unit of revenue ends up as profit for shareholders after all costs, interest and taxes.

Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Revenue

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