Packaging Corporation of America PKG
- Market cap
- $21.2B
- P/E
- 30.7×
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Packaging Corporation of America (PKG) P/B ratio
As of 25 September 2026, Packaging Corporation of America (PKG) trades at a P/B ratio of 4.5×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 2.3× (March 2020) to 5.8× (September 2017); the current reading is higher than 78% of that period. That is above the Packaging & Containers industry median of 1.6× and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 1.6×.
P/B ratio, daily
Annual
| Period | P/B ratio | Change |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 4.0× | (12.06%) |
| FY2024 | 4.6× | 24.68% |
| FY2023 | 3.7× | 12.46% |
| FY2022 | 3.2× | (8.54%) |
| FY2021 | 3.6× | (11.15%) |
| FY2020 | 4.0× | 16.87% |
| FY2019 | 3.4× | 16.89% |
| FY2018 | 2.9× | (44.74%) |
| FY2017 | 5.3× | 17.25% |
| FY2016 | 4.5× | 21.11% |
Quarterly
| Period | P/B ratio | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 4.5× | 10.37% |
| Mar 2026 | 4.1× | 2.32% |
| Dec 2025 | 4.0× | (2.24%) |
| Sep 2025 | 4.1× | 12.77% |
| 42 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
P/B ratio against peers
| Company | P/B ratio |
|---|---|
| SW Smurfit Westrock PLC compare | 1.3× |
| SON Sonoco Products Company compare | 1.4× |
| IP International Paper Company compare | 1.5× |
| AMCR Amcor PLC compare | 1.7× |
| REYN Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. compare | 2.0× |
| BALL Ball Corporation compare | 2.6× |
| CCK Crown Holdings, Inc. compare | 3.5× |
| PKG Packaging Corporation of America | 4.5× |
| AVY Avery Dennison Corporation compare | 5.6× |
| Packaging & Containers industry median | 1.6× |
| Consumer Cyclical sector median | 1.6× |
| Market median | 1.8× |
What P/B ratio is
Price to Book Value tells an investor how much the market pays for a company’s shares relative to the accounting net worth that belongs to common shareholders.
Stock Price ÷ (Common Equity (Total) (latest quarter) ÷ Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter))
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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
- Price to free cash flow
- EV/EBITDA
- 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
- The full statement