Packaging Corporation of America PKG

237.18 (0.93) (0.39%) as of 25 Sep
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

Against its own ten years

Low 2.3× High 5.8×
Ten-year median 3.9×
Current reading's percentile 78

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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