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.

236.00 3.42 +1.47%
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

Packaging Corporation of America (PKG) P/E ratio

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As of 16 October 2026, Packaging Corporation of America (PKG) trades at a P/E ratio of 30.6×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 9.2× (December 2018) to 33.3× (August 2026); the current reading is higher than 99% of that period. That is above the Packaging & Containers industry median of 17.1× and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 17.3×.

P/E ratio, daily

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Annual newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
FY2025 24.0× (4.34%)
FY2024 25.1× 30.48%
FY2023 19.2× 64.84%
FY2022 11.7× (24.06%)
FY2021 15.4× (45.74%)
FY2020 28.3× 86.36%
FY2019 15.2× 42.38%
FY2018 10.7× (38.78%)
FY2017 17.4× (2.57%)
FY2016 17.9× 26.58%

Quarterly newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
Jun 2026 30.8× 19.83%
Mar 2026 25.7× 7.15%
Dec 2025 24.0× 9.28%
Sep 2025 22.0× 17.16%
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 9.2× High 33.3×
Ten-year median 17.5×
Current reading's percentile 99

P/E ratio against peers

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CCK Crown Holdings, Inc. compare 16.3×
BALL Ball Corporation compare 17.9×
AMCR Amcor PLC compare 18.5×
AVY Avery Dennison Corporation compare 19.2×
PKG Packaging Corporation of America 30.6×
SW Smurfit Westrock PLC compare 43.3×
Packaging & Containers industry median 17.1×
Consumer Cyclical sector median 17.3×
Market median 18.1×

What P/E ratio is

Price to Earnings Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of a company’s annual profit per share.

Stock Price ÷ EPS (Basic) (TTM)

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