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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) Price to free cash flow

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As of 16 October 2026, Packaging Corporation of America (PKG) trades at a price to free cash flow of 28.1×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 8.8× (March 2020) to 41.3× (January 2025); the current reading is higher than 86% of that period. That is above the Packaging & Containers industry median of 13.2× and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 13.0×.

Price to free cash flow, daily

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Annual newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
FY2025 24.2× (37.01%)
FY2024 38.4× 122.55%
FY2023 17.2× (2.60%)
FY2022 17.7× (31.35%)
FY2021 25.8× 22.43%
FY2020 21.1× 62.79%
FY2019 12.9× 4.25%
FY2018 12.4× (43.13%)
FY2017 21.8× 46.36%
FY2016 14.9× 11.52%

Quarterly newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
Jun 2026 28.3× 10.86%
Mar 2026 25.6× 5.78%
Dec 2025 24.2× (5.86%)
Sep 2025 25.7× 0.55%
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 8.8× High 41.3×
Ten-year median 19.5×
Current reading's percentile 86

Price to free cash flow against peers

Company Price to free cash flow
CCK Crown Holdings, Inc. compare 10.0×
SON Sonoco Products Company compare 12.3×
AVY Avery Dennison Corporation compare 12.9×
REYN Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. compare 15.0×
AMCR Amcor PLC compare 16.3×
BALL Ball Corporation compare 20.3×
SW Smurfit Westrock PLC compare 20.6×
PKG Packaging Corporation of America 28.1×
IP International Paper Company compare 31.4×
Packaging & Containers industry median 13.2×
Consumer Cyclical sector median 13.0×
Market median 14.2×

What Price to free cash flow is

Price to Free Cash Flow Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of cash a company generates after its capital spending.

Stock Price ÷ ((Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM)) ÷ (Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)))

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