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) Price to free cash flow

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As of 5 November 2026, Packaging Corporation of America (PKG) trades at a price to free cash flow of 29.7×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 8.8× (March 2020) to 41.3× (January 2025); the current reading is higher than 92% of that period. That is above the Packaging & Containers industry median of 13.4× and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 12.9×.

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
Sep 2026 27.5× (3.01%)
Jun 2026 28.3× 10.86%
Mar 2026 25.6× 5.78%
Dec 2025 24.2× (5.86%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 8.8× High 41.3×
Ten-year median 19.6×
Current reading's percentile 92

Price to free cash flow against peers

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CCK Crown Holdings, Inc. compare 12.5×
SON Sonoco Products Company compare 12.6×
AVY Avery Dennison Corporation compare 14.2×
REYN Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. compare 18.5×
AMCR Amcor PLC compare 24.3×
SW Smurfit Westrock PLC compare 26.4×
BALL Ball Corporation compare 29.3×
PKG Packaging Corporation of America 29.7×
IP International Paper Company compare 63.0×
Packaging & Containers industry median 13.4×
Consumer Cyclical sector median 12.9×
Market median 14.1×

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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