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
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Packaging Corporation of America (PKG) Return on assets
Packaging Corporation of America's return on assets over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 0.00%, down 7.9 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (7.86%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 6.24% (fiscal 2020) to 12.9% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 18% of that period. That is below the Packaging & Containers industry median of 1.04% and below the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 1.47%.
Return on assets, annual
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| Period | Return on assets | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 7.86% | (1.27) |
| FY2024 | 9.13% | 0.03 |
| FY2023 | 9.10% | (3.80) |
| FY2022 | 12.9% | 1.97 |
| FY2021 | 10.9% | 4.69 |
| FY2020 | 6.24% | (3.77) |
| FY2019 | 10.0% | (1.46) |
| FY2018 | 11.5% | 0.40 |
| FY2017 | 11.1% | 3.01 |
| FY2016 | 8.06% | (0.13) |
Against its own ten years
Return on assets against peers
| Company | Return on assets |
|---|---|
| AVY Avery Dennison Corporation compare | 7.85% |
| REYN Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. compare | 6.48% |
| AMCR Amcor PLC compare | 5.97% |
| CCK Crown Holdings, Inc. compare | 5.45% |
| BALL Ball Corporation compare | 2.73% |
| SW Smurfit Westrock PLC compare | 1.04% |
| PKG Packaging Corporation of America | 0.00% |
| SON Sonoco Products Company compare | −2.08% |
| IP International Paper Company compare | −9.09% |
| Packaging & Containers industry median | 1.04% |
| Consumer Cyclical sector median | 1.47% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Return on assets is
ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.
Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)
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