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) Return on assets

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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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Annual newest first

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

Low 6.24% High 12.9%
Ten-year median 9.13%
Current reading's percentile 18

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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