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 equity

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Packaging Corporation of America's return on equity over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 0.00%, down 17.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (17.1%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 14.5% (fiscal 2020) to 33.6% (fiscal 2017); the current reading is higher than 18% of that period. That is below the Packaging & Containers industry median of 2.28% and below the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 3.20%.

Return on equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on equity Change (points)
FY2025 17.1% (1.95)
FY2024 19.0% (0.78)
FY2023 19.8% (8.29)
FY2022 28.1% 3.74
FY2021 24.4% 9.88
FY2020 14.5% (9.59)
FY2019 24.1% (6.10)
FY2018 30.2% (3.46)
FY2017 33.6% 7.39
FY2016 26.2% (1.12)

Against its own ten years

Low 14.5% High 33.6%
Ten-year median 24.4%
Current reading's percentile 18

Return on equity against peers

Company Return on equity
AVY Avery Dennison Corporation compare 30.8%
CCK Crown Holdings, Inc. compare 22.8%
REYN Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. compare 14.4%
BALL Ball Corporation compare 9.51%
AMCR Amcor PLC compare 9.40%
SW Smurfit Westrock PLC compare 2.59%
PKG Packaging Corporation of America 0.00%
SON Sonoco Products Company compare −7.41%
IP International Paper Company compare −22.7%
Packaging & Containers industry median 2.28%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 3.20%
Market median 0.51%

What Return on equity is

ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity (latest quarter)

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