Packaging Corporation of America PKG
- Market cap
- $21.2B
- P/E
- 30.7×
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Packaging Corporation of America (PKG) Return on invested capital
Packaging Corporation of America's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 8.05%, down 0.6 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (8.68%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 8.68% (fiscal 2025) to 15.5% (fiscal 2022) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is above the Packaging & Containers industry median of 6.43% and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 3.17%.
Return on invested capital, annual
Annual
| Period | Return on invested capital | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 8.68% | (2.61) |
| FY2024 | 11.3% | (0.42) |
| FY2023 | 11.7% | (3.74) |
| FY2022 | 15.5% | 1.05 |
| FY2021 | 14.4% | 4.69 |
| FY2020 | 9.71% | (3.84) |
| FY2019 | 13.6% | (0.32) |
| FY2018 | 13.9% | 1.24 |
| FY2017 | 12.6% | 0.94 |
| FY2016 | 11.7% | (0.75) |
Against its own ten years
Return on invested capital against peers
| Company | Return on invested capital |
|---|---|
| AMCR Amcor PLC compare | 17.9% |
| AVY Avery Dennison Corporation compare | 12.9% |
| CCK Crown Holdings, Inc. compare | 11.6% |
| SON Sonoco Products Company compare | 9.36% |
| REYN Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. compare | 8.84% |
| PKG Packaging Corporation of America | 8.05% |
| BALL Ball Corporation compare | 7.34% |
| SW Smurfit Westrock PLC compare | 2.93% |
| IP International Paper Company compare | 0.62% |
| Packaging & Containers industry median | 6.43% |
| Consumer Cyclical sector median | 3.17% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Return on invested capital is
Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.
TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)
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