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Packaging Corporation of AmericaPKG

Paper & Plastic Packaging Products & Materials · Lake Forest, Illinois · In the S&P 500
Solid business
$256.82+0.90%After hours: $256.82 (0.00%)At the close, 30 Oct · Prices from CNBC, may be delayed
▲ 30.6% over 1 year
Packaging Corporation of America over 1 yearDaily close, $, to 30 Oct 2026
$200$220$240Nov2026MarMayJulSep$256.82$200$225$250NovMarJul$256.82
Source: Nasdaq daily closes
Market value$22.88B
Price to earnings31.6x
Forward P/E20.8x
Dividend yield2.34%
Year to date+24.5%
One year+30.6%
Next earningsNot scheduled
SectorMaterials
52-week range (closes)
$191.68$257.43

Quality and valuation

How Packaging Corporation of America compares with other materials stocks. A description, not a recommendation.

Packaging Corporation of America and 4 paper & plastic packaging products & materials peers. Across: valuation (P/E) against the sector. Up: business quality against the sector. Hover or tap a logo for its numbers.

Business quality: about averageValuation: in line with its sector

An average business among materials companies, priced about in line with them.

Packaging Corporation of America trades at 20.8 times the next 12 months of expected earnings, against a median of 16.1x for the 28 materials stocks we cover. The quality score blends where it ranks on revenue growth, gross margin, operating margin and free-cash-flow margin (net margin for banks and insurers) over the last 12 months, from SEC filings.

  • Revenue grew faster than the sector median: +10.3% vs +9.1%
  • Keeps less of each sale (gross margin): 20.1% vs 27.9%
  • Less profitable (operating margin): 10.9% vs 10.9%
  • Turns more of its sales into cash: 7.8% vs 7.6%
PKG trades at 20.8x forward earnings, above the sector medianForward p/e, Paper & Plastic Packaging Products & Materials peers
AMCR11.6xSW16.3xAVY17.6xPKG20.8xIP21.4xSector median 16.1xAMCR11.6xSW16.3xAVY17.6xPKG20.8xIP21.4xSector median 16.1x
Source: CNBC quotes; Mostly Markets
At 33.4x earnings, PKG is pricier than its average since Aug 2024Price over the last 12 months of reported (GAAP) diluted EPS
P/EUsual range (±1 s.d.)
20x25x30xAverage 24.7x2025202633.4x20x30xAverage 24.7x2025202633.4x
Source: Nasdaq prices; SEC filings

Financials

From Packaging Corporation of America's SEC filings, through the quarter ending 30 Jun 2026. Hover or tap a bar for its value.

Revenue grew 14.7% from a year earlierQuarterly revenue, $bn, latest Q2 ’26
$0bn$1bn$2bnQ3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’25$2.5bnQ2 ’26$0bn$1bn$2bnQ3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’25$2.5bnQ2 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Growth sped up to +14.7% last quarterRevenue growth, year on year, %
0%5%10%Q3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’2514.7%Q2 ’260%5%10%Q3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’2514.7%Q2 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Operating margin was 11.7% last quarterOperating income as a share of revenue, %
0%5%10%15%Q3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’2511.7%Q2 ’260%10%Q3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’2511.7%Q2 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Free cash flow was $742 million over 12 monthsQuarterly free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex), $m
$0m$100m$200mQ3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’25$170mQ2 ’26$0m$100m$200mQ3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’25$170mQ2 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Last 12 monthsPKGSector median
Revenue growth+10.3%+9.1%
Gross margin20.1%27.9%
Operating margin10.9%10.9%
Free cash flow margin7.8%7.6%
Price to earnings31.6x19.9x

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