Packaging Corp of America
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Ratios
Valuation ratios (P/E, P/S, EV/EBITDA and the other multiples) are based on the closing price at the end of each period, not on the current price. Margins and returns are shown in percent, multiples without a unit, per-share figures in the reporting currency, net debt in millions.
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| Line item | Q3 16 | Q4 16 | Q1 17 | Q2 17 | Q3 17 | Q4 17 | Q1 18 | Q2 18 | Q3 18 | Q4 18 | Q1 19 | Q2 19 | Q3 19 | Q4 19 | Q1 20 | Q2 20 | Q3 20 | Q4 20 | Q1 21 | Q2 21 | Q3 21 | Q4 21 | Q1 22 | Q2 22 | Q3 22 | Q4 22 | Q1 23 | Q2 23 | Q3 23 | Q4 23 | Q1 24 | Q2 24 | Q3 24 | Q4 24 | Q1 25 | Q2 25 | Q3 25 | Q4 25 | Q1 26 | Q2 26 |
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| Valuation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 17.2 | 17.7 | 18.5 | 21.3 | 21.1 | 16.9 | 15.3 | 14.3 | 12.9 | 10.6 | 11.9 | 11.4 | 13.1 | 15.2 | 12.6 | 18.3 | 21.8 | 28.4 | 26.3 | 20.1 | 17.4 | 15.3 | 15.7 | 12.6 | 10.1 | 11.3 | 12.8 | 13.6 | 17.5 | 19.1 | 23.5 | 22.8 | 24.9 | 25.0 | 20.6 | 18.7 | 22.1 | 23.9 | 25.5 | 30.7 | |
| 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.2 | |
| 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.5 | |
| 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.6 | |
| 8.9 | 9.1 | 9.4 | 10.6 | 10.4 | 10.4 | 9.6 | 9.2 | 8.6 | 6.8 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 8.0 | 8.7 | 7.3 | 9.1 | 10.1 | 12.9 | 12.3 | 10.7 | 9.7 | 8.8 | 9.1 | 7.6 | 6.3 | 7.3 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 9.8 | 10.7 | 12.7 | 12.4 | 13.4 | 13.5 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 12.5 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 13.4 | |
| 14.5 | 15.1 | 17.3 | 19.9 | 22.3 | 22.0 | 21.1 | 19.9 | 17.6 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 12.2 | 12.4 | 13.1 | 10.0 | 12.5 | 14.7 | 21.4 | 23.2 | 25.5 | 29.6 | 26.3 | 29.4 | 24.1 | 16.1 | 17.3 | 17.1 | 14.3 | 16.7 | 17.3 | 19.7 | 24.8 | 32.7 | 38.8 | 33.6 | 27.0 | 27.2 | 25.4 | 26.9 | 28.6 | |
| 6.9% | 6.6% | 5.8% | 5.0% | 4.5% | 4.5% | 4.7% | 5.0% | 5.7% | 8.0% | 7.4% | 8.2% | 8.1% | 7.6% | 10.0% | 8.0% | 6.8% | 4.7% | 4.3% | 3.9% | 3.4% | 3.8% | 3.4% | 4.1% | 6.2% | 5.8% | 5.9% | 7.0% | 6.0% | 5.8% | 5.1% | 4.0% | 3.1% | 2.6% | 3.0% | 3.7% | 3.7% | 3.9% | 3.7% | 3.5% | |
| Margins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 21.7% | 22.1% | 22.2% | 22.3% | 22.9% | 22.8% | 22.6% | 22.8% | 22.9% | 23.5% | 24.2% | 24.4% | 24.1% | 23.6% | 22.9% | 22.2% | 21.4% | 20.7% | 20.9% | 21.6% | 22.9% | 24.2% | 24.8% | 25.5% | 25.2% | 24.5% | 23.7% | 22.8% | 22.0% | 21.8% | 21.0% | 20.6% | 21.1% | 21.3% | 21.9% | 22.1% | 21.8% | 21.0% | 20.5% | 20.1% | |
| 13.4% | 13.5% | 13.6% | 13.8% | 14.0% | 14.5% | 14.3% | 14.4% | 14.9% | 15.2% | 16.0% | 16.2% | 15.8% | 15.1% | 14.3% | 13.5% | 13.0% | 12.5% | 12.9% | 13.8% | 15.1% | 16.6% | 17.4% | 18.2% | 18.0% | 17.2% | 16.3% | 15.1% | 14.0% | 13.8% | 12.8% | 12.5% | 13.0% | 13.1% | 13.9% | 14.4% | 14.1% | 13.6% | 13.2% | 12.7% | |
| 7.8% | 7.8% | 7.8% | 8.1% | 8.2% | 10.4% | 10.5% | 10.8% | 11.5% | 10.5% | 11.1% | 11.2% | 10.9% | 10.0% | 9.4% | 7.7% | 7.1% | 6.9% | 7.2% | 9.0% | 10.1% | 10.9% | 11.5% | 12.2% | 12.1% | 12.1% | 11.6% | 10.8% | 10.0% | 9.8% | 9.2% | 9.1% | 9.5% | 9.6% | 10.1% | 10.5% | 10.2% | 8.6% | 8.0% | 7.2% | |
| 9.2% | 9.1% | 8.4% | 8.6% | 7.8% | 8.0% | 7.6% | 7.8% | 8.4% | 9.0% | 9.8% | 10.4% | 11.6% | 11.6% | 11.8% | 11.2% | 10.5% | 9.2% | 8.2% | 7.1% | 6.0% | 6.3% | 6.1% | 6.3% | 7.6% | 7.9% | 8.7% | 10.3% | 10.5% | 10.8% | 11.0% | 8.3% | 7.2% | 6.2% | 6.2% | 7.2% | 8.3% | 8.1% | 7.6% | 7.8% | |
| Returns | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 25.6% | 25.5% | 25.4% | 25.7% | 25.6% | 30.6% | 30.4% | 30.8% | 31.7% | 27.6% | 28.1% | 27.1% | 25.2% | 22.7% | 20.7% | 16.4% | 14.8% | 14.2% | 14.6% | 18.5% | 20.7% | 23.3% | 24.6% | 25.8% | 26.1% | 28.1% | 25.7% | 22.5% | 20.3% | 19.1% | 17.9% | 17.4% | 18.1% | 18.3% | 19.2% | 19.5% | 18.8% | 16.8% | 16.1% | 14.8% | |
| 7.7% | 7.8% | 7.9% | 8.3% | 8.5% | 10.8% | 11.3% | 11.6% | 12.3% | 11.2% | 11.3% | 11.2% | 10.6% | 9.6% | 8.9% | 7.1% | 6.4% | 6.2% | 6.4% | 8.3% | 8.7% | 10.7% | 11.4% | 12.3% | 12.4% | 12.9% | 12.0% | 10.7% | 9.6% | 8.8% | 8.2% | 8.0% | 8.8% | 9.1% | 9.6% | 10.0% | 8.1% | 7.1% | 6.9% | 6.3% | |
| Balance Sheet & Debt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2,373 | 2,408 | 2,362 | 2,294 | 2,244 | 2,415 | 2,380 | 2,284 | 2,191 | 2,124 | 2,101 | 1,977 | 1,810 | 1,861 | 1,779 | 1,693 | 1,599 | 1,575 | 1,568 | 1,578 | 1,535 | 1,922 | 1,915 | 1,876 | 1,899 | 2,228 | 2,181 | 2,075 | 1,981 | 2,304 | 2,261 | 2,342 | 1,881 | 1,872 | 1,809 | 1,776 | 3,431 | 3,540 | 3,675 | 3,633 | |
| 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | |
| 30.1% | 30.5% | 31.2% | 32.3% | 33.1% | 35.2% | 37.0% | 37.8% | 38.9% | 40.7% | 40.3% | 41.3% | 42.2% | 42.4% | 42.9% | 43.1% | 43.5% | 43.7% | 44.1% | 44.9% | 41.8% | 46.0% | 46.4% | 47.5% | 47.6% | 45.8% | 46.7% | 47.5% | 47.5% | 46.0% | 45.5% | 45.9% | 48.7% | 49.9% | 50.2% | 51.2% | 43.3% | 42.1% | 42.6% | 42.3% | |
| 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | |
| Per Share | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4.73 | 4.80 | 4.95 | 5.24 | 5.44 | 7.13 | 7.36 | 7.83 | 8.54 | 7.85 | 8.35 | 8.38 | 8.08 | 7.36 | 6.89 | 5.45 | 5.01 | 4.85 | 5.11 | 6.73 | 7.88 | 8.90 | 9.95 | 10.95 | 11.10 | 11.33 | 10.80 | 9.69 | 8.80 | 8.54 | 8.08 | 8.02 | 8.64 | 8.99 | 9.62 | 10.08 | 9.88 | 8.63 | 8.31 | 7.76 | |
| 60.83 | 61.69 | 63.19 | 64.97 | 66.44 | 68.71 | 70.26 | 72.31 | 73.96 | 74.62 | 75.08 | 74.65 | 73.87 | 73.63 | 73.46 | 71.20 | 70.52 | 70.09 | 71.02 | 75.00 | 77.94 | 81.77 | 86.38 | 90.12 | 91.66 | 93.27 | 93.04 | 89.75 | 87.63 | 87.05 | 87.31 | 88.52 | 91.34 | 93.67 | 95.37 | 96.33 | 97.04 | 100.33 | 103.44 | 107.13 | |
| 18.48 | 18.79 | 19.49 | 20.37 | 21.24 | 23.27 | 24.21 | 25.46 | 26.92 | 28.43 | 29.73 | 30.93 | 32.07 | 32.47 | 33.34 | 33.19 | 33.92 | 34.17 | 35.01 | 36.41 | 38.00 | 38.15 | 40.51 | 42.45 | 42.61 | 40.34 | 42.03 | 43.00 | 43.43 | 44.60 | 45.09 | 46.07 | 47.64 | 49.21 | 50.21 | 51.64 | 52.61 | 51.32 | 51.49 | 52.38 | |
| 5.60 | 5.62 | 5.29 | 5.60 | 5.15 | 5.47 | 5.34 | 5.61 | 6.24 | 6.69 | 7.36 | 7.80 | 8.59 | 8.54 | 8.65 | 7.97 | 7.43 | 6.44 | 5.80 | 5.31 | 4.64 | 5.17 | 5.30 | 5.70 | 6.97 | 7.38 | 8.13 | 9.22 | 9.21 | 9.43 | 9.61 | 7.36 | 6.59 | 5.81 | 5.90 | 6.97 | 8.02 | 8.13 | 7.88 | 8.34 | |
Showing the most recent 40 periods — older statements are on file for this stock.
Data as of: October 7, 2026 · Source: fundamental data & SEC filings (annual and quarterly reports, 10-K/10-Q)
Note: pure fact-based analysis, not investment advice and not a solicitation to buy or sell. All figures without guarantee.