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EV / sales at other companies

International Paper logo
International PaperIP
1.1×-1.0×
Smurfit Kappa Group logo
Smurfit Kappa GroupSW
1.1×-0.4×
Amcor logo
AmcorAMCR
1.5×-0.1×
Dow logo
DowDOW
1.1×+0.6×
CSX logo
CSXCSX
5.4×+0.2×
Loews logo
LoewsL
1.6×+0.1×

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$2.4B+10.6%
Gross profit$452.9M-0.4%
Operating income$251.3M-10.4%
Net income$170.9M-16.1%
EPS (diluted)$1.91-15.5%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$397.1M-47.2%
Total debt$4.4B+55.8%
Total equity$4.6B+2.0%
Total assets$10.8B+20.2%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$329.3M-2.9%
CapEx$164.7M+11.2%
Free cash flow$164.6M-13.8%

Valuation

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Market cap$20.41B+6.1%
Enterprise value$24.38B+15.1%
P/E27.5×+5.2×
P/S2.2×0.0×

Profitability

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Gross margin20.5%-1.4pp
Operating margin11.7%-2.2pp
Net margin8%-2.0pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity16.3%-3.9pp
Debt / equity+0.3×
Current ratio3.1×-0.2×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Packaging Corp of America’s reported figures.

Based on the most recent quarter.

The official record: Packaging Corp of America’s 10-Q, filed May 8, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Packaging Corp of America's EV / sales?
Packaging Corp of America (PKG) reported EV / sales of 2.5× in Q1 2026.
How has Packaging Corp of America's EV / sales changed year-over-year?
Packaging Corp of America's EV / sales increased by 6.7% year-over-year, from 2.3× to 2.5×.
What is the long-term trend for Packaging Corp of America's EV / sales?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Packaging Corp of America's EV / sales has grown at a 4.4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 8.2× to 9.7×.
What does EV / sales mean?
What the whole business costs relative to its annual sales.
How do you interpret EV / sales?
A fallback valuation gauge for pre-profit or cyclical firms. Like P/S, only comparable across similar-margin businesses, but it accounts for debt and cash unlike P/S.
How does EV / sales compare across companies?
Compare within a margin cohort; the debt-and-cash adjustment makes it cleaner than P/S for leveraged firms.