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Price / sales at other companies

International Paper logo
International PaperIP
0.8×-0.9×
Smurfit Kappa Group logo
Smurfit Kappa GroupSW
0.7×-0.2×
Amcor logo
AmcorAMCR
0.8×-0.2×
Dow logo
DowDOW
0.8×+0.2×
CSX logo
CSXCSX
5.4×+1.5×
Loews logo
LoewsL
1.2×+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$20.43B+6.1%
Enterprise value$24.4B+15.1%
P/E27.6×+5.2×

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 price / sales?
Packaging Corp of America (PKG) reported price / sales of 2.1× in Q1 2026.
How has Packaging Corp of America's price / sales changed year-over-year?
Packaging Corp of America's price / sales decreased by 1.6% year-over-year, from 2.1× to 2.1×.
What is the long-term trend for Packaging Corp of America's price / sales?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Packaging Corp of America's price / sales has grown at a 4.0% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 7.1× to 8.4×.
What does price / sales mean?
How many dollars investors pay for each dollar of the company's annual sales.
How do you interpret price / sales?
Useful when earnings are negative or volatile (e.g. early-stage or cyclical firms). Only comparable across companies with similar margins — a sales dollar is worth more at a high-margin business.
How does price / sales compare across companies?
Best compared within a margin cohort; a software P/S and a retailer P/S are not directly comparable.