Packaging Corp of America PKG Ratios & Valuation
| TTM Q1 '26 | TTM Q4 '25 | TTM Q3 '25 | TTM Q2 '25 | TTM Q1 '25 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | ||||||
| Gross margin | 85.4%+0.7pp | 86.8%+2.9pp | 87%+2.6pp | 86.3%+0.8pp | 84.8%-3.1pp | |
| Operating margin | 52.5%0.0pp | 54.7%+3.3pp | 55.5%+3.5pp | 54.4%+1.2pp | 52.5%-3.1pp | |
| Net margin | 37.3%-0.9pp | 39.3%+2.0pp | 40.3%+2.8pp | 39.6%+1.5pp | 38.2%-1.7pp | |
| EBITDA margin | 80.6%+2.7pp | 81%+3.8pp | 80.9%+2.6pp | 79.6%+0.2pp | 77.9%-3.5pp | |
| Free cash flow margin | 31.2%+3.2pp | 29.8%-3.0pp | 27.9%-9.5pp | 26.9%-13.8pp | 28%-14.7pp | |
| Returns | ||||||
| Return on equity | 74%-2.4pp | 77.9%+3.2pp | 79.8%+4.3pp | 79%+2.4pp | 76.4%-4.4pp | |
| Return on assets | 34.5%-1.9pp | 36.7%+1.4pp | 38%+2.7pp | 38%+2.4pp | 36.4%-1.4pp | |
| Return on invested capital | 48.7%-2.5pp | 51.6%-0.1pp | 53.2%-0.6pp | 53.5%-3.3pp | 51.1%-11.1pp | |
| Efficiency | ||||||
| Asset turnover | 3.7×-0.1× | 3.7×0.0× | 3.8×0.0× | 3.8×+0.1× | 3.8×0.0× | |
| Inventory turnover | 24.2×-0.8× | 24.3×-0.6× | 24.5×-0.4× | 24.9×+0.2× | 24.9×+0.1× | |
| Liquidity | ||||||
| Current ratio | 12.9×+1.0× | 13.1×+2.1× | 13.2×+2.8× | 13×+3.4× | 11.9×+1.3× | |
| Quick ratio | 8.2×+0.2× | 8.4×+0.9× | 8.6×+1.4× | 8.6×+1.9× | 7.9×+0.9× | |
| Cash ratio | 2.3×-0.2× | 2.7×+0.5× | 2.8×+0.8× | 2.9×+1.0× | 2.5×+0.4× | |
| Leverage | ||||||
| Debt-to-equity | 3.4×+0.8× | 3.1×+0.3× | 2.8×-0.2× | 2.5×-0.6× | 2.7×-0.4× | |
| Debt-to-assets | 1.5×+0.2× | 1.4×+0.1× | 1.3×-0.1× | 1.3×-0.2× | 1.3×-0.1× | |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 7.6×+2.1× | 6.6×+0.6× | 5.7×-0.6× | 4.9×-1.4× | 5.5×-0.5× | |
| Valuation | ||||||
| Market capitalization | $74.1B+0.6% | $73.02B+0.2% | $74.68B+11.1% | $74.36B+20.7% | $73.67B+29.1% | |
| Enterprise value | $87.66B+6.3% | $84.65B+3.2% | $84.56B+10.0% | $82.6B+15.7% | $82.43B+23.8% | |
| Price / earnings | 90.3×-3.2× | 85.4×-11.0× | 86.6×-3.8× | 89.6×+6.8× | 93.5×+19.9× | |
| Price / sales | 8.3×-0.6× | 8.4×-0.7× | 8.7×+0.2× | 8.8×+1.0× | 8.9×+1.7× | |
| Price / book | 16×-1.1× | 15.8×-1.5× | 16.4×0.0× | 16.8×+1.4× | 17×+2.6× | |
| EV / EBITDA | 48.9×-2.4× | 47.8×-4.8× | 48.8×-0.8× | 49.4×+3.4× | 51.3×+9.5× | |
| EV / sales | 9.8×-0.1× | 9.7×-0.5× | 9.9×+0.2× | 9.8×+0.7× | 10×+1.5× | |
| Free cash flow yield | 15%+2.4pp | 14.3%-0.5pp | 12.9%-5.0pp | 12.3%-8.6pp | 12.7%-11.2pp | |
| Earnings yield | 18%+0.7pp | 18.9%+2.2pp | 18.7%+0.8pp | 18.1%-1.5pp | 17.2%-5.4pp | |
| Dividend yield | 9.7%-0.1pp | 9.9%-0.1pp | 9.7%-1.1pp | 9.7%-2.1pp | 9.8%-3.1pp |
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- What are Packaging Corp of America's profit margins?
- Packaging Corp of America (PKG) runs a 20.5% gross margin and a 11.7% operating margin, with a 8.0% net margin.
- Where do Packaging Corp of America's ratios come from?
- Every ratio is computed from Packaging Corp of America's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.
