Packaging Corporation of America
General ticker "PKG" information:
- Sector: Consumer Discretionary
- Industry: Packaging & Containers
- Capitalization: $19.2B (TTM average)
Packaging Corporation of America follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 51.5%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 0.8%: low 231.90$, high 235.78$
Factors to consider:
- Earnings expected soon, date: 2026-10-21 amc
- Company included in S&P500 list
- Company pays dividends (quarterly): last record date 2026-09-15, amount 1.50$ (Y2.54%)
- Total employees count: 16800 (+9.1%) as of 2025
- Countries other than US accounted for 5.4% of revenue in the fiscal year ended 2024-12-31
- Top business risk factors: Economic downturns and volatility, Market competition, Inflation impact, Transportation costs, Operational and conduct risks
- Price in estimated range
- Earnings for 6 months up through Q2 are below our estimates
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2025-12-31 to 2027-12-31
- 2025-12-31 to 2026-12-31 estimated range: [171.34$, 241.75$]
- 2026-12-31 to 2027-12-31 estimated range: [170.39$, 241.45$]
Financial Metrics affecting the PKG estimates:
- Negative: with PPE of 21.1 at the end of fiscal year the price was high
- Positive: 11.29 < Operating profit margin, % of 12.52
- Positive: 6.77 < Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 8.38
- Positive: 5.41 < Industry operating profit margin (median), % of 7.26
- Positive: 9.52 < Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 10.43
- Positive: Interest expense per share per price, % of 0.43 <= 0.75
- Positive: 34.41 < Shareholder equity ratio, % of 42.09 <= 42.26
- Positive: Inventory ratio change, % of 0.41 <= 0.41
- Positive: Industry inventory ratio change (median), % of 0.68 <= 1.15
- Positive: 5.14 < Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 6.62
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Financial data
| YTD | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $7,759.50MM | $8,311.80MM | $8,840.90MM |
| Operating Expenses | $6,684.40MM | $7,210.50MM | $7,733.90MM |
| Operating Income | $1,075.10MM | $1,101.30MM | $1,107.00MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-61.00MM | $-36.90MM | $-79.20MM |
| Interest Expense | $53.30MM | $41.40MM | $79.10MM |
| Income(Loss) | $1,014.10MM | $1,064.40MM | $1,027.80MM |
| Taxes | $248.90MM | $259.30MM | $253.70MM |
| Net Income(Loss)* | $765.20MM | $805.10MM | $774.10MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $3,997.30MM | $4,404.00MM | $4,598.00MM |
| Inventory | $1,013.10MM | $1,124.90MM | $1,243.20MM |
| Assets | $8,681.10MM | $8,833.20MM | $10,924.60MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $1,315.10MM | $1,191.20MM | $1,557.50MM |
| Capital expenditure | $469.70MM | $669.70MM | $828.90MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-875.10MM | $-277.80MM | $-2,572.90MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-112.00MM | $-876.40MM | $859.40MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $8.59 | $9.04 | $8.64 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.