Packaging Corporation of America
General ticker "PKG" information:
- Sector: Consumer Discretionary
- Industry: Packaging & Containers
- Capitalization: $18.5B (TTM average)
Packaging Corporation of America follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 45.0%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.2%: low 221.74$, high 226.95$
Factors to consider:
- Company included in S&P500 list
- Company pays dividends (quarterly): last record date 2026-03-13, amount 1.25$ (Y2.23%)
- 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, Transportation costs, Operational and conduct risks
- Price in estimated range
- Earnings for 3 months up through Q1 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: [172.07$, 243.12$]
- 2026-12-31 to 2027-12-31 estimated range: [169.75$, 241.36$]
Financial Metrics affecting the PKG estimates:
- Negative: with PPE of 21.0 at the end of fiscal year the price was very high
- Positive: 6.59 < Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 8.39
- Positive: 7.54 < Operating profit margin, % of 13.97
- Positive: Inventory ratio change, % of 0.23 <= 0.78
- Positive: Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 6.62 > 6.06
- Positive: Industry earnings per price (median), % of 5.75 > 4.45
- Positive: 19.24 < Shareholder equity ratio, % of 42.09 <= 42.59
- Positive: Interest expense per share per price, % of 0.43 <= 0.73
- Positive: 2.88 < Industry operating profit margin (median), % of 6.83
- Positive: 5.46 < Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 9.68
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Financial data
| YTD | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $7,759.50MM | $8,311.80MM | $8,989.30MM |
| Operating Expenses | $6,684.40MM | $7,210.50MM | $7,733.90MM |
| Operating Income | $1,075.10MM | $1,101.30MM | $1,255.40MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-61.00MM | $-36.90MM | $-227.60MM |
| 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 | $8.60 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.