PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA
PKGNYSE · SIC 2650
$233.07
↓ -0.4%Jul 17 close · end-of-day
Price
1Y↑ +17.9%
End-of-day closes; the latest point is the live 15-min-delayed price · split & dividend adjusted · chart by TradingView
Key statistics
Market Cap
$20.8B
Enterprise Value
$24.2B
P/E
28.3
P/S
2.3
P/B
4.5
EV/EBITDA
13.3
PEG
—
FCF Yield
3.4%
Dividend Yield
2.1%
Revenue (TTM)
$9.2B
Net Income (TTM)
$741.2M
Free Cash Flow (TTM)
$702.2M
Gross Margin
20.5%
Operating Margin
11.7%
Net Margin
8.0%
ROE
16.2%
ROIC
10.2%
Debt / Equity
0.9
Net Cash
-$3.4B
Return 1Y
+18.1%
Company profile
Packaging Corporation of America manufactures and sells containerboard and corrugated packaging products in the United States. The company operates through Packaging and Paper segments. The Paper segment sells commodity and specialty papers, as well as communication papers.
- CEO
- Mark W. Kowlzan
- Sector
- Manufacturing
- Industry
- Shipping Containers
- Employees
- 15,100
- Headquarters
- Illinois
- Website
- packagingcorp.com
Management & directors
- Kowlzan Mark WChairman & CEO
- Hassfurther Thomas APresident
- Olivier Darla J.SVP
Roles derived from SEC Form 4 filings.
Earnings
Next earnings · estimated2026-07-23
PKG Q1 2026 Earnings
Period ends 2026-03-31
MetricActualYoY
Revenue$2.4B↑ +10.6%
Diluted EPS$1.91↓ -15.5%
Actuals from SEC filings; YoY vs the year-ago quarter. Analyst estimates & surprise require a data feed (coming soon).
Financial statements
| Line item | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $6.7B | $7.7B | $8.5B | $7.8B | $8.4B | $9.0B |
| Gross profit | $1.4B | $1.9B | $2.1B | $1.7B | $1.8B | $1.9B |
| Operating income | $723.9M | $1.2B | $1.4B | $1.1B | $1.1B | $1.1B |
| Net income | $461.0M | $841.1M | $1.0B | $765.2M | $805.1M | $774.1M |
| Diluted EPS | $4.84 | $8.83 | $11.03 | $8.48 | $8.93 | $8.58 |
| Operating cash flow | $1.0B | $1.1B | $1.5B | $1.3B | $1.2B | $1.6B |
| Free cash flow | $611.6M | $489.0M | $670.8M | $845.4M | $521.5M | $728.6M |
| Gross margin | 20.6% | 24.2% | 24.7% | 21.8% | 21.3% | 21.0% |
| Operating margin | 10.9% | 16.1% | 16.8% | 13.8% | 13.1% | 12.3% |
| Net margin | 6.9% | 10.9% | 12.1% | 9.8% | 9.6% | 8.6% |
| Line item | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $2.1B | $2.2B | $2.1B | $2.1B | $2.2B | $2.3B | $2.4B | $2.4B |
| Gross profit | $437.7M | $505.2M | $469.8M | $454.7M | $483.0M | $504.3M | $447.6M | $452.9M |
| Operating income | $276.0M | $327.1M | $302.2M | $280.3M | $333.7M | $324.5M | $168.5M | $251.3M |
| Net income | $198.9M | $238.1M | $221.2M | $203.8M | $241.5M | $226.9M | $101.9M | $170.9M |
| Diluted EPS | $2.21 | $2.64 | $2.45 | $2.26 | $2.67 | $2.51 | $1.14 | $1.91 |
| Operating cash flow | $278.3M | $327.1M | $325.4M | $339.1M | $299.6M | $472.2M | $446.6M | $329.3M |
| Free cash flow | $33.3M | $180.4M | $124.1M | $191.0M | $129.9M | $280.1M | $127.6M | $164.6M |
| Gross margin | 21.1% | 23.1% | 21.9% | 21.2% | 22.2% | 21.8% | 18.9% | 19.1% |
| Operating margin | 13.3% | 15.0% | 14.1% | 13.1% | 15.4% | 14.0% | 7.1% | 10.6% |
| Net margin | 9.6% | 10.9% | 10.3% | 9.5% | 11.1% | 9.8% | 4.3% | 7.2% |
Company news
Jul 17, 2026
Jul 15, 2026
Jul 14, 2026
Analyst estimates
Coming soonConsensus revenue & EPS estimates and price targets will appear here once a forward-estimates data feed is connected.
Insider transactions
BoughtSoldMonthly insider $ volume · trailing 12 months
| Date | Insider | Type | Shares | Price | Value | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-27 | KOWLZAN MARK W· Chairman & CEO | Sale | 9,266 | $217.08 | $2.0M | filing |
| 2026-05-12 | MENCOFF SAMUEL M | Award | 591 | $0.00 | $0.00 | filing |
| 2026-05-12 | SOULELES THOMAS S | Award | 591 | $0.00 | $0.00 | filing |
| 2026-05-12 | LYONS ROBERT C | Award | 591 | $0.00 | $0.00 | filing |
| 2026-05-12 | Harman Donna A. | Award | 591 | $0.00 | $0.00 | filing |
| 2026-05-12 | GOWLAND KAREN E | Award | 591 | $0.00 | $0.00 | filing |
| 2026-05-12 | Farrington Duane C | Award | 591 | $0.00 | $0.00 | filing |
| 2026-05-12 | BEEBE CHERYL K | Award | 591 | $0.00 | $0.00 | filing |
| 2026-05-12 | PORTER ROGER B | Award | 591 | $0.00 | $0.00 | filing |
| 2026-03-27 | KOWLZAN MARK W· Chairman & CEO | Tax withholding | 20,513 | $212.25 | $4.4M | filing |
| 2026-03-27 | Hassfurther Thomas A· President | Tax withholding | 12,615 | $212.25 | $2.7M | filing |
| 2026-03-27 | Olivier Darla J.· SVP | Tax withholding | 1,055 | $212.25 | $223,923.75 | filing |
| 2026-03-27 | Hassfurther Thomas A· President | Award | 2,279 | $0.00 | $0.00 | filing |
| 2026-03-27 | KOWLZAN MARK W· Chairman & CEO | Award | 43,010 | $0.00 | $0.00 | filing |
| 2026-03-27 | KOWLZAN MARK W· Chairman & CEO | Award | 3,292 | $0.00 | $0.00 | filing |
| 2026-03-27 | Olivier Darla J.· SVP | Award | 173 | $0.00 | $0.00 | filing |
| 2026-03-27 | Olivier Darla J.· SVP | Award | 2,260 | $0.00 | $0.00 | filing |
| 2026-03-27 | Hassfurther Thomas A· President | Award | 29,778 | $0.00 | $0.00 | filing |
Latest 18 transactions.
Fundamentals & filings from SEC EDGAR. Prices adjusted for splits & dividends. Not investment advice.