On 12 Nov 2026 Packaging Corporation of America closed at $250.58, +23.8% this year; market cap $22.30bn, P/E 30.7.
Materials · Paper & Plastic Packaging Products & Materials · NYSE · United States
Packaging Corporation of America manufactures and sells containerboard and uncoated freesheet (UFS) paper products in North America. The company operates through Packaging and Paper segments. The Packaging segment offers various linerboard and corrugated packaging products, such as conventional shipping containers used to protect and transport manufactured goods; multi-color boxes and displays that help to merchandise the packaged product in retail locations; and honeycomb protective packaging products, as well as packaging for meat, fresh fruit and vegetables, processed food, beverages, and other industrial and consumer products. This segment sells its corrugated products through a direct sales and marketing organization. The Paper segment manufactures and sells commodity and specialty papers, as well as communication papers, including cut-size office papers, and printing and converting papers; and white papers. This segment sells papers through its sales and marketing organization. Packaging Corporation of America was founded in 1867 and is headquartered in Lake Forest, Illinois.
| Market cap | $22.30bn |
| P/E (trailing) | 30.7 |
| EPS (TTM) | $8.16 |
| Beta | 0.77 |
| Dividend | $6.00 |
| Dividend yield | 2.39% |
| Ex-dividend date | 15 Sep 2026 |
| Latest report | 21 Oct 2026 |
| Next earnings | 20 Jan 2027 |
| YTD | +23.8% |
| 1Y | +28.2% |
| 3Y | +20.8% |
| 5Y | +16.5% |
| Year | Revenue | Net income | Free cash flow |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $8.99bn | $768.90m | $728.60m |
| 2024 | $8.38bn | $805.10m | $521.50m |
| 2023 | $7.80bn | $765.20m | $845.40m |
| 2022 | $8.48bn | $1.03bn | $670.80m |
| 2021 | $7.73bn | $841.10m | $489.00m |
We publish no single base value for Packaging Corporation of America. Our valuation methods put it between $188.18 and $224.76 a share. The valuation code's reason: no point fair value: the two anchors behind it compound the same growth rate and differ only in how they end — a perpetuity at the terminal rate against a multiple on the final year — so the midpoint between them measures terminal treatment rather than what the business is worth. The published range is the same reading with the false precision removed: read it as the span the method supports, and treat neither edge as a point estimate. See every method
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Data as of 12 Nov 2026. Not investment advice.