Packaging Corp Of America PKG
NYSE PKG
$227.41 -4.58 (-1.97%)
As of: Sep 9, 2026 · 3:59 PM EDT

Packaging Corp Of America (PKG) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Packaging Corp Of America's (PKG) quarterly Debt Ratio came in at 0.36 in Q2 2026, up 31.61% year-over-year from 0.27 in Q2 2025, and down 2.14% quarter-over-quarter from 0.37 in Q1 2026.

Analysis

Packaging Corp Of America (PKG) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Packaging Corp Of America (PKG) has reported Debt Ratio for 18 consecutive years, with 0.36 the latest figure, recorded in Q2 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Debt Ratio rose 31.61% year-over-year to 0.36 in Q2 2026; TTM through Jun 2026 was 0.36, a 31.61% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 0.37, up 31.1% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio was 0.36 for Q2 2026 at Packaging Corp Of America, down from 0.37 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Debt Ratio peaked at 0.38 in Q4 2023 and troughed at 0.27 in Q2 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 0.32 and a median of 0.31 in 2022 frame the typical range for Debt Ratio.
  • Across the five-year window, Debt Ratio sank 34.22% in 2022 and surged 33.45% in 2026, its largest moves.
  • Over 5 years, Debt Ratio stood at 0.31 in 2022, then advanced by 21.79% to 0.38 in 2023, then declined by 25.58% to 0.28 in 2024, then soared by 31.1% to 0.37 in 2025, then decreased by 2.59% to 0.36 in 2026.
  • The last three Debt Ratio figures came in at 0.36 (Q2 2026), 0.37 (Q1 2026), and 0.37 (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 International Paper 51.92 Bn 51.20 Bn 1.66 Bn 0.25
2 Smurfit Westrock 24.03 Bn 23.38 Bn 1.40 Bn 0.31
3 Packaging Corp Of America 21.15 Bn 20.55 Bn 512.50 Mn 0.36
4 Sonoco Products 5.13 Bn 4.98 Bn 392.38 Mn 0.41
5 Graphic Packaging Holding 3.08 Bn 2.88 Bn 292.00 Mn 0.52
6 Ranpak Holdings 390.16 Mn 346.96 Mn 34.50 Mn 0.37
7 Clearwater Paper 337.07 Mn 241.67 Mn -10.40 Mn 0.23
8 Millennium Group International Holdings 17.21 Mn 10.37 Mn - 0.14
9 Dss 8.34 Mn 12.01 Mn - 0.52
10 It Tech Packaging 2.18 Mn -7.59 Mn 2.02 Mn 0.08
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 0.36
Mar 31, 2026 0.37
Dec 31, 2025 0.37
Sep 30, 2025 0.36
Jun 30, 2025 0.27
Mar 31, 2025 0.28
Dec 31, 2024 0.28
Sep 30, 2024 0.28
Jun 30, 2024 0.32
Mar 31, 2024 0.32
Dec 31, 2023 0.38
Sep 30, 2023 0.35
Jun 30, 2023 0.31
Mar 31, 2023 0.31
Dec 31, 2022 0.31
Sep 30, 2022 0.30
Jun 30, 2022 0.30
Mar 31, 2022 0.30
Dec 31, 2021 0.32
Sep 30, 2021 0.45