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

Packaging Corp Of America (PKG) posted quarterly Debt Ratio of 0.37 for Q1 2026, up 33.45% YoY from 0.28 in Q1 2025, and little changed sequentially from 0.37 in Q4 2025.

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

Packaging Corp Of America has disclosed Debt Ratio across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 0.37 for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Debt Ratio rose 33.45% year-over-year to 0.37; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.37 (up 33.45% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 0.37, up 32.06% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio was little changed at 0.37 in Q1 2026, from 0.37 in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Debt Ratio for PKG reached as high as 749.73 in Q1 2023 and fell as low as 0.27 in Q2 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Debt Ratio is 0.31 (2023), against an average of 44.4.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Debt Ratio surged 246709.49% — and 2024, when it sank 99.96%.
  • A 5-year view of Debt Ratio shows it stood at 0.31 in 2022, then increased by 7.04% to 0.33 in 2023, then retreated by 15.33% to 0.28 in 2024, then jumped by 32.06% to 0.37 in 2025, then slipped by 0.47% to 0.37 in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Debt Ratio over the past three periods registered 0.37, 0.37, and 0.36 for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 Ball 88.75 Bn 87.87 Bn 646.00 Mn 0.36
2 International Paper 24.05 Bn 22.75 Bn 1.73 Bn 0.25
3 Avery Dennison 12.53 Bn 12.27 Bn 664.80 Mn 0.42
4 Crown Holdings 12.47 Bn 12.38 Bn 644.00 Mn 0.40
5 Reynolds Consumer Products 5.71 Bn 5.64 Bn 207.00 Mn 0.31
6 Sonoco Products 5.57 Bn 5.37 Bn 345.63 Mn 0.42
7 Silgan Holdings 4.87 Bn 4.43 Bn 265.78 Mn 0.50
8 Graphic Packaging Holding 3.15 Bn 2.96 Bn 306.00 Mn 0.49
9 Ardagh Metal Packaging 2.81 Bn 2.81 Bn 179.00 0.00
10 Packaging Corp Of America 214.04 Mn -329.66 Mn 452.90 Mn 0.37

Historic Data

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DateValue
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 0.33
Sep 30, 2023 0.30
Jun 30, 2023 0.31
Mar 31, 2023 749.73
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 0.37
Jun 30, 2021 0.32