Growth Metrics

Packaging Corp Of America (PKG) Debt Ratio (2016 - 2026)

Packaging Corp Of America has reported Debt Ratio over the past 17 years, most recently at 0.37 for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Debt Ratio rose 32.06% to 0.37 in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.37 through Dec 2025, up 32.06% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.37 for FY2025, 32.06% up from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio was 0.37 for Q4 2025 at Packaging Corp Of America, up from 0.36 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Debt Ratio peaked at 749.73 in Q1 2023 and troughed at 0.27 in Q2 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Debt Ratio is 0.31 (2021), against an average of 37.78.
  • Year-over-year, Debt Ratio surged 246709.49% in 2023 and then tumbled 99.96% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Debt Ratio shows it stood at 0.32 in 2021, then decreased by 2.0% to 0.31 in 2022, then increased by 7.04% to 0.33 in 2023, then dropped by 15.33% to 0.28 in 2024, then skyrocketed by 32.06% to 0.37 in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for PKG's Debt Ratio are 0.37 (Q4 2025), 0.36 (Q3 2025), and 0.27 (Q2 2025).