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

Packaging Corp Of America (PKG) reported Debt Ratio of 0.37 for Q1 2026, up 33.45% year-over-year from 0.28 in Q1 2025, and little changed quarter-over-quarter from 0.37 in Q4 2025.

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

Packaging Corp Of America (PKG) has 18 years of Debt Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.37 in Q1 2026.

  • Debt Ratio for Q1 2026 came in at 0.37, up 33.45% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.37 (up 33.45% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.37, up 32.06% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio held at 0.37 in Q1 2026 per PKG's latest filing, from 0.37 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Debt Ratio peaked at 749.73 in Q1 2023 and troughed at 0.27 in Q2 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 44.4 and a median of 0.31 in 2023 frame the typical range for Debt Ratio.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Debt Ratio surged 246709.49% in 2023, then tumbled 99.96% in 2024.
  • 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.
  • Business Quant data shows PKG's Debt Ratio at 0.37 in Q1 2026, 0.37 in Q4 2025, and 0.36 in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 Smurfit Westrock 21.64 Bn 20.99 Bn 1.27 Bn 0.32
2 Packaging Corp Of America 20.07 Bn 19.53 Bn 452.90 Mn 0.37
3 International Paper 18.03 Bn 16.73 Bn 1.73 Bn 0.25
4 Amcor 17.99 Bn 16.41 Bn 1.19 Bn 0.41
5 Ball 14.38 Bn 13.50 Bn 646.00 Mn 0.36
6 Avery Dennison 12.23 Bn 11.97 Bn 664.80 Mn 0.42
7 Crown Holdings 10.71 Bn 10.62 Bn 644.00 Mn 0.40
8 Sonoco Products 4.95 Bn 4.75 Bn 345.63 Mn 0.42
9 Reynolds Consumer Products 4.85 Bn 4.78 Bn 207.00 Mn 0.31
10 Silgan Holdings 4.09 Bn 3.66 Bn 265.78 Mn 0.50

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