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
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 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 |