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
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 |