Packaging Corp Of America (PKG) Debt to Equity (2009 - 2026)

Packaging Corp Of America (PKG) reported Debt to Equity of $0.86 for Q1 2026, up 57.25% year-over-year from $0.55 in Q1 2025, and little changed quarter-over-quarter from $0.86 in Q4 2025.

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

Packaging Corp Of America (PKG) has 18 years of Debt to Equity data on file, last reported at $0.86 in Q1 2026.

  • Debt to Equity for Q1 2026 came in at $0.86, up 57.25% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $0.86 (up 57.25% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $0.86, up 53.58% from the prior year.
  • Debt to Equity was little changed at $0.86 in Q1 2026 per PKG's latest filing, from $0.86 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Debt to Equity peaked at $0.86 in Q1 2026 and troughed at $0.53 in Q2 2025.
  • A 5-year average of $0.67 and a median of $0.65 in 2022 frame the typical range for Debt to Equity.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2026: Debt to Equity decreased 29.1% in 2022, then surged 57.25% in 2026.
  • A 5-year view of Debt to Equity shows it stood at $0.67 in 2022, then rose by 6.51% to $0.72 in 2023, then slipped by 21.8% to $0.56 in 2024, then soared by 53.58% to $0.86 in 2025, then climbed by 0.24% to $0.86 in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows PKG's Debt to Equity at $0.86 in Q1 2026, $0.86 in Q4 2025, and $0.83 in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt/Equity (Qtr)
1 Smurfit Westrock 21.64 Bn 20.99 Bn 1.27 Bn 0.79
2 Packaging Corp Of America 20.07 Bn 19.53 Bn 452.90 Mn 0.86
3 International Paper 18.03 Bn 16.73 Bn 1.73 Bn 0.61
4 Amcor 17.99 Bn 16.41 Bn 1.19 Bn 1.31
5 Ball 14.38 Bn 13.50 Bn 646.00 Mn 1.27
6 Avery Dennison 12.23 Bn 11.97 Bn 664.80 Mn 1.65
7 Crown Holdings 10.71 Bn 10.62 Bn 644.00 Mn 1.97
8 Sonoco Products 4.95 Bn 4.75 Bn 345.63 Mn 1.31
9 Reynolds Consumer Products 4.85 Bn 4.78 Bn 207.00 Mn 0.68
10 Silgan Holdings 4.09 Bn 3.66 Bn 265.78 Mn 2.01

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.86
Dec 31, 2025 0.86
Sep 30, 2025 0.83
Jun 30, 2025 0.53
Mar 31, 2025 0.55
Dec 31, 2024 0.56
Sep 30, 2024 0.58
Jun 30, 2024 0.70
Mar 31, 2024 0.71
Dec 31, 2023 0.72
Sep 30, 2023 0.64
Jun 30, 2023 0.64
Mar 31, 2023 0.66
Dec 31, 2022 0.67
Sep 30, 2022 0.62
Jun 30, 2022 0.62
Mar 31, 2022 0.65
Dec 31, 2021 0.69
Sep 30, 2021 0.88
Jun 30, 2021 0.72