Packaging Corp Of America PKG
NYSE PKG
$227.41 -4.58 (-1.97%)
As of: Sep 9, 2026 · 3:59 PM EDT

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

Packaging Corp Of America's (PKG) quarterly Payout Ratio came in at 0.58 in Q2 2026, up 24.49% year-over-year from 0.47 in Q2 2025, and down 11.51% quarter-over-quarter from 0.65 in Q1 2026.

Analysis

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

Packaging Corp Of America (PKG) has reported Payout Ratio for 18 consecutive years, with 0.58 the latest figure, recorded in Q2 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Payout Ratio rose 24.49% year-over-year to 0.58 in Q2 2026; TTM through Jun 2026 was 0.65, a 29.81% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 0.58, up 3.65% from the prior year.
  • Payout Ratio was 0.58 for Q2 2026 at Packaging Corp Of America, down from 0.65 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Payout Ratio peaked at 1.11 in Q4 2025 and troughed at 0.31 in Q2 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 0.55 and a median of 0.55 in 2022 frame the typical range for Payout Ratio.
  • Across the five-year window, Payout Ratio plunged 35.33% in 2022 and surged 113.44% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Over 5 years, Payout Ratio stood at 0.55 in 2022, then increased by 8.08% to 0.59 in 2023, then dropped by 12.54% to 0.52 in 2024, then soared by 113.44% to 1.11 in 2025, then slumped by 47.57% to 0.58 in 2026.
  • The last three Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.58 (Q2 2026), 0.65 (Q1 2026), and 1.11 (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr)
1 International Paper 51.92 Bn 51.20 Bn 1.66 Bn
2 Smurfit Westrock 22.15 Bn 21.47 Bn 1.40 Bn
3 Packaging Corp Of America 20.16 Bn 19.57 Bn 512.50 Mn
4 Sonoco Products 4.81 Bn 4.64 Bn 392.38 Mn
5 Graphic Packaging Holding 2.85 Bn 2.64 Bn 292.00 Mn
6 Ranpak Holdings 345.53 Mn 302.33 Mn 34.50 Mn
7 Clearwater Paper 321.07 Mn 225.67 Mn -10.40 Mn
8 Millennium Group International Holdings 17.10 Mn 10.24 Mn -
9 Dss 7.48 Mn 2.32 Mn -
10 It Tech Packaging 2.20 Mn -7.57 Mn 2.02 Mn
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 0.58
Mar 31, 2026 0.65
Dec 31, 2025 1.11
Sep 30, 2025 0.50
Jun 30, 2025 0.47
Mar 31, 2025 0.55
Dec 31, 2024 0.52
Sep 30, 2024 0.47
Jun 30, 2024 0.56
Mar 31, 2024 0.76
Dec 31, 2023 0.59
Jun 30, 2023 0.34
Mar 31, 2023 0.59
Dec 31, 2022 0.55
Sep 30, 2022 0.45
Jun 30, 2022 0.31
Mar 31, 2022 0.37
Dec 31, 2021 0.44
Sep 30, 2021 0.38
Jun 30, 2021 0.46