Consumer Cyclical
Live Price
Offline$229.02
-0.10% today
1Y Change
+21.49%
Window
Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 17, 2026
Coverage: 248 bars · Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 17, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Packaging Corporation of America (PKG) is a Consumer Cyclical stock with a market cap of $19.45B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $229.02 and up 21.5% across the available one-year price window (Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 17, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +7.2%, EPS growth of -4.0%, a dividend yield of 2.3%. What stands out right now is revenue +7.2%, EPS -4.0%, free cash flow +39.7% with operating margin 13.2% and ROIC 9.2%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 2.3%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 26.0 and price/sales 2.1. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines PKG price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Consumer Cyclical peers on this page.
Benchmark Comparison
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PKG
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
PKG Max Drawdown
-17.69%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
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Financial profile
Profitability, balance sheet stamina, and cash efficiency drawn from the latest filings.
FY Revenue
$7.7B
-8.8% YoY
FY Net Income
$841.1M
-18.3% YoY
Free Cash Flow
$489.0M
-27.1% YoY
Revenue Growth
+7.2%
EPS Growth
-4.0%
Gross Margin
20.5%
Net Margin
8.0%
Income statement
USD
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 9.0B | 8.4B | 7.8B | 8.5B | 7.7B |
| Gross Profit | 1.9B | 1.8B | 1.7B | 2.1B | 1.9B |
| Operating Income | 1.3B | 1.1B | 1.1B | 1.4B | 1.3B |
| EBITDA | 1.8B | 1.6B | 1.6B | 1.9B | 1.7B |
| Net Income | 769M | 805M | 765M | 1.0B | 841M |
| EPS (Diluted) | — | — | — | — | — |
Balance sheet
USD
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & Equivalents | 529M | 685M | 648M | 320M | 619M |
| Total Assets | 10.9B | 8.8B | 8.7B | 8.0B | 7.8B |
| Total Liabilities | 6.3B | 4.4B | 4.7B | 4.3B | 4.2B |
| Shareholder Equity | 4.6B | 4.4B | 4.0B | 3.7B | 3.6B |
| Total Debt | 4.4B | 2.8B | 3.2B | 2.8B | 2.7B |
| Net Debt | 3.8B | 2.1B | 2.5B | 2.5B | 2.1B |
Cash flow positioning
Latest Full Year
Operating Cash Flow
1.1B
-26.8% YoY
Capital Expenditures
605M
+26.6% YoY
Free Cash Flow
489M
-27.1% YoY
Key ratios
Gross Margin
20.5%
Operating Margin
13.2%
Net Margin
8.0%
ROE
16.0%
Debt / Equity
0.95x
Next Step
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