PKGPackaging Corporation of America
$249.71+30% 1Y
$249.71
$188.1552 weeks$259.22
The business
How PKG's business earns
Packaging Corporation of America earns 11% on the capital it employs against an estimated 9.0% cost of capital.
11%
Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 1.7 points above the estimated cost of capital
- Operating margin
- 11%
Operating margin · Packaging & Containers median 6.2% · 12 months to Sep 30, 2026
- Cash conversion
- 1.97×
Cash conversion · 1.53× a year ago · operating cash flow divided by operating profit after tax
- Share count, year on year
- −0.78%
Share count, year on year · within 1% of a year ago
Operating margin by fiscal year
| Year | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| FY2020 | 11% |
| FY2021 | 16% |
| FY2022 | 17% |
| FY2023 | 14% |
| FY2024 | 13% |
| FY2025 | 12% |
Details›
- Gross margin12 months to Sep 30, 2026
- 21%
- Operating margin12 months to Sep 30, 2026
- 11%
- Net margin12 months to Sep 30, 2026
- 7.4%
- Free cash flow margin
- 7.0%
- Revenue, trailing twelve months
- $9.82B
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- $687M
- Net income, trailing twelve months
- $727M
- Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
- 11%
Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion is operating cash flow over operating profit after tax.
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