PKGPackaging Corporation of America

$249.71+30% 1Y

Debt and balance sheet

Can PKG take a bad year?

Packaging Corporation of America carries $3.28B of net debt at 1.73× EBITDA.

$3.28B

Net debt · as at Sep 30, 2026 · 1.73 times trailing EBITDA

Net debt / EBITDA
1.73×

Net debt / EBITDA · 1.79× a year ago · lower than a year ago

Altman Z-score
7.05

Altman Z-score · above the 2.6 line in Altman's model

Debt / equity
0.83×

Debt / equity

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Total debtSep 30, 2026
$3.97B
Cash and short-term investments
$685M
Net debt
$3.28B
EBITDA, trailing twelve months
$1.90B
Operating profit, trailing twelve months
$1.10B
Debt / equity
0.83×
Total debt / EBITDA
2.09×
Annualised volatilitytwo years of daily moves
28%
Worst drawdown on file
−38%
Below its 52-week high
3.7%

Balance sheet from SEC filings; drawdown and volatility from end-of-day closes; Altman Z from the filed statements.

Debt and solvency

What it owes against what it owns, and the Altman Z″ score built from it.

How far it has fallen

How much the price moves, how deep and how long its falls have run, and the return per unit of volatility.

Packaging Corporation of America (PKG) Debt, Cash and Altman Z-Score · Ryufin