Packaging Corporation of America forward PE PKG

Share price divided by analysts' consensus earnings for the next twelve months, since 2000.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 20.6×
10-year median: 17.5×
Against its 10-year history: 86th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 10.1× to 24.9×
Peer median: 13.9×

Packaging Corporation of America's forward PE is 20.6× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 17.5×, higher than on 86% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 10.1× in Dec 2018 to 24.9× in Nov 2024.

The median for 3 packaging stocks of a similar size is 13.9×.

Forward PE over time

median 17.5×

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	20.6×	19.4×	24.2×
2025	21.4×	18.5×	24.0×
2024	22.7×	18.3×	24.9×
2023	20.0×	15.8×	20.8×
2022	15.3×	12.2×	16.5×
2021	13.3×	12.5×	20.6×
2020	19.6×	14.9×	19.7×
2019	19.9×	10.8×	20.3×
2018	10.3×	10.1×	18.6×
2017	17.5×	15.7×	18.6×
2016	15.8×	10.2×	16.5×
2015	14.6×	13.9×	19.4×
2014	17.5×	13.6×	17.6×
2013	15.8×	14.5×	17.0×
2012	14.9×	12.5×	16.1×
2011	14.8×	14.2×	20.2×
2010	15.3×	11.5×	22.7×
2009	20.9×	13.6×	28.3×
2008	17.3×	14.0×	28.3×
2007	17.6×	15.3×	19.0×

Against its peers

Companies in Packaging & Containers nearest Packaging Corporation of America's size, closest first, today.

Company	Forward PE
PKGPackaging Corporation of America	20.6×
SWSmurfit Westrock	13.9×
SONSonoco Products	n/m
GPKGraphic Packaging	n/m
Peer median	13.9×

Where Packaging Corporation of America ranks

#21of 40Consumer cyclical stocks with the lowest forward PE

What the forward PE tells you

Price divided by what analysts expect the company to earn over the next twelve months. It answers "what am I paying for next year" instead of last year.

Estimates are opinions. When forward PE is far below trailing PE, analysts expect a big jump in earnings. If that jump slips, the stock was not as cheap as it looked.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.