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Packaging Corporation of America PE ratio PKG

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, since 2011.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
32.1×
10-year median
19.1×
Against its 10-year history
99th
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
9.5× to 33.3×
Peer median
13.3×

Packaging Corporation of America's PE ratio is 32.1× as of Oct 23, 2026: a share price of $247.29 against $7.70 of earnings per share over the last twelve months.

That is above its ten-year median of 19.1×, higher than on 99% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 9.5× in Dec 2018 to 33.3× in Aug 2026.

The median for 3 packaging stocks of a similar size is 13.3×.

PE ratio over time

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

YearEnd of yearLowHigh
2026 so far32.1×21.3×33.3×
202521.1×19.0×28.0×
202426.5×18.6×29.0×
202318.7×11.6×19.5×
202211.6×10.4×18.9×
202117.3×16.3×30.5×
202027.7×11.0×27.7×
201913.9×10.2×14.1×
20189.7×9.5×23.8×
201722.3×18.5×23.1×
201618.2×10.3×18.8×
201514.4×13.6×20.3×
201414.9×11.9×26.2×
201322.8×21.9×28.8×
201226.3×15.0×26.3×
201114.7×10.3×15.5×

Against its peers

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

CompanyPE ratio
PKGPackaging Corporation of America32.1×
SWSmurfit Westrock44.5×
SONSonoco Products8.0×
GPKGraphic Packaging13.3×
Peer median13.3×

What the PE ratio tells you

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months. It is the price tag on a dollar of profit: 20× means you pay $20 for $1 of yearly earnings.

Blank while earnings are negative. A very low PE can mean the market expects profits to fall, so read it with growth and the company's own history.

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