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Packaging Corporation of America price to free cash flow PKG

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2011.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
29.7×
10-year median
20.1×
Against its 10-year history
86th
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
9.4× to 37.8×
Peer median
17.8×

Packaging Corporation of America's price to free cash flow is 29.7× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 20.1×, higher than on 86% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 9.4× in Apr 2020 to 37.8× in Nov 2024.

The median for 3 packaging stocks of a similar size is 17.8×.

Price to free cash flow 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 far29.7×25.0×32.3×
202525.9×24.5×36.7×
202434.5×17.5×37.8×
202317.7×15.7×20.6×
202218.2×17.7×32.0×
202129.4×18.0×29.4×
202018.6×9.4×18.6×
201913.0×12.2×15.9×
201813.3×13.0×25.0×
201723.5×15.5×23.5×
201615.2×10.2×16.8×
201518.1×17.2×25.6×
201420.2×15.0×20.3×
201315.2×12.9×20.4×
201218.6×16.9×45.7×
201135.1×24.0×38.2×

Against its peers

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

CompanyPrice to free cash flow
PKGPackaging Corporation of America29.7×
SWSmurfit Westrock21.6×
SONSonoco Products14.0×
GPKGraphic Packagingn/m
Peer median17.8×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

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