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PKG NYSE

Packaging Corporation of America
1W: +5.9% 1M: +7.9% 3M: +1.5% YTD: +19.9% 1Y: +24.3% 3Y: +85.6% 5Y: +116.6%
$253.01
-0.73 (-0.29%)
 
Weekly Expected Move ±3.0%
$233 $240 $247 $255 $262
NYSE · Consumer Cyclical · Packaging & Containers · Tech Score Buy · Power 69 · $22.5B mcap · 87M float · 0.727% daily turnover · Short 62% of daily vol
Credit Risk of going bust: lower than 80% of companies Debt: 16.3% of company value Bonds: $64.5M held by 135 funds, 74 bp over Treasuries → details ▾
Of US companies ranked in the safest four tenths, about 1 in 3,500 filed for bankruptcy within a year (2020-2025).
If the stock fell to about $2.73 (down 99%), Packaging Corporation of America would be worth roughly what it owes.
Total debt $4.40B against a stock market value of $22.54B.
Distance to default 9.78 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-27, balance sheet 2026-06-30, debt counted $1.98B (short-term plus half of long-term), stock volatility 28.0%; Altman Z 4.06. A ranking and a back-test, not a forecast.
Bond figures are fund-reported marks (SEC N-PORT) as of Jul 2026. How these are computed.

Cash Flow Trends

Operating Cash Flow
$1.6B +30.8% ▲
5Y CAGR: +8.6%
Capital Expenditures
$829M -23.8% ▼
5Y CAGR: +14.5%
Free Cash Flow
$729M +39.7% ▲
5Y CAGR: +3.6%
Dividends Paid
$450M -0.2% ▼
Buybacks
$153M -495.3% ▼
Net Change in Cash
-$156M -521.6% ▼

Cash Flow Composition

Year-over-Year Growth

View Full Cash Flow Statement
Line ItemFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
— Operating Activities —
Net Income$841M$1.0B$765M$805M$769M
Depreciation & Amort.$429M$457M$518M$526M$653M
Stock-Based Comp.$36M$36M$40M$49M$45M
Change in Working Capital-$287M-$85M-$7M-$211M-$55M
Other Non-Cash Items$16M-$28M-$6M$22M$48M
Operating Cash Flow$1.1B$1.5B$1.3B$1.2B$1.6B
— Investing Activities —
Capital Expenditures-$605M-$824M-$470M-$672M-$829M
Acquisitions (Net)-$195M$2M$0$1M-$1.8B
Investment Purchases-$127M-$126M-$507M-$114M-$114M
Investment Sales$127M$119M$103M$507M$143M
Other Investing$6M-$4M-$1M$0$31M
Investing Cash Flow-$794M-$834M-$875M-$278M-$2.6B
— Financing Activities —
Net Debt Issuance-$68M-$2M$395M-$402M$1.5B
Stock Repurchased-$206M-$538M-$57M-$26M-$153M
Dividends Paid-$380M-$420M-$449M-$449M-$450M
Other Financing-$2M-$15M-$1M$0-$24M
Financing Cash Flow-$656M-$960M-$112M-$876M$859M
Net Change in Cash-$356M-$299M$328M$37M-$156M
Cash End of Period$619M$320M$648M$685M$529M
Free Cash Flow$489M$671M$845M$522M$729M

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