Packaging Corporation of America (PKG): Price and Financial Metrics

PKG POWR Grades

• PKG scores best on the Quality dimension, with a Quality rank ahead of 88.75% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for PKG is in Momentum, which has been heading up over the past 179 days.
• PKG's current lowest rank is in the Value metric (where it is better than 31.14% of US stocks).

PKG Stock Summary

• PKG has a market capitalization of $14,627,752,546 -- more than approximately 84.72% of US stocks.
• For PKG, its debt to operating expenses ratio is greater than that reported by 79.45% of US equities we're observing.
• The volatility of Packaging Corp Of America's share price is greater than that of only 11.98% US stocks with at least 200 days of trading history.
• Stocks with similar financial metrics, market capitalization, and price volatility to Packaging Corp Of America are BG, FOXA, CRS, CTLT, and MD.
• PKG's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit Packaging Corp Of America's official web site, go to www.packagingcorp.com.

PKG Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Consumer Cyclical stock, PKG's price/sales ratio is 35.48% lower, now standing at 2.
• Over the past 243 months, PKG's price/sales ratio has gone up 1.
• Over the past 243 months, PKG's price/sales ratio has gone up 1.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for PKG.

PKG Growth Metrics

The 2 year net cashflow from operations growth rate now stands at 35.06%.
• Its year over year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at 28.72%.
• Its 3 year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at 74.49%.

Over the past 34 months, PKG's revenue has gone up $672,700,000.

The table below shows PKG's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2021-12-31	7,730.3	1,094.1	841.1
2021-09-30	7,401.4	974.5	748.1
2021-06-30	7,095	989.1	636.5
2021-03-31	6,756.7	987.7	485.9
2020-12-31	6,658.2	1,032.8	461
2020-09-30	6,664	1,090.9	473.7

PKG's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• PKG has a Quality Grade of B, ranking ahead of 89.98% of graded US stocks.
• PKG's asset turnover comes in at 0.946 -- ranking 3rd of 11 Shipping Containers stocks.
• GEF, SON, and WRK are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with PKG.

The table below shows PKG's key quality metrics over time.