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How Packaging Corporation of America stacks up
PKG · against 110 other Consumer Cyclical companies of similar size
Profitability
70/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #71 of 111 · scores higher than 36% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score12 peers with a profitability score of 70–79, including PKG · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 70?
Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Cyclical companies.Mainly thanks to its return on assets, operating margin and return on invested capital, which are stronger than most Consumer Cyclical peers.
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 62% of peers. Return on invested capital: 10.0% vs peer median 7.3%
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 71% of peers. Operating margin: 10.9% vs peer median 6.4%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 77% of peers. Return on assets: 6.3% vs peer median 3.3%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = PKG, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | PKG | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 107 reported | 10.0% | 14.9% | 31% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 113 reported | 10.9% | 11.7% | 44% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 105 reported | 6.3% | 7.0% | 46% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 102 reported | 14.9% | 18.2% | 37% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 113 reported | 21.4% | 36.7% | 22% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around PKG| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 880.5B TWD (≈$27.3B) | 99 | 75 | |
| 1 | 184.4B HKD (≈$23.6B) | 99 | 91 | |
| 1 | 11.5B USD | 99 | 78 | |
| 1 | 24.9B USD | 99 | 49 | |
| 1 | 11.8B USD | 99 | 73 | |
| 67 | 24.6B USD | 73 | 56 | |
| 68 | 4.04T JPY (≈$27.5B) | 72 | 76 | |
| 69 | 1.93T JPY (≈$13.1B) | 71 | 53 | |
| 69 | 11.0B EUR (≈$12.1B) | 71 | 42 | |
| 71 | 22.7B USD | 70 | 55 | |
| 72 | 150.1B HKD (≈$19.2B) | 68 | 79 | |
| 73 | 1.93T JPY (≈$13.1B) | 67 | 53 | |
| 73 | 13.7B USD | 67 | 54 | |
| 75 | 1.75T JPY (≈$11.9B) | 63 | 51 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score