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How Packaging Corporation of America stacks up
PKG · against 110 other Consumer Cyclical companies of similar size
Valuation
35/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #72 of 111 · scores higher than 33% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the valuation score22 peers with a valuation score of 30–39, including PKG · Click a bar to see the companies
Why valuation scores 35?
Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Cyclical companies.Mainly because of its free cash flow yield and earnings yield, which are weaker than most Consumer Cyclical peers.
- less free cash flow for the price paid: weaker than 68% of peers. Free cash flow yield: 3.3% vs peer median 6.1%
- lower earnings for the price paid: weaker than 61% of peers. Earnings yield: 3.0% vs peer median 4.4%
- EBITDA yield is close to the peer norm. EBITDA yield: 6.9% vs peer median 8.8%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yieldHigher is better · 109 reported | 3.0% | 4.7% | 23% | 30% | |
| EBITDA yieldHigher is better · 112 reported | 7.6% | 7.5% | 51% | 50% | |
| Free cash flow yieldHigher is better · 62 reported | 3.3% | 4.6% | 25% | 20% | |
| Book yieldHigher is better · 105 reported | 20.6% | 22.2% | 45% | Context only |
Ranking by valuation score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around PKG| Rank | Company | Market cap | Valuation | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 219.5B CNY (≈$30.7B) | 98 | 66 | |
| 2 | 37.54T KRW (≈$27.0B) | 97 | 65 | |
| 2 | 150.1B HKD (≈$19.2B) | 97 | 79 | |
| 4 | 4.04T JPY (≈$27.5B) | 93 | 76 | |
| 5 | 31.01T KRW (≈$22.3B) | 91 | 59 | |
| 70 | 2.90T INR (≈$34.8B) | 36 | 67 | |
| 70 | 23.5B USD | 36 | 62 | |
| 72 | 13.8B USD | 35 | 70 | |
| 72 | 44.1B USD | 35 | 35 | |
| 72 | 22.7B USD | 35 | 55 | |
| 72 | 42.8B USD | 35 | 54 | |
| 76 | 112.0B CNY (≈$15.7B) | 34 | 53 | |
| 76 | 1.93T JPY (≈$13.1B) | 34 | 53 | |
| 76 | 17.1B USD | 34 | 32 |
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