What is PKG's five-year median P/E?

The median, or middle weekly reading, is 20.1× over the last five years. Available history contains 533 weekly observations from Aug 8, 2016 to Oct 19, 2026.

Does a low historical rank mean a stock is a buy?

No. The rank describes a stock’s own history. Changes in growth, financial risk and the business can change the multiple investors pay. P/E uses earnings and P/S uses revenue from the previous twelve months.

Packaging Corporation of America (PKG) valuation history

Historically high

As of Oct 22, 2026

PKG's P/E of 31.0x is higher than 98% of its available weekly readings from the last five years.

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P/E at year-end

Last weekly reading of each completed year. Rank runs from lowest (0%) to highest (100%) within the five years available on that date.

PKG year-end valuation history
Reading date	P/E	5-year rank
Dec 29, 2025	21.4×	63%
Dec 30, 2024	26.3×	80%
Dec 25, 2023	18.7×	73%
Dec 26, 2022	11.7×	14%
Dec 27, 2021	17.3×	52%
Dec 28, 2020	27.8×	100%
Dec 30, 2019	13.6×	32%
Dec 31, 2018	10.2×	2%
Dec 25, 2017	22.3×	84%
Dec 26, 2016	18.2×	Short history

Peers on the same measure

Stock	P/E	5-year rank
AMCRAmcor	19.1×	42%
AVYAvery Dennison	19.6×	36%
IPInternational Paper	Unavailable	Unranked
SWSmurfit Westrock	43.6×	53%

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What is PKG's current P/E?: PKG's P/E of 31.0x is higher than 98% of its available weekly readings from the last five years.
What is PKG's five-year median P/E?: The median, or middle weekly reading, is 20.1× over the last five years. Available history contains 533 weekly observations from Aug 8, 2016 to Oct 19, 2026.
Does a low historical rank mean a stock is a buy?: No. The rank describes a stock’s own history. Changes in growth, financial risk and the business can change the multiple investors pay. P/E uses earnings and P/S uses revenue from the previous twelve months.