Packaging Corp of America
Packaging Corp of America is classed by the SEC under Paperboard Containers & Boxes (industry code 2650), based in Lake Forest, IL. In its latest annual figures on file, for the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, it reported revenue of $9.0 billion and a profit of $769 million (its filed statements).
vs its business-model standard
Three tenses, nine metrics. Unseen metrics stay unseen; the grade never fakes a number. Proxy era: provisional values, marked. Weighed as a product business: prior from its industry code (SEC 2650, Paperboard Containers & Boxes); the filing read can change it. All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
The grade, in three tenses
Headline 6.8 out of ten, 9 of 9 metrics filed: past 7.1 out of ten, present 7.4 out of ten, future 5.7 out of ten. The past asks what it actually did, the present what it is doing right now, the future what it is set up to do next.
The nine metrics
- Surviving crises (past): 6.8 out of ten. No warning events in its filings since 2017. 68th percentile among 19 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Track record (past): 7.0 out of ten. +5% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10. 70th percentile among 19 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Shareholder treatment (past): 7.6 out of ten. Share count shrank 1.1% a year. 38% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 6 sales, 0 purchases. 76th percentile among 18 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Financial health (present): 6.8 out of ten. ROE 17%: 17¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 57%: owes 57¢ per asset dollar. 68th percentile among 19 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Industry position (present): 7.3 out of ten. top 28% of 19 in its family; net margin 8.6%. 72nd percentile among 19 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Leadership (present): 9.0 out of ten. top 10% of 13 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2011. 90th percentile among 13 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-09).
- Room to expand (future): 5.8 out of ten. top 42% of 19 in its family for room to expand. 58th percentile among 19 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Growth drivers (future): 5.4 out of ten. top 46% of 19 in its family for growth drivers. 54th percentile among 19 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Expectations vs reality (future): 5.8 out of ten. top 42% of 18 in its family for expectations against reality. 58th percentile among 18 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
The filing record
Newest annual report: Form 10-K filed 2026-02-26 for the period ended 2025-12-31 (on EDGAR). Newest quarterly report: Form 10-Q filed 2026-08-07 for the period ended 2026-06-30 (on EDGAR). Newest results release: Form 8-K filed 2026-07-23 for the period ended 2026-07-22 (on EDGAR). Newest filing: Form 4, 2026-08-24. Filings on record since 1999. Read from EDGAR 2026-10-12.
Where the revenue comes from
Lines of business in fiscal 2025: Packaging 92%, Paper 7%, Corporate and Other 1%. As tagged in its annual report (Form 10-K, filed 2026-02-26).
Who runs it
Kowlzan, Mark W (Chairman & CEO); Hassfurther, Thomas A (President); Pflederer, Kent A. (EVP & CFO); Shirley, Donald R. (Exec. VP); Carter, Charles J. (EVP-Mill Ops.); Olivier, Darla J. (SVP); Strauss, Fabian Celestin (SVP Finance); Patton, Heidi L (SVP); Vaughn, Joseph (SVP); Mencoff, Samuel M (director); and 7 more. 17 officers and directors have filed their own trades in the last fifteen months, names and titles as filed with the SEC, through 2026-09-30.
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