What is Packaging of America Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow?
As of today (2024-04-25), Packaging of America's share price is $173.92.
Packaging of America's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $9.45. Hence, Packaging of America's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 18.41.
The historical rank and industry rank for Packaging of America's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:
PKG'
s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 9.28 Med: 17.83 Max: 31.05
Current: 18.37
During the past 13 years, Packaging of America's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 31.05. The lowest was 9.28. And the median was 17.83.
PKG's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than 69.51% of 246
companies
in the Packaging & Containers industry
Industry Median: 12.22
vs PKG: 18.37
During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Packaging of America was 30.50% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 13.40% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 2.90% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 8.20% per year.
During the past 13 years, Packaging of America's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 136.50% per year. The lowest was -45.30% per year. And the median was 7.00% per year.
Packaging of America Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data
The historical data trend for Packaging of America's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
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Packaging of America Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Chart
Competitive Comparison of Packaging of America's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
For the Packaging & Containers subindustry, Packaging of America's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Packaging of America's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Packaging & Containers Industry
For the Packaging & Containers industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Packaging of America's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Packaging of America's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.
Packaging of America Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation
Packaging of America's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as
Packaging of America's Share Price of today is $173.92.
Packaging of America's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $9.45.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:
Packaging of America (NYSE:PKG) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Explanation
Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.
In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.
Be Aware
In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.
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Packaging of America (Packaging of America) Business Description
Packaging Corp of America is the third-largest containerboard and corrugated packaging manufacturer in the United States. It produces over 4 million tons of containerboard annually. The company's share of the domestic containerboard market is roughly 10%. The firm differentiates itself from larger competitors by focusing on smaller customers and operating with a high degree of flexibility.
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