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PKG · CIK 0000075677 · FY2025 live · 2025-12-31

PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA

GreySEC 10-KClassic ZMaterials66th percentile in Materials · 260 names

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Model

Classic Z

FY2025

2.39

Zone

Grey

Prior

—

Market DD

—

1y PD

—

2.39

Z″ 4.02

−21.83.08+

Score 2.39 · distress below 1.80, grey to 2.99, safe at 3.00 and above.

Classic Z factor contributions

  • X1 Working capital / assets

    Short-term liquidity versus the size of the balance sheet.

    0.20
    1.2 × = 0.25

  • X2 Retained earnings / assets

    Cushion from years of profits. Share buybacks can push this negative at otherwise healthy firms.

    0.37
    1.4 × = 0.51

  • X3 EBIT / assets

    Operating return on assets. Highest weight in the original model.

    0.10
    3.3 × = 0.34

  • X4 Book equity / liabilities

    Book equity versus the liability stack. Mega-caps often look greyer here than they would if X4 used market cap.

    0.75
    0.6 × = 0.45

  • X5 Sales / assets

    Asset turnover — how much revenue the asset base supports.

    0.84
    1 × = 0.84

Five-year path

Need two annual 10-Ks to draw a path. The desk will pull this issuer’s filings.

Meridian Rank

72.64

0–100 · Classic Z family

  • Book standing

    71

  • Year change

    —

  • Market PD

    —

  • O-score

    77

Events on this name

Same published rows as Today.

No published events on this print.

Overview

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PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA is on classic Z at 2.39 (grey) for FY2025, from an SEC 10-K. Sales / assets is the line that sets the print; retained earnings / assets is the runner-up. This is the first live year on the desk. No market tape loaded. Classic Z was fit on manufacturers. Buybacks can send retained earnings negative at otherwise healthy issuers. X4 is book equity.

Book screen Grey; market PD —. Market PD has not been priced on this name.

Market DD · naive Merton

No market tape yet.

Pull a year of closes (Yahoo, Nasdaq if Yahoo is limited) and size equity from Nasdaq cap or EDGAR shares. Distance-to-default and 1-year PD stay blank until then.

Sector peers

Closest Classic Z scores · 66th percentile in Materials.

Filing line items

Current assets

$3.2B

Total assets

$10.7B

Current liabilities

$1.0B

Total liabilities

$6.1B

Working capital

$2.2B

Retained earnings

$3.9B

EBIT

$1.1B

Total sales

$9.0B

Book equity

$4.6B

Accession 0001193125-26-074129. Live rank is the latest 10-K on EDGAR (FY2025, period 2025-12-31). Classic Z is the live score. View as is a display overlay. X4 is book equity. Pulled 13 Sept 2026.