PKG

NYSE Packaging Corporation of America
Oct 1, 2026 · 3:14 PM ET DELAYED Market Open

$230.69 ↑ +1.43 (+0.62%) Trading Up from the previous close of $229.26, $0.20 below the day’s high of $230.89

YTD change
+11.86%
vs 20-day SMA
-1.53%
vs 200-day SMA
+1.97%

Price ranges

Previous day
$229.26 $233.27
open $233.27 close $229.26
-$4.01 (-1.72%)
Today
$224.80 $230.89
open $227.53 now $230.69
+$3.16 (+1.39%)
Past week
$229.26 $241.92
from $240.98 now $230.69
-$10.29 (-4.27%)
Past month
$225.33 $242.63
from $229.12 now $230.69
+$1.57 (+0.69%)
This year
$201.25 $259.98
from $206.23 now $230.69
+$24.46 (+11.86%)

Price & Performance

+17.99 (+8.52%) / 6M

$198.83$219.81$240.79$261.77Apr 1Jul 1Sep 30

Signals & Sentiment

Momentum, market sentiment, and recent alerts

Not So Good
  • The stock is 11.3% away from all-time highs of $259.98
  • PKG is up 12% since the beginning of the year
  • PKG is up 7% over the past 12 months
  • PKG is up 1% over the past 1 month
  • 4% of all PKG investors are betting against PKG
  • Number of investors short PKG has gone up 25% versus last month

PKG reads not so good: price sits above one of the two key moving averages, short interest is rising month over month, the 12-month move is +6.7%.

Financial Strength

Earnings, valuation, and balance sheet

Earnings

Profitable Yes
EPS $2.35
Earnings momentum +19.8% Quarterly EPS growth
Quarterly change +19.8%

Valuation

P/E ratio 30.30
Enterprise value $24.2B
Beta 0.62

Balance sheet & scale

Income$687.4K
Revenue$9.5B
Cash$593.8M
Debt$4.4M
Income / Debt 0.16×

Company & Peers

Company profile and competitor comparison

Company profile

ExchangeNYSE
Sector Manufacturing
Sub Sector Paper Manufacturing
Market cap $20.6B

Packaging Corporation of America engages in the production of containerboard products and a producer of uncoated freesheet paper in North America. It operates through the following segments: Packaging, Paper, and Corporate and Other. The Packaging segment offers a variety of corrugated packaging products, such as conventional shipping containers. The Paper segment manufactures and sells a range of papers, including communication-based papers, and pressure sensitive papers. The Corporate and Other segment focuses on transportation assets, such as rail cars, and trucks. The company was founded in 1959 and is headquartered in Lake Forest, IL.

Competitor comparison

TickerCompany PriceChange
SW Smurfit Westrock PLC $44.10 -0.63%
MONDY Mondi PLC Unsponsored ADR $21.49 +0.99%
PACK Ranpak Holdings Corp Class A $4.15 -5.03%

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