Packaging Corporation of America (PKG) Stock Analysis
A live, multi-source view of Packaging Corporation of America (PKG): real-time price, technical indicators, Wall Street analyst consensus, recent news sentiment and social buzz — aggregated into one place so you can size up the stock at a glance.
About Packaging Corporation of America
Packaging Corporation of America manufactures and sells containerboard and uncoated freesheet (UFS) paper products in North America. The company operates through Packaging and Paper segments. The Packaging segment offers various linerboard and corrugated packaging products, such as conventional shipping containers used to protect and transport manufactured goods; multi-color boxes and displays that help to merchandise the packaged product in retail locations; and honeycomb protective packaging products, as well as packaging for meat, fresh fruit and vegetables, processed food, beverages, and other industrial and consumer products. This segment sells its corrugated products through a direct sales and marketing organization. The Paper segment manufactures and sells commodity and specialty papers, as well as communication papers, including cut-size office papers, and printing and converting papers; and white papers. This segment sells papers through its sales and marketing organization. Packaging Corporation of America was founded in 1867 and is headquartered in Lake Forest, Illinois.
Sector: Consumer Cyclical · Industry: Packaging & Containers · United States · 16,800 employees · packagingcorp.com
Key statistics · as of 2026-09-05
As of 2026-09-05, Packaging Corporation of America (PKG) had a market capitalization of $21.14B, a trailing P/E of 30.8 (forward 18.3), a dividend yield of 2.56% and a beta of 0.80; the shares traded in a 52-week range of $191.50 – $259.98 (8.6% over the year).
- Market cap
- $21.14B
- Enterprise value
- $24.58B
- Trailing P/E
- 30.8
- Forward P/E
- 18.3
- PEG ratio
- 1.51
- Price / book
- 4.51
- EPS (trailing)
- $7.71
- EPS (forward)
- $12.94
- Dividend yield
- 2.56%
- Payout ratio
- 68.2%
- Ex-dividend date
- 2026-09-15
- 52-week range
- $191.50 – $259.98
- 52-week change
- 8.6%
- Beta
- 0.80
- Average volume
- 635,696
- Shares outstanding
- 89.1M
- Short % of float
- 3.83%
- Profit margin
- 7.3%
Fundamental figures are recorded once every few days, dated above; they are not live and can differ from the interactive tiles.
Last universe scan · 2026-09-11
In RapidTradeView’s 2026-09-11 scan of the US universe, Packaging Corporation of America (PKG) last closed at $232.41 (the last completed close before that scan).
Technicals at the scan: RSI 41 (neutral territory), price -4.3% versus its 20-day average, 20-day versus 50-day average spread +0.5%, MACD histogram -1.86.
Sentiment inputs: 0% of recent Finnhub-scored headlines read bullish; StockTwits 100% bullish; analyst consensus score 66/100.
Next scheduled company event: in 34 days from the scan date.
Scan values are recorded once per trading day and are not live quotes; the interactive tiles above update in real time.
Smart Money · last 90 days
Members of Congress disclosed 0 buys and 1 sell of PKG; corporate insiders filed 0 buys and 4 sells (3 distinct filers, latest disclosure 2026-09-09). Filings arrive days to weeks after the trade and are not a live signal. Most active filers: Thomas A. Hassfurther (0B/3S), April Mcclain Delaney (0B/1S), Donald R. Shirley (0B/1S). Who is trading what
RapidTradeView pick record
PKG has not appeared in the daily picks yet. Full scoreboard
What this page covers
RapidTradeView pulls Packaging Corporation of America (PKG) data from multiple independent sources and combines it into a single dashboard. Below the summary you’ll find live, interactive tiles for each of the following:
- Price & chart — real-time quote with pre/post-market moves and a line or candlestick chart.
- Technical indicators — RSI, MACD, moving averages, Bollinger Bands, volume and support/resistance, distilled into one overall signal.
- Analyst consensus — the buy/hold/sell breakdown and price targets published by Wall Street analysts.
- News sentiment — recent headlines, each scored for tone so the prevailing narrative is obvious.
- Earnings — current EPS, year-over-year change and the next scheduled earnings date.
- Social buzz — Reddit mention volume and StockTwits sentiment for the retail-trader angle.
How to read the signals
No single indicator tells the whole story. A bullish technical reading paired with a cautious analyst consensus, or strong social buzz against weak earnings, is exactly the kind of tension this view is built to surface. RapidTradeView’s signals are generated by deterministic, statistical models — they describe what the data is doing, they are not personalised recommendations to buy or sell PKG.
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