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Packaging Corporation of Americ (PKG) stock analysis

$239.00+0.03%Data as of Oct 21, 2026
  • PKG gained 0.3% over the past month versus 0.0% for the S&P 500, ranking 306th of 497 S&P 500 stocks.
  • Over 12 months it returned +17.5%, 1.7 points ahead of the S&P 500, and trades 7.2% below its 52-week high.
  • In the last 30 days 4 analysts raised earnings estimates and 0 cut; forward EPS moved +3.6% (+7.6% over 90 days).
  • It sits in the Paper & fiber packaging segment of the Chemicals & Basic Materials, where the 1-month median return is −5.8%.
  • The daily chart reads Trend transition · Trend repair (since Oct 21, 2026).
Market cap$21.3B
12-month return+17.5%
Forward P/E17.6×
Mean target vs price+10.0%

One-year price with 50- and 200-day averages

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Performance vs the market

Total price return against the S&P 500 (SPY) and the median of US stocks in the same sector.

PKG+0.3%
Sector median−1.2%
S&P 5000.0%
PKG+2.2%
Sector median−7.1%
S&P 500+4.7%
PKG+16.4%
Sector median−8.1%
S&P 500+8.7%
PKG+17.5%
Sector median−7.2%
S&P 500+15.8%
1-month rank in the S&P 500306 / 497
3-month rank in its sector · Consumer Cyclical129 / 419

Chart structure

Read by our daily-bar structure engine from swing highs, swing lows and moving averages.

Trend transition · Trend repairAwaiting confirmation

Holding since Oct 21, 2026

  • Price and averages have mixed alignment
  • EMA50 fell over the last ten sessions
  • Confirmed swing highs and lows are rising
  • Intermediate and long-term directions differ
  • Neither a stable trend nor a range is confirmed
This pattern on this stock

40 occurrences in 10 years. The median move over the next 20 sessions was +2.6%, positive 73% of the time, against +1.5% for any day in the same period.

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Analyst earnings revisions

Changes to the consensus forward-EPS estimate. Rising estimates mean analysts see more profit ahead.

Forward EPS$13.59
30-day change+3.6%
90-day change+7.6%
Mean target$262.89 +10.0%
Raised (30d) 4Cut (30d) 0

9 analysts cover the stock

Fundamental shape vs peers

Six dimensions on fixed scales. The filled shape is the company; the outline is the peer average.

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ValuationRevisionsMomentumGrowthCashProfit

Ahead of peersRevisions, Momentum

Behind peersCash, Valuation

PeersSW · AMCR · IP · BALL

Where it sits in the supply chain

Chemicals & Basic Materials · Specialties & packaging

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Its segment
Paper & fiber packaging−5.8%
SW−10.7%1 monthPKG+0.3%1 monthIP−5.8%1 month

Fiber packaging connects retail and logistics; box volumes and inventories matter.

Sells into
Industry, consumer & investment demand−8.4%
CAT−8.4%1 monthGM−8.8%1 monthPG+5.8%1 month

Figures are each company's 1-month return; the segment shows its median · Doubler daily batch · company chain maps

Risk profile

Max drawdown, 12M−17.2%
Volatility, 60D20.1%
From 52-week high−7.2%
From 52-week low+26.2%
Trailing P/E31.1×
Forward P/E17.6×
SWSmurfit WestRock plcIPInternational Paper CompanyCATCaterpillarGMGeneral MotorsPGProcter & GambleAMCRAmcor plcBALLBall CorporationAVYAvery Dennison Corporation

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