PKG Stock Summary and Trading Ideas (Packaging Of America | NYSE:PKG)

Packaging Corp. of America is the third-largest containerboard and corrugated packaging manufacturer in the United States. It produces over 5 million tons of containerboard annually. The company's share of the domestic containerboard market is roughly 10%. PCA differentiates itself from larger competitors by focusing on smaller customers and operating with a high degree of flexibility.

Packaging Of America trades on the NYSE stock market under the symbol PKG.

As of May 1, 2026, PKG stock price climbed to $218.06 with 753,524 million shares trading.

PKG has a beta of 0.50, meaning it tends to be less sensitive to market movements. PKG has a correlation of 0.09 to the broad based SPY ETF.

PKG has a market cap of $19.41 billion. This is considered a Large Cap stock.

Last quarter Packaging Of America reported $2 billion in Revenue and $2.40 earnings per share. This fell short of revenue expectation by $-46 million and exceeded earnings estimates by $.25.

In the last 3 years, PKG traded as high as $250.82 and as low as $122.20.

The top ETF exchange traded funds that PKG belongs to (by Net Assets): VTI, VOO, VO, IVV, SPY.

PKG has underperformed the market in the last year with a return of +21.6%, while the SPY ETF gained +30.4%. In the last 3 month period, PKG fell short of the market, returning -1.5%, while SPY returned +4.4%. However, in the most recent 2 weeks PKG has outperformed the stock market by returning +2.2%, while SPY returned +1.5%.

PKG support price is $208.87 and resistance is $218.03 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that PKG shares will trade within this expected range on the day.