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 April 1, 2026, PKG stock price declined to $211.27 with 644,212 million shares trading.

PKG has a beta of 0.64, meaning it tends to be less sensitive to market movements. PKG has a correlation of 0.18 to the broad based SPY ETF.

PKG has a market cap of $18.81 billion. This is considered a Large Cap stock.

Last quarter Packaging Of America reported $2 billion in Revenue and $2.32 earnings per share. This fell short of revenue expectation by $-66 million and missed earnings estimates by -$.09.

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 price return of +9.2% while the SPY ETF gained +18.5%. However, in the short term, PKG had mixed performance relative to the market. It has outperformed in the last 3 months, returning +3.0% vs -3.6% return in SPY. But in the last 2 weeks, PKG shares have been beat by the market, returning -2.2% compared to an SPY return of -2.1%.

PKG support price is $207.71 and resistance is $216.73 (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.