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 November 9, 2026, PKG stock price climbed to $254.41 with 578,623 million shares trading.

PKG has a beta of 0.07, meaning it tends to be less sensitive to market movements. PKG has a correlation of 0.00 to the broad based SPY ETF.

PKG has a market cap of $22.65 billion. This is considered a Large Cap stock.

Last quarter Packaging Of America reported $3 billion in Revenue and $3.04 earnings per share. This fell short of revenue expectation by $-6 million and exceeded earnings estimates by $.12.

In the last 3 years, PKG traded as high as $262.59 and as low as $148.50.

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

PKG has outperformed the market in the last year with a price return of +31.2% while the SPY ETF gained +13.4%. PKG has also outperformed the stock market ETF in the last 3 month and 2 week periods returning +1.3% and +2.9%, respectively, while the SPY returned -1.8% and -1.0%, respectively.

PKG support price is $245.46 and resistance is $253.94 (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.