As on Wednesday, Packaging Corp Of America (NYSE: PKG) got off with the flyer as it spiked 4.77% to $202.62, before settling in for the price of $193.4 at the close. Taking a more long-term approach, PKG posted a 52-week range of $172.71-$242.68.
In the past 5-years timespan, the Consumer Cyclical sector firm’s annual sales growth was 3.99%. Meanwhile, its Annual Earning per share during the time was 3.99%. Nevertheless, stock’s Earnings Per Share (EPS) this year is 9.83%. This publicly-traded company’s shares outstanding now amounts to $89.98 million, simultaneously with a float of $87.84 million. The organization now has a market capitalization sitting at $18.23 billion. At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average stood at $202.69, while the 200-day Moving Average is $199.38.
Packaging Corp Of America (PKG) Ownership Facts and Figures
Another important factor to analyze is how key investors are playing towards the stock of the Packaging & Containers industry. Packaging Corp Of America’s current insider ownership accounts for 2.38%, in contrast to 95.36% institutional ownership. According to the most recent insider trade that took place on Sep 11 ’25, this organization’s Chairman & CEO sold 25,000 shares at the rate of 215.97, making the entire transaction reach 5,399,250 in total value, affecting insider ownership by 437,378.
Packaging Corp Of America (PKG) Earnings and Revenue Records
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 2.36 per share during the current fiscal year. Packaging Corp Of America’s EPS increase for this current 12-month fiscal period is 9.83% and is forecasted to reach 11.34 in the upcoming year. Considering the longer run, market analysts have predicted that Company’s EPS will increase by 10.88% through the next 5 years, which can be compared against the 3.99% growth it accomplished over the previous five years trading on the market.
Packaging Corp Of America (NYSE: PKG) Trading Performance Indicators
Let’s observe the current performance indicators for Packaging Corp Of America (PKG). It’s Quick Ratio in the last reported quarter now stands at 2.00. Alongside those numbers, its PE Ratio stands at $20.48, and its Beta score is 0.90. Another valuable indicator worth pondering is a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for trailing twelve months, which is currently 2.08. Similarly, its price to free cash flow for trailing twelve months is now 25.14.
In the same vein, PKG’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) trailing twelve months is recorded 9.89, a figure that is expected to reach 2.46 in the next quarter, and analysts are predicting that it will be 11.34 at the market close of one year from today.
Technical Analysis of Packaging Corp Of America (PKG)
Through scrutinizing the latest numbers posted by the [Packaging Corp Of America, PKG], it can be observed that its last 5-days Average volume of 0.81 million was lower the volume of 0.82 million, it posted the year before. During the previous 9 days, stock’s Stochastic %D was recorded 42.43% While, its Average True Range was 57.32.
Raw Stochastic average of Packaging Corp Of America (PKG) in the period of the previous 100 days is set at 43.45%, which indicates a major fall in contrast to 78.42% during the last 2-weeks. If we go through the volatility metrics of the stock, In the past 14-days, Company’s historic volatility was 5.02 that was higher than 4.27 volatility it exhibited in the past 100-days period.
