PKG · Consumer Cyclical
What a holder would want to know before buying PKG: where the price sits in its own history, how far it has fallen before and whether it recovered, and what the business behind it earns. All of it is arithmetic over free market data — no opinions, no recommendations.
Today’s price is 20% above the lowest point of the past year and 10% below the highest.
Over the past year it was cheaper than today on 69% of days and more expensive on 31%. Over the last 10 years: cheaper on 95% of days.
1% above its average price of the last 200 trading days.
Fell 20% or more 3 times in 10 years. The deepest fall was 41%; the longest took 2.8 years to get back to its peak. Every one recovered.
Now 10% below the Aug 2026 peak.
Packaging Corporation of America · Consumer Cyclical · Packaging & Containers · a large company worth $20.54B
Packaging Corporation of America manufactures and sells containerboard and uncoated freesheet (UFS) paper products in North America. The company operates through Packaging and Paper segments. The Packaging segment…
revenue profit
Sales of $8.99B in 2025, with $774.10M of profit. Sales grew in 2 of the last 3 years.
Keeps about 7 cents of every dollar of sales as profit.
Would need about 10 years of free cash flow to repay all its debt.
You pay $30 for every $1 of last year’s profit, and $17 for every $1 of profit expected next year.
A high number means buyers expect growth; a low one means they expect little, or fear trouble. Large US companies have averaged roughly 15–20 over the decades.
Pays 2.61% a year in dividends at today’s price · next ex-dividend Sep 15.
11 analysts: 7 say buy, 3 hold, 1 sell. Their average 12-month target is $258.80 (range $167.00–$320.00).
Insiders made 0 purchases and 4 sales in the last 6 months. Executives routinely sell shares they were paid in; buying with their own money is the rarer signal.
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