Currently, Packaging Corp Of America [PKG] is trading at $196.67, down -0.28%. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The PKG shares have lost -2.02% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -3.28%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Packaging Corp Of America [NYSE: PKG] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on September 24, 2025, when JP Morgan initiated its Overweight rating and assigned the stock a price target of $242. Previously, Jefferies downgraded its rating to Hold on June 16, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $205. On June 04, 2025, UBS initiated with a Neutral rating and assigned a price target of $200 on the stock. Wells Fargo downgraded its rating to a Equal Weight but stick to its price target of $180 on May 09, 2025. Jefferies upgraded its rating to a Buy and raised its price target to $280 on December 18, 2024. Wells Fargo upgraded its rating to Overweight for this stock on April 24, 2024, and upped its price target to $191. In a note dated April 12, 2024, Exane BNP Paribas downgraded a Neutral rating on this stock but restated the target price of $182.
This stock has fluctuated between a low of $172.71 and a high of $250.82 over the last 52 weeks. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $238.67 within the next 12 months. Packaging Corp Of America [NYSE: PKG] shares were valued at $196.67 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 21.36% based on the average PKG price forecast.
Analyzing the PKG fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for Packaging Corp Of America [NYSE:PKG] were 8.77B which represents 6.00% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.22% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.14%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.14%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.1%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.08, Equity is 0.2 and Total Capital is 0.13. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.92.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 195.17 points at the first support level, and at 193.67 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 197.85, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 199.03.
Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Packaging Corp Of America [NYSE:PKG] is 3.16. In addition, the Quick Ratio stands at 2.00 and the Cash Ratio stands at 0.57. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 2.02, the price to book ratio is 3.72 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 19.88.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved KOWLZAN MARK W, Chairman & CEO, that happened on Sep 11 ’25 when 25000.0 shares were sold. 10% Owner, KOWLZAN MARK W completed a deal on Sep 11 ’25 to buy 25000.0 shares. Meanwhile, SVP Vaughn Joseph sold 2300.0 shares on Dec 03 ’24.
