A share price of Packaging Corp Of America [PKG] is currently trading at $219.96, up 0.60%. 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 gain 6.36% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 7.26%, and 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 January 06, 2026, when Wells Fargo upgraded its rating to an Overweight but kept the price target unchanged to $233 for it. Previously, JP Morgan started tracking the stock with Overweight rating on September 24, 2025, and set its price target to $242. On June 16, 2025, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Hold but maintained its price target of $205 on the stock. UBS started tracking the stock assigning a Neutral rating and suggested a price target of $200 on June 04, 2025. Wells Fargo downgraded its rating to a Equal Weight but $180 remained the price target by the analyst firm on May 09, 2025. Jefferies upgraded its rating to Buy for this stock on December 18, 2024, and upped its price target to $280. In a note dated April 24, 2024, Wells Fargo upgraded an Overweight rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $187 to $191.
Packaging Corp Of America experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $172.71 and $242.68. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $247 within the next 12 months. Packaging Corp Of America [NYSE: PKG] shares were valued at $219.96 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 12.29% 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.
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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 2.26, the price to book ratio is 4.16 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 22.24.
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.
