Packaging Corporation of America (1PKG) Stock Overview

Manufactures and sells containerboard and uncoated freesheet (UFS) paper products in North America. More details

1PKG fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	3/6
Future Growth	1/6
Past Performance	5/6
Financial Health	5/6
Dividends	5/6

Rewards

Trading at 44.8% below our estimate of its fair value

Earnings are forecast to grow 7.33% per year

Earnings grew by 19.5% over the past year

Pays a reliable dividend of 2.68%

Risk Analysis

No risks detected for 1PKG from our risk checks.

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Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Packaging Corporation of America
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	US$162.55
52 Week High	US$172.40
52 Week Low	US$172.40
Beta	0.86
1 Month Change	-5.22%
3 Month Change	n/a
1 Year Change	n/a
3 Year Change	n/a
5 Year Change	n/a
Change since IPO	-1.60%

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

	1PKG	IT Packaging	IT Market
7D	-4.8%	-3.3%	-1.8%
1Y	n/a	-16.2%	17.5%

Return vs Industry: Insufficient data to determine how 1PKG performed against the Italian Packaging industry.

Return vs Market: Insufficient data to determine how 1PKG performed against the Italian Market.

Price Volatility

Is 1PKG's price volatile compared to industry and market?
1PKG volatility
1PKG Average Weekly Movement	3.2%
Packaging Industry Average Movement	4.4%
Market Average Movement	5.2%
10% most volatile stocks in IT Market	8.4%
10% least volatile stocks in IT Market	3.5%

Stable Share Price: 1PKG has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months compared to the Italian market.

Volatility Over Time: Insufficient data to determine 1PKG's volatility change over the past year.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1867	15,400	Mark Kowlzan	www.packagingcorp.com

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 offers various containerboard and corrugated packaging products, such as conventional shipping containers used to protect and transport manufactured goods; multi-color boxes and displays that help to merchandise the packaged product in retail locations; and honeycomb protective packaging products, as well as packaging for meat, fresh fruit and vegetables, processed food, beverages, and other industrial and consumer products.

Packaging Corporation of America Fundamentals Summary

How do Packaging Corporation of America's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
1PKG fundamental statistics
Market cap	€14.52b
Earnings (TTM)	€746.35m
Revenue (TTM)	€7.45b

19.4x

P/E Ratio

1.9x

P/S Ratio

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Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
1PKG income statement (TTM)
Revenue	US$8.54b
Cost of Revenue	US$6.67b
Gross Profit	US$1.87b
Other Expenses	US$1.02b
Earnings	US$856.00m

Last Reported Earnings

Mar 31, 2025

Next Earnings Date

Jul 23, 2025

Earnings per share (EPS)	9.58
Gross Margin	21.91%
Net Profit Margin	10.02%
Debt/Equity Ratio	55.0%

How did 1PKG perform over the long term?

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Dividends

2.7%

Current Dividend Yield

52%

Payout Ratio

Does 1PKG pay a reliable dividends?

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When do you need to buy 1PKG by to receive an upcoming dividend?
Packaging Corporation of America dividend dates
Ex Dividend Date	Jun 12 2025
Dividend Pay Date	Jul 15 2025
Days until Ex dividend	7 days
Days until Dividend pay date	26 days

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/06/18 04:23
End of Day Share Price	2025/06/18 00:00
Earnings	2025/03/31
Annual Earnings	2024/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

^* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more.

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Analyst Sources

Packaging Corporation of America is covered by 33 analysts. 10 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
David Coleman	Argus Research Company
Ishan Majumdar	Baptista Research
Scott Gaffner	Barclays

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