XNYS · Packaging & Containers
Last stored close · Sep 18, 2026
Close · Sep 18, 2026
$232.77-1.19%
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Implied upside
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Valuation methods
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TickerWhale Score
47/100
Moderate
Score components
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Packaging Corp Of America scores 47 out of 100 overall, which we rate moderate. Risk is its strongest area and Valuation its weakest.
What helps
- Technical
- Quality & growth
- Risk
What to watch
- Valuation
Quality & growth
30%54Moderate
- Revenue growth 10.4%
- EPS growth -23.2%
Valuation
25%5Weak
- P/E 30.1
- EV/Sales 2.5
Price history
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Market intelligence
Peer position
#53 / 115sector rank by TickerWhale Score
TickerWhale Score 47 vs sector average 45.6 (+1.4)
Revenue growth (industry)Top 60%
Gross margin (industry)Top 60%
Return on equity (industry)Top 60%
P/E (industry)Pricier than 78%
Technical analysis
our read · what classic indicators sayTickerWhale technical read
63/100Positive vs universe
Ranks 63rd of 100 covered names on our technical composite — the composite itself scores 54/100 · 25% of the TickerWhale Score
Classic chart indicators
Sell
2 buy · 3 sell · 3 neutral of 8 votes
TickerWhale rates PKG's technical setup middling — 63rd percentile of the covered universe. Classic chart indicators lean sell — they read this stock on its own over days, where our score ranks it against every covered name over months, so the two often part company.
Moving averages
2 / 9constructive
- vs 200-day+3.6%
- vs 50-day-3.8%
Momentum
Mixed
- RSI (14)43 · neutral
- Stochasticbuy
- CCIneutral
- Williams %Rneutral
Trend
Weak
- ADX (14) trend strength30· trending
- MACD (12,26,9)sell(histogram -0.098)
How the classic verdict is reached
Moving averages (9) agree on sell — 2 buy vs 5 sell — and carry one vote between them.
Oscillators (7) vote individually: 2 buy · 2 sell · 3 neutral.
Result — 2 buy vs 3 sell of 8 votes = Sell. Neutral votes never decide the verdict.
Fundamentals & valuation
2026-09-18 · revised_latestValuation multiples
- P/E (TTM)30.1
- P/S (TTM)2.2
- P/B4.4
- EV/EBITDA—
- EV/Sales2.5
- PEG—
Profitability & returns
- Gross margin20.1%
- Net margin7.2%
- ROE14.9%
- Debt/Equity0.86
Growth
- Revenue growth (YoY)10.3%
- EPS growth (YoY)-23.2%
Green favourable · red stretched — multiples and D/E vs industry peers, margins and growth vs absolute thresholds.
Market capitalisation — $20.7B
Fundamentals history
Reported statement totals across recent periods.
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Peers
| Company | Score | Pulse | P/E | P/E fwd | P/B | EV/Sales | Price | Chg | Estimate | Upside | Rev. gr. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PKGCurrentPackaging Corp Of America | 47 | 54 | 30.1 | — | 4.4 | 2.5 | $232.77 | -1.19% | +10.3% | ||
| CROXCrocs | 75 | 60 | 10.2 | — | 4.4 | 1.8 | $122.24 | -0.62% | -2.0% | ||
| EATBrinker International | 75 | 60 | 17.8 | — | 19.5 | 1.5 | $196.71 | -1.43% | +7.9% | ||
| FIVEFive Below | 69 | 63 | 21.0 | — | 5.2 | 2.3 | $234.14 | -1.12% | +25.6% | ||
| HRBH&R Block | 69 | 51 | 7.9 | — | 48.8 | 1.6 | $44.25 | -1.25% | +4.9% | ||
| ANFAbercrombie & Fitch Co. - | 67 | 69 | 11.2 | — | 4.4 | 1.0 | $135.76 | -2.05% | +4.7% |
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