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Packaging Corporation of America (PKG) stock score

Consumer Cyclical · Packaging & Containers · United States

$230.51 ▲ +0.25% today

29.7
Dad Score, out of 100
weak

Packaging Corporation of America (PKG) is a Packaging & Containers company in the Consumer Cyclical sector, listed in the United States. On DadFin's weekly run it scores 29.7 out of 100 on the Dad Score, a weak reading that places the business ahead of 30% of the 5,774 US and Canadian stocks DadFin fully scores. Inside Consumer Cyclical it ranks #344 of 523. Its strongest axis is liquidity; its weakest are price action and risk.

Scores from the run of Oct 4, 2026. The Dad Score answers one question: how good is this business, measured against its own sector. How it is built →

The eight axes

Valuation
Average
Quality
Average
Growth
Average
Price action
Below average
Risk
Below average
Conviction
Below average
Liquidity
Above average
Macro
Weak

Each axis is ranked inside the stock's own sector. Subscribers see the percentile and every input behind each bar.

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)29.7×
P/E (forward)17.4×
Dividend yield2.29%
Return on capital11.4%
Operating margin13.1%
Revenue growth (YoY)+7.2%
FCF yield3.1%
Net debt / EBITDA1.91×
Piotroski F-Score3 / 9
52-week change+10.1%
Market cap$20.4B
Next earningsOct 21, 2026

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Packaging & Containers peers

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AMCRAmcor plc74.5good$19.3B
IPInternational Paper Company25.8weak$16.9B
BALLBall Corporation87.7strong$15.0B
AVYAvery Dennison Corporation60.8middling$13.0B
CCKCrown Holdings, Inc.97.1strong$11.5B
SONSonoco Products Company85.3strong$4.8B
REYNReynolds Consumer Products Inc.92.9strong$4.7B

Prices from DadFin's live feed (refreshed about every 15 minutes in the session); scores from the weekly run of Oct 4, 2026. Fundamentals as reported in the latest filings. Research, not investment advice.