PKG
Packaging Corp Of America Materials Paperboard Containers & Boxes S&P 500Russell 3000
$256.82Close
$22.9BMarket cap
$188.15 – $256.8252-week range
Jan 21, 2027Next report · estimated
Highlights
Strengths
- In a stage-2 uptrend all 8 trend conditions pass
- Near its high at its 52-week high
Cautions
- Extended 4.0 ATR above its 50-day average
- Earnings shrinking EPS −20% year on year
Price
Filing Results Screen pick 52-week high and low Adjusted prices
Key figures
Off 12-month high
0%
1wk
up 3.9%
price change
1mo
up 12.0%
price change
12-month return
up 33%
market up 11% ·
its own up 22%
F-score
5 / 9
Mixed
Altman Z
4.18
Low risk
P/E
29.6×
price / earnings
PEG
—
P/E / EPS growth
P/B
5.0×
price / book
Earnings yield
up 4.2%
EBIT / enterprise value
Cheaper than
48%
of the market · around average
Revenue growth
up 7%
year on year
EPS growth
down 20%
latest quarter · -4 pts
Sales growth
up 15%
latest quarter · +4 pts
ROE
up 17%
return on equity
Free cash margin
up 8%
$728.6M FCF
D/E
0.86
long-term debt / equity
Net debt / EBITDA
2.0×
Interest cover
14.0×EBIT / interest
Piotroski tests
- profitability slipped from last year
- took on more long-term debt
- short-term liquidity weakened
- gross margin narrowed
- profitable on its assets
- generating cash from operations
- profits backed by cash
- no new shares issued
- assets working harder
Trade setup
ATR%
2.1%
$5.37 a day · 2×ATR $246.07
RS
70 / 99
vs the universe
Trend
8 / 8
trend template
Relative volume
0.9×
vs 50-day average
Up/down volume
1.24
50 sessions
Implied move
—
no scheduled report
Trend template · 8 of 8
Screen verdict
Did not qualify for any screen.
Warning signs
- Material impairment The company disclosed a material impairment - an asset written down below the value the balance sheet had been carrying.
Last reported
Oct 22, 2026
Results reaction
Oct 22, 2026+5% vs market2 sessions after results
Options
$18,94525.3% IV · activity
Financials
- Gross 21%
- Net 9%
- Free cash 8%
- Cash
- Long-term debt
| FY2020Dec 31, 2020 | FY2021Dec 31, 2021 | FY2022Dec 31, 2022 | FY2023Dec 31, 2023 | FY2024Dec 31, 2024 | FY2025Dec 31, 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $6.7B | $7.7B | $8.5B | $7.8B | $8.4B | $9.0B |
| Gross margin | 21% | 24% | 25% | 22% | 21% | 21% |
| Operating income | $723.9M | $1.2B | $1.4B | $1.1B | $1.1B | $1.1B |
| Net income | $461.0M | $841.1M | $1.0B | $765.2M | $805.1M | $774.1M |
| Net margin | 7% | 11% | 12% | 10% | 10% | 9% |
| Earnings per share | $4.88 | $8.90 | $11.11 | $8.55 | $9.00 | $8.64 |
| Free cash flow | $611.6M | $489.0M | $670.8M | $845.4M | $521.5M | $728.6M |
| Free cash margin | 9% | 6% | 8% | 11% | 6% | 8% |
| Cash | $974.6M | $618.7M | $320.0M | $648.0M | $685.0M | $529.0M |
| Long-term debt | $2.5B | $2.5B | $2.5B | $2.5B | $2.5B | $4.0B |
| Shareholders' equity | $3.2B | $3.6B | $3.7B | $4.0B | $4.4B | $4.6B |
| Shares outstanding | 94.80m | 93.50m | 89.70m | 89.60m | 89.80m | 89.20m |
What options price now
- Expected 1-month range The at-the-money straddle for the expiry nearest a month out, as a share of the price: the move, either way, the option market is pricing by then. The range is the price plus and minus that move; the stock ends inside it a little more often than not. Methodology
- $244 – $270 ±5.0% by Nov 20, 2026
- Swings expected vs recent The daily swings the options are priced for (implied volatility) against the swings the stock actually had over the last 20 sessions (realised volatility). Bigger means options charge for more movement than the stock has been delivering; smaller, less. On a contract row, that contract's own implied volatility over the stock's realised. Methodology
- Bigger 25.3% priced · 22.7% recent
- Next month vs later At-the-money implied volatility for 8-45 day expiries over 46-90 day ones: whether options price the coming month as choppier or calmer than the two after it. Ahead of a report it usually reads choppier, and the extra comes out once the report is out. Methodology
- Choppier
- Crash protection What options that pay off in a fall cost against options that pay off in a rise (the 25-delta skew), compared with this company's own normal - the median of its stored nightly readings, once there are 20 - and with five sessions ago. Protection costs a little more than upside on most shares. More than usual means readers of the chain are paying up to insure against a drop; it does not say which way the stock will go. Methodology
- past week: costs less
Positioning
- Premium traded
- $18,945 calls $18,750 · puts $195 · latest session
- 0.01×
- Open interest added The change over five sessions in option positions left open overnight, calls and puts. A rise means positions were added. It cannot say whether they were bought or sold, so more calls is not a vote for a rise: a call is as often sold against shares already held. Methodology
- calls +15 · puts +4 past week
For options traders: ATM IV 25.3% (+0.0% 1w) · 1m ÷ 3m IV 1.05 · 25Δ skew 2.2 pts · Net GEX $1.1M
Most traded contracts
No contract passed the liquidity filters this week.
Filings
| Filed | Report | Period to | Lag |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 2026 | Quarterly ↗ | Jun 30, 2026 | 38d |
| May 8, 2026 | Quarterly ↗ | Mar 31, 2026 | 38d |
| Feb 26, 2026 | Annual ↗ | Dec 31, 2025 | 57d |
| Nov 6, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Sep 30, 2025 | 37d |
| Aug 7, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Jun 30, 2025 | 38d |
| May 8, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Mar 31, 2025 | 38d |
| Feb 27, 2025 | Annual ↗ | Dec 31, 2024 | 58d |
| Nov 7, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Sep 30, 2024 | 38d |
| Aug 8, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Jun 30, 2024 | 39d |
| May 8, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Mar 31, 2024 | 38d |
| Feb 29, 2024 | Annual ↗ | Dec 31, 2023 | 60d |
| Nov 3, 2023 | Quarterly ↗ | Sep 30, 2023 | 34d |
Current reports
| Filed | Disclosed |
|---|---|
| Oct 22, 2026 | Results ↗ |
| Jul 23, 2026 | Results ↗ |
| May 13, 2026 | Shareholder vote ↗ |
| Apr 23, 2026 | Results ↗ |
| Mar 3, 2026 | Director or officer change ↗ |
| Jan 28, 2026 | Results ↗ |
| Dec 10, 2025 | Regulation FD ↗ |
| Dec 4, 2025 | Restructuring · Impairment ↗ |
| Oct 23, 2025 | Results ↗ |
| Sep 2, 2025 | New obligation · Other events ↗ |
| Aug 15, 2025 | New obligation · Other events ↗ |
| Aug 6, 2025 | Material agreement · Agreement ended · New obligation ↗ |