Packaging Corporation of America (PKG)
PKG · Materials · 
United States
Packaging Corporation of America (PKG) is a US company in the Materials sector. The stock has its largest weight in WMAT (MSCI World Materials), at 0.80%. Anyone who holds an ETF containing Packaging Corporation of America also has an indirect stake in the company.
Data and Charts: Packaging Corporation of America
Key Data for Packaging Corporation of America
Packaging Corporation of America Stock Price Chart
The Packaging Corporation of America chart shows daily closing prices and is set to the current year by default. The stock is up 24.5% year to date and up 30.9% over twelve months. The last recorded close on October 30, 2026, was $256.82, at 99% of the 52-week range.
Price series from our database since Aug 12, 2024, 558 daily values.
Packaging Corporation of America Stock Performance
| Year to date | +24.5% | 1 year | +30.9% |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | +12.0% | 3 months | +4.5% |
| Calendar year 2025 | -8.4% |
Measured in euros, Packaging Corporation of America is up 31.0% year to date and up 35.4% over twelve months. The difference from the dollar figures above comes from the exchange rate alone. Each daily price is converted at the ECB euro reference rate for that day.
Alysly Data Analysis: Packaging Corporation of America
What ETF Is Packaging Corporation of America In?
Packaging Corporation of America has above-average ETF coverage and is held by 18 of the 104 ETFs we track, which together follow 8 indices. That puts the stock in more ETFs than 79.0% of the 4,341 stocks we track.
| ETF | Index | Weight | per €1,000 in the ETF |
|---|---|---|---|
| WMAT | MSCI World Materials | 0.80% | €8.00 |
| XDWM | MSCI World Materials | 0.79% | €7.92 |
| XDEW | S&P 500 Equal Weight | 0.22% | €2.18 |
| XD9U / XD9D | MSCI USA | 0.03% | €0.34 |
| SPYL / SPY5 | S&P 500 | 0.03% | €0.33 |
| SWWD | MSCI World | 0.03% | €0.31 |
| SPPW | MSCI World | 0.03% | €0.31 |
| SXR8 | S&P 500 | 0.03% | €0.30 |
| SPYY | MSCI ACWI | 0.03% | €0.28 |
| WIMI | MSCI World IMI | 0.03% | €0.26 |
| XDWD / XDWL | MSCI World | 0.02% | €0.25 |
| EUNL | MSCI World | 0.02% | €0.20 |
| IUSQ | MSCI ACWI | 0.02% | €0.20 |
| SPYI / SPSA | MSCI ACWI IMI | < 0.01% | < €0.05 |
The last column shows how much of €1,000 in one of these funds goes to Packaging Corporation of America, based on each fund's latest holdings list.
US-listed ETFs holding Packaging Corporation of America (weight per latest SEC filing): VYM 0.09%, IVV 0.03%, SPY 0.03%, VOO 0.03%, VTI 0.03%. These funds are registered in the US; retail investors in the EU usually cannot buy them.
Packaging Corporation of America Weight in iShares Core MSCI World (EUNL) Since 2019
In iShares Core MSCI World (EUNL), Packaging Corporation of America had a weight of 0.02% on Sep 30, 2019 and 0.02% on Oct 30, 2026. The fund tracks the MSCI World. Its share peaked at 0.03% on Jun 30, 2022. The weight rises and falls with the stock's price performance relative to the other index members. It can also change when the index provider adjusts the index composition.
What's Inside Your ETF Portfolio and the ETF overlap check show how much Packaging Corporation of America overlaps with the rest of a portfolio.
Stocks With ETF Exposure Similar to Packaging Corporation of America
| Stock | Shared ETFs | r | 1 year | Annualized volatility | Net margin | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Packaging Corporation of America | – | – | +30.9% | 26.6% | 8.6% | +7.2% |
 Dow | 18 | – | +45.8% | 43.0% | -6.6% | -7.0% |
 Freeport-McMoRan | 18 | – | +49.7% | 47.1% | 8.5% | +1.8% |
 International Flavors & Fragrances | 18 | – | +47.3% | 31.3% | -3.3% | -5.2% |
 Martin Marietta Materials | 18 | – | -11.8% | 26.2% | 18.5% | +8.6% |
 Vulcan Materials Company | 18 | – | -3.0% | 26.8% | 13.6% | +7.1% |
| Ball Corporation | 18 | – | +40.6% | 25.8% | – | – |
 CRH public limited company | 18 | – | -22.5% | 31.7% | 10.0% | +5.3% |
 Air Products and Chemicals | 18 | – | +29.3% | 25.2% | -3.3% | -0.5% |
These stocks reach a portfolio through largely the same funds as Packaging Corporation of America. “Shared ETFs” counts the funds that hold both.
Return and volatility are calculated from our daily closing prices in US dollars. Margin and growth come from each company's latest SEC annual filing. Because fiscal years do not end on the same date for every company, the underlying periods are not fully identical.
Fundamental Analysis: Packaging Corporation of America
Packaging Corporation of America Key Financials
Figures come from the SEC annual filing for the latest reported fiscal year (period end Dec 31, 2025).
| Fiscal year | Revenue | Net income | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY ended Dec 2023 | 7.8 | 0.8 | 9.8% |
| FY ended Dec 2024 | 8.4 | 0.8 | 9.6% |
| FY ended Dec 2025 | 9.0 | 0.8 | 8.6% |
Technical Analysis: Packaging Corporation of America
Packaging Corporation of America Risk Metrics
The close on Oct 30, 2026, was 0.2% below the highest close since Aug 12, 2024. That high was reached on Aug 11, 2026. When the S&P 500 rose or fell 1%, Packaging Corporation of America moved 0.68% on average in the same direction (past 252 trading days). The correlation of 0.31, however, shows only a moderate link to the broad market. Accordingly, moves in the S&P 500 explain only a small part of the daily price moves of Packaging Corporation of America.
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