Packaging Co. of America Stock Forecast, Price & News

10 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Packaging Co. of America in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 7 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" Packaging Co. of America stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in PKG, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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Packaging Co. of America is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, April 26th 2021.
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Packaging Co. of America will be holding an earnings conference call on Monday, April 26th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Packaging Co. of America (NYSE:PKG) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January, 26th. The industrial products company reported $1.33 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.42 by $0.09. The industrial products company earned $1.71 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.73 billion. Packaging Co. of America had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 18.67% and a net margin of 7.11%. Packaging Co. of America's revenue for the quarter was down .3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $1.71 earnings per share.
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Packaging Co. of America's stock was trading at $85.37 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, PKG stock has increased by 63.5% and is now trading at $139.55.
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Packaging Co. of America declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 24th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 15th will be given a dividend of $1.00 per share on Thursday, April 15th. This represents a $4.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.87%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 12th.
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Packaging Co. of America pays an annual dividend of $4.00 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.91%. Packaging Co. of America does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Packaging Co. of America is 52.29%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Packaging Co. of America will have a dividend payout ratio of 57.72% next year. This indicates that Packaging Co. of America will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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10 analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Packaging Co. of America's stock. Their forecasts range from $105.00 to $160.00. On average, they anticipate Packaging Co. of America's stock price to reach $132.44 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.1%.
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114 employees have rated Packaging Co. of America CEO Mark W. Kowlzan on Glassdoor.com. Mark W. Kowlzan has an approval rating of 95% among Packaging Co. of America's employees. This puts Mark W. Kowlzan in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Packaging Co. of America trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "PKG."

Packaging Co. of America's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.07%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.06%), Norman Fields Gottscho Capital Management LLC (0.05%), Royal London Asset Management Ltd. (0.04%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.04%) and DnB Asset Management AS (0.02%). Company insiders that own Packaging Co. of America stock include Bruce A Ridley, Donald R Shirley, Robert Andrew Schneider, Robert C Lyons, Thomas A Hassfurther and Thomas WH Walton.
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PKG stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, CX Institutional, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Taylor Cottrill Erickson & Associates Inc., FDx Advisors Inc., Retirement Systems of Alabama, First Midwest Bank Trust Division, and Carroll Financial Associates Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Packaging Co. of America company stock in the last year include Bruce A Ridley, Robert Andrew Schneider, Thomas A Hassfurther, and Thomas WH Walton.
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PKG stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Phoenix Wealth Advisors, Livingston Group Asset Management CO operating as Southport Capital Management, Juncture Wealth Strategies LLC, Redpoint Investment Management Pty Ltd, Royal London Asset Management Ltd., HighPoint Advisor Group LLC, NuWave Investment Management LLC, and Optimum Investment Advisors.
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Shares of PKG can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of PKG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $139.55.

Packaging Co. of America has a market capitalization of $13.26 billion and generates $6.96 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $696.40 million in net income (profit) each year or $7.65 on an earnings per share basis.

Packaging Co. of America employs 15,200 workers across the globe.

The following companies are subsidiares of Packaging Co. of America: Acorn Corrugated Box, Boise, Boise White Paper LLC, Colorado Container, Columbus Container, Crockett Packaging, Dixie Container, Field Packaging Group, Hexacomb Canada Corporation, Hexacomb Canada Holdings Corporation, Hexacomb Corporation, International Falls Power Company, Louisiana Timber Procurement Company LLC, Minnesota Dakota & Western Railway Company, PCA Central California Corrugated LLC, PCA Corrugated and Display LLC, PCA Hydro Inc, PCA International Inc., PCA International Services LLC, PCA Texas Acquisition LLC, Packaging Corporation of Asia Limited, Packaging Materials Co, Polywoven Distributors PA LLC, Sacramento Container Corp., Sunbelt Packaging Services, and TimBar Packaging & Display.

Packaging Co. of America was founded in 1959.

The official website for Packaging Co. of America is www.packagingcorp.com.

Packaging Co. of America is headquartered at 1 NORTH FIELD COURT, LAKE FOREST IL, 60045.

Packaging Co. of America's mailing address is 1 NORTH FIELD COURT, LAKE FOREST IL, 60045. The industrial products company can be reached via phone at 847-482-3000.