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$211.28 -2.68 (-1.25%)
Closing price 09/19/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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PKG vs. IP, GEF, GPK, MYE, SEE, SON, UFPT, AVY, AMCR, and ATR

Should you be buying Packaging Corporation of America stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Packaging Corporation of America include Imagination Park Entertainment (IP), Greif (GEF), Graphic Packaging (GPK), Myers Industries (MYE), Sealed Air (SEE), Sonoco Products (SON), UFP Technologies (UFPT), Avery Dennison (AVY), Amcor (AMCR), and AptarGroup (ATR).

Packaging Corporation of America vs. Its Competitors

Packaging Corporation of America (NYSE:PKG) and Imagination Park Entertainment (CNSX:IP) are related companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and risk.

Packaging Corporation of America has higher revenue and earnings than Imagination Park Entertainment.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Packaging Corporation of America$8.38B2.27$805.10M$10.0221.09
Imagination Park EntertainmentN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Packaging Corporation of America currently has a consensus target price of $220.20, suggesting a potential upside of 4.22%. Given Packaging Corporation of America's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Packaging Corporation of America is more favorable than Imagination Park Entertainment.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Packaging Corporation of America
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Imagination Park Entertainment
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

In the previous week, Packaging Corporation of America had 31 more articles in the media than Imagination Park Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Packaging Corporation of America and 0 mentions for Imagination Park Entertainment. Packaging Corporation of America's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Imagination Park Entertainment's score of 0.00 indicating that Packaging Corporation of America is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Packaging Corporation of America Positive
Imagination Park Entertainment Neutral

89.8% of Packaging Corporation of America shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Packaging Corporation of America shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Packaging Corporation of America has a net margin of 10.47% compared to Imagination Park Entertainment's net margin of 0.00%. Packaging Corporation of America's return on equity of 20.08% beat Imagination Park Entertainment's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Packaging Corporation of America10.47% 20.08% 10.04%
Imagination Park Entertainment N/A N/A N/A

Summary

Packaging Corporation of America beats Imagination Park Entertainment on 12 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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PKG vs. The Competition

MetricPackaging Corporation of AmericaCONTNRS IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$19.25B$7.63B$7.92B$21.65B
Dividend Yield2.34%3.63%4.57%3.51%
P/E Ratio21.0915.22306.0129.96
Price / Sales2.271.47221.0560.86
Price / Cash14.319.4529.1124.97
Price / Book4.313.174.764.59
Net Income$805.10M$363.60M$800.31M$999.97M
7 Day Performance-1.88%-1.36%1.25%0.87%
1 Month Performance6.66%-0.74%3.02%5.48%
1 Year Performance-0.76%-5.48%26.60%14.38%

Packaging Corporation of America Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PKG
Packaging Corporation of America
4.4363 of 5 stars
$211.28
-1.3%
$220.20
+4.2%
-2.0%$19.25B$8.38B21.0915,400Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
IP
Imagination Park Entertainment
N/A$47.34
+11,883.5%
N/AN/A$0.00N/A0.00N/A
GEF
Greif
4.6916 of 5 stars
$61.16
-0.4%
$75.80
+23.9%
-6.8%$2.90B$5.45B19.4114,000Trending News
Ex-Dividend
Analyst Revision
GPK
Graphic Packaging
4.6173 of 5 stars
$21.05
-2.2%
$26.38
+25.3%
-36.0%$6.24B$8.81B11.8923,000Analyst Forecast
MYE
Myers Industries
4.1335 of 5 stars
$16.05
-1.7%
$21.00
+30.9%
+14.5%$600.24M$836.28M61.712,700Positive News
SEE
Sealed Air
4.1981 of 5 stars
$33.06
+1.0%
$38.80
+17.4%
-4.1%$4.86B$5.39B16.6916,400Positive News
Short Interest ↑
SON
Sonoco Products
4.922 of 5 stars
$46.18
-0.1%
$57.63
+24.8%
-15.7%$4.55B$5.31B8.2828,000Positive News
UFPT
UFP Technologies
2.4395 of 5 stars
$205.79
-0.7%
$289.00
+40.4%
-45.7%$1.59B$504.42M23.854,335Positive News
AVY
Avery Dennison
4.8962 of 5 stars
$168.27
+0.1%
$197.60
+17.4%
-23.7%$13.12B$8.76B18.8935,000Positive News
AMCR
Amcor
4.9262 of 5 stars
$8.24
-0.8%
$11.42
+38.6%
-25.6%$11.90B$15.01B22.8877,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ATR
AptarGroup
4.9424 of 5 stars
$138.48
-0.1%
$182.17
+31.5%
-14.3%$9.12B$3.58B23.8313,500

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