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$211.28 -2.68 (-1.25%)
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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

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

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

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

In the previous week, Packaging Corporation of America had 28 more articles in the media than Imagination Park Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Packaging Corporation of America and 0 mentions for Imagination Park Entertainment. Packaging Corporation of America's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Imagination Park Entertainment's score of 0.00 indicating that Packaging Corporation of America is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

89.8% of Packaging Corporation of America shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Packaging Corporation of America shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company 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
Imagination Park EntertainmentN/A N/A N/A
Packaging Corporation of America 10.47%20.08%10.04%

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

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

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$7.89B$21.60B
Dividend Yield2.34%3.63%4.57%3.52%
P/E Ratio21.0915.22305.7929.95
Price / Sales2.271.47217.5160.41
Price / Cash14.319.4529.1124.97
Price / Book4.313.174.764.59
Net Income$805.10M$363.60M$800.31M$1.00B
7 Day Performance-1.88%-1.36%1.22%0.81%
1 Month Performance6.66%-0.74%2.98%5.42%
1 Year Performance-0.76%-5.48%26.46%14.47%

Packaging Corporation of America Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PKG
Packaging Corporation of America
4.4477 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
4.6851 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
4.6831 of 5 stars
$21.05
-2.2%
$26.38
+25.3%
-36.0%$6.24B$8.81B11.8923,000Analyst Forecast
MYE
Myers Industries
4.1415 of 5 stars
$16.05
-1.7%
$21.00
+30.9%
+14.5%$600.24M$836.28M61.712,700Positive News
SEE
Sealed Air
4.196 of 5 stars
$33.06
+1.0%
$38.80
+17.4%
-4.1%$4.86B$5.39B16.6916,400Positive News
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
SON
Sonoco Products
4.9253 of 5 stars
$46.18
-0.1%
$57.63
+24.8%
-15.7%$4.55B$5.31B8.2828,000Positive News
UFPT
UFP Technologies
2.3337 of 5 stars
$205.79
-0.7%
$289.00
+40.4%
-45.7%$1.59B$504.42M23.854,335Positive News
AVY
Avery Dennison
4.8915 of 5 stars
$168.27
+0.1%
$197.60
+17.4%
-23.7%$13.12B$8.76B18.8935,000Positive News
AMCR
Amcor
4.9516 of 5 stars
$8.24
-0.8%
$11.42
+38.6%
-25.6%$11.90B$15.01B22.8877,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ATR
AptarGroup
4.9561 of 5 stars
$138.48
-0.1%
$182.17
+31.5%
-14.3%$9.12B$3.58B23.8313,500Positive News

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