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$196.45 +1.59 (+0.82%)
Closing price 08/8/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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PKG vs. IP, GEF, GPK, MYE, SON, SEE, UFPT, AMCR, AVY, 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), Sonoco Products (SON), Sealed Air (SEE), UFP Technologies (UFPT), Amcor (AMCR), Avery Dennison (AVY), 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 superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.

Packaging Corporation of America has a consensus target price of $215.40, indicating a potential upside of 9.65%. 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

In the previous week, Packaging Corporation of America had 15 more articles in the media than Imagination Park Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Packaging Corporation of America and 0 mentions for Imagination Park Entertainment. Packaging Corporation of America's average media sentiment score of 1.30 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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 20.36% 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%20.36%10.10%

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$8.38B2.11$805.10M$10.0219.61

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$17.53B$7.31B$7.61B$20.70B
Dividend Yield2.57%3.42%4.57%3.67%
P/E Ratio19.6114.8924.9728.45
Price / Sales2.111.4899.4756.07
Price / Cash13.049.5527.9823.21
Price / Book4.013.064.304.33
Net Income$805.10M$370.95M$795.91M$996.14M
7 Day Performance2.67%3.58%1.03%1.98%
1 Month Performance-3.77%-1.87%1.37%-0.84%
1 Year Performance1.23%0.45%33.83%14.36%

Packaging Corporation of America Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PKG
Packaging Corporation of America
4.6077 of 5 stars
$196.45
+0.8%
$215.40
+9.6%
-0.2%$17.53B$8.38B19.6115,400Positive News
Analyst Revision
IP
Imagination Park Entertainment
N/A$46.03
+11,554.2%
N/AN/A$0.00N/A0.00N/A
GEF
Greif
3.9062 of 5 stars
$62.87
+1.1%
$74.83
+19.0%
+11.4%$2.98B$5.45B17.7114,000Analyst Revision
GPK
Graphic Packaging
4.5463 of 5 stars
$21.96
+2.2%
$26.38
+20.1%
-19.1%$6.51B$8.81B12.4123,000Insider Trade
MYE
Myers Industries
4.0474 of 5 stars
$15.79
+6.3%
$21.00
+33.0%
+16.1%$590.26M$825.28M60.732,700
SON
Sonoco Products
4.8512 of 5 stars
$44.74
+1.1%
$57.63
+28.8%
-8.3%$4.41B$6.34B8.0228,000Positive News
SEE
Sealed Air
4.8519 of 5 stars
$28.98
+1.8%
$38.27
+32.0%
-17.6%$4.26B$5.39B14.3516,400News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
UFPT
UFP Technologies
2.3124 of 5 stars
$226.27
-0.1%
$252.00
+11.4%
-33.7%$1.74B$504.42M27.704,335Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
AMCR
Amcor
4.0649 of 5 stars
$9.41
+1.2%
$11.51
+22.4%
-8.8%$13.60B$13.46B16.8041,000News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
AVY
Avery Dennison
4.8993 of 5 stars
$167.35
+0.9%
$197.60
+18.1%
-17.8%$13.05B$8.76B18.7835,000Analyst Revision
ATR
AptarGroup
4.7453 of 5 stars
$138.94
-1.7%
$174.60
+25.7%
-3.2%$9.18B$3.58B23.9113,500Analyst Revision
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