Packaging Corporation of America

PKG stock score: 61/100

$248.92 · +4.15% · Scored Oct 22, 2026

Technical
67
Fundamental
54
News
55

The reading

Packaging Corporation of America (PKG) scores 61 out of 100, which reads neutral, higher than 79% of Consumer Cyclical stocks and 77% of the 4,161 US stocks we score.

The composite is technicals and fundamentals weighted equally: technicals read 67, fundamentals 54.

Among the fundamentals, Current Ratio at 98 and Quick Ratio at 96 score highest, while Fair Value at 0 weighs the most against it.

On the daily chart, trend-following indicators average 69 and contrarian oscillators 27 — a split worth reading before trusting the technical total.

News sentiment is neutral at 55; it is shown, not counted in the composite.

Since Jul 25, 2026 the composite has ranged from 54 to 73, and it is down 12 points over the period.

What’s driving the score

The strongest and weakest of the scorers that count toward PKG’s composite. Each returns 0–100, higher is more bullish — including metrics where low is good, like P/E.

Fundamental

54

Pulling it up

  • Current Ratio98

    Current ratio measures ability to pay short-term liabilities with current assets.

  • Quick Ratio96

    Quick ratio measures a company's ability to meet short-term obligations with liquid assets.

  • Operating Margins86

    Operating margins measure profitability after operating expenses.

Holding it back

  • Fair Value0

    Fair value score synthesizes multiple valuation methods (DCF, P/E, P/B, P/S) to estimate intrinsic worth.

  • Earnings Growth (Quarterly)19

    Quarterly earnings growth measures profit increase versus the prior-year quarter.

  • Earnings Growth (5-Year)32

    5-year earnings growth evaluates long-term profit trajectory and consistency.

41 weighted scorers.

Technical · daily

64

Pulling it up

  • Parabolic SAR (PSAR)100

    Parabolic SAR (Stop and Reverse) provides trailing stop levels that follow price trends.

  • VWAP100

    Volume Weighted Average Price (VWAP) shows the average price weighted by volume.

  • Ichimoku Cloud100

    Ichimoku Cloud is a comprehensive indicator showing support/resistance, trend direction, and momentum.

Holding it back

  • Bollinger Bands (20)0

    Bollinger Bands (20-period) plot standard deviations above and below a moving average.

  • Williams %R (14)0

    Williams %R (14-period) measures where the current price sits within the recent high-low range.

  • Williams %R (7)0

    Williams %R (7-period) places the close within the last 7 periods' high-low range.

62 weighted scorers; 3 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

News · shown, not counted

Global News
55

Technical score by timeframe

ChartScoreWeight
Hourly611
Daily643
Weekly682
Monthly722
Quarterly712

Composite score, last 90 days

05010061Jul 25, 2026Oct 22, 2026Jul 25, 2026: 73Jul 26, 2026: 73Jul 27, 2026: 73Jul 28, 2026: 73Jul 29, 2026: 72Jul 30, 2026: 73Jul 31, 2026: 66Aug 2, 2026: 57Aug 3, 2026: 58Aug 5, 2026: 59Aug 6, 2026: 58Aug 7, 2026: 62Aug 8, 2026: 62Aug 9, 2026: 62Aug 10, 2026: 62Aug 11, 2026: 62Aug 12, 2026: 62Aug 13, 2026: 62Aug 14, 2026: 62Aug 15, 2026: 62Aug 16, 2026: 61Aug 17, 2026: 61Aug 18, 2026: 59Aug 19, 2026: 61Aug 20, 2026: 60Aug 22, 2026: 60Aug 23, 2026: 59Aug 24, 2026: 58Aug 25, 2026: 57Aug 26, 2026: 58Aug 27, 2026: 58Aug 28, 2026: 57Aug 29, 2026: 57Aug 30, 2026: 57Aug 31, 2026: 56Sep 1, 2026: 56Sep 2, 2026: 57Sep 3, 2026: 56Sep 4, 2026: 57Sep 5, 2026: 57Sep 6, 2026: 57Sep 7, 2026: 57Sep 8, 2026: 57Sep 9, 2026: 54Sep 10, 2026: 55Sep 11, 2026: 57Sep 12, 2026: 57Sep 13, 2026: 57Sep 14, 2026: 57Sep 15, 2026: 56Sep 16, 2026: 55Sep 17, 2026: 58Sep 18, 2026: 56Sep 19, 2026: 57Sep 20, 2026: 57Sep 21, 2026: 59Sep 22, 2026: 59Sep 23, 2026: 60Sep 24, 2026: 59Sep 25, 2026: 58Sep 26, 2026: 58Sep 27, 2026: 58Sep 28, 2026: 56Sep 29, 2026: 56Sep 30, 2026: 55Oct 1, 2026: 54Oct 2, 2026: 55Oct 3, 2026: 55Oct 4, 2026: 55Oct 5, 2026: 55Oct 6, 2026: 56Oct 7, 2026: 54Oct 8, 2026: 55Oct 9, 2026: 56Oct 10, 2026: 56Oct 11, 2026: 56Oct 12, 2026: 56Oct 13, 2026: 56Oct 14, 2026: 56Oct 15, 2026: 57Oct 16, 2026: 59Oct 17, 2026: 58Oct 18, 2026: 58Oct 19, 2026: 59Oct 20, 2026: 59Oct 21, 2026: 59Oct 22, 2026: 61
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Key facts

Market cap
$22.2B
Sector
Consumer Cyclical
Industry
Packaging & Containers
Beta
0.77
Risk grade (1–10)
6
Next earnings
Oct 21, 2026

Packaging & Containers peers

CompanyMarket capScore
SW Smurfit Westrock$22.3B56
AMCR Amcor$21.4B61
IP International Paper Company$17.8B39
BALL Ball$17.4B63
AVY Avery Dennison$14.0B61
CCK Crown$13.0B66

Questions

What is PKG's stock score today?

PKG scores 61/100 (Neutral) as of Oct 22, 2026: technical 67, fundamental 54, and news sentiment 55, which is shown but not counted. Scores are recomputed every night.

Is PKG a buy?

The score is not a buy or sell recommendation. A 61 says the technical and fundamental signals we measure lean neutral today, relative to every other stock scored the same way. Use the breakdown above to see why, and treat it as a starting point for your own research.

How is the PKG score calculated?

103 weighted scorers feed it today: 41 fundamental, scored against Consumer Cyclical ranges, and 62 technical on the daily chart, with 5 timeframes blended into the technical total. Every scorer returns 0–100; missing data is left out, never counted as zero.

Scores are information, not investment advice. Computed from Yahoo Finance, Finnhub and Alpha Vantage data; technical indicators via TA-Lib. Past scores do not predict future returns.