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$199.39 +0.63 (+0.32%)
Closing price 03/26/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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PKG vs. GPK, SON, SEE, UFPT, SW, EMR, GWW, IR, FERG, and DOV

Should you be buying Packaging Co. of America stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Packaging Co. of America include Graphic Packaging (GPK), Sonoco Products (SON), Sealed Air (SEE), UFP Technologies (UFPT), Smurfit Westrock (SW), Emerson Electric (EMR), W.W. Grainger (GWW), Ingersoll Rand (IR), Ferguson (FERG), and Dover (DOV).

Packaging Co. of America vs.

Packaging Co. of America (NYSE:PKG) and Graphic Packaging (NYSE:GPK) are both industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, earnings and profitability.

Packaging Co. of America has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Graphic Packaging has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Packaging Co. of America has a net margin of 9.60% compared to Graphic Packaging's net margin of 7.47%. Graphic Packaging's return on equity of 25.96% beat Packaging Co. of America's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Packaging Co. of America9.60% 19.67% 9.19%
Graphic Packaging 7.47%25.96%6.81%

Packaging Co. of America currently has a consensus target price of $233.00, indicating a potential upside of 16.86%. Graphic Packaging has a consensus target price of $31.37, indicating a potential upside of 21.68%. Given Graphic Packaging's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Graphic Packaging is more favorable than Packaging Co. of America.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Packaging Co. of America
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86
Graphic Packaging
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Packaging Co. of America has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Graphic Packaging. Graphic Packaging is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Packaging Co. of America, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Packaging Co. of America$8.38B2.14$805.10M$8.9322.33
Graphic Packaging$8.81B0.88$658M$2.1611.93

89.8% of Packaging Co. of America shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.7% of Graphic Packaging shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Packaging Co. of America shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Graphic Packaging shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Packaging Co. of America had 2 more articles in the media than Graphic Packaging. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Packaging Co. of America and 20 mentions for Graphic Packaging. Packaging Co. of America's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Graphic Packaging's score of 0.68 indicating that Packaging Co. of America is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Packaging Co. of America
18 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Graphic Packaging
9 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
6 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Packaging Co. of America pays an annual dividend of $5.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Graphic Packaging pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Packaging Co. of America pays out 56.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Graphic Packaging pays out 20.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Packaging Co. of America received 19 more outperform votes than Graphic Packaging when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.90% of users gave Graphic Packaging an outperform vote while only 59.27% of users gave Packaging Co. of America an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Packaging Co. of AmericaOutperform Votes
534
59.27%
Underperform Votes
367
40.73%
Graphic PackagingOutperform Votes
515
63.90%
Underperform Votes
291
36.10%

Summary

Packaging Co. of America beats Graphic Packaging on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PKG vs. The Competition

MetricPackaging Co. of AmericaPaperboard containers & boxes IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$17.91B$10.79B$7.02B$19.65B
Dividend Yield2.54%3.09%3.54%3.75%
P/E Ratio22.3329.0521.0733.84
Price / Sales2.141.0576.3227.96
Price / Cash14.419.6726.8317.54
Price / Book4.472.103.734.60
Net Income$805.10M$439.29M$793.45M$1.02B
7 Day Performance1.06%0.15%-0.27%-0.05%
1 Month Performance-5.38%-4.60%-0.15%-1.94%
1 Year Performance5.53%-8.02%19.18%5.06%

Packaging Co. of America Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PKG
Packaging Co. of America
4.3754 of 5 stars
$199.39
+0.3%
$233.00
+16.9%
+6.7%$17.91B$8.38B22.3315,100Positive News
GPK
Graphic Packaging
4.2121 of 5 stars
$25.35
+0.2%
$31.37
+23.8%
-10.8%$7.61B$8.81B11.7323,000Analyst Forecast
Positive News
SON
Sonoco Products
4.6132 of 5 stars
$46.84
+0.3%
$58.50
+24.9%
-16.8%$4.62B$5.31B28.3820,500Positive News
SEE
Sealed Air
4.5442 of 5 stars
$29.59
+1.7%
$40.25
+36.0%
-17.7%$4.31B$5.39B10.8816,300Short Interest ↑
UFPT
UFP Technologies
1.894 of 5 stars
$210.50
+5.9%
$392.00
+86.2%
-15.4%$1.62B$504.42M30.032,020Positive News
SW
Smurfit Westrock
4.2692 of 5 stars
$44.94
+1.7%
$60.70
+35.1%
N/A$23.46B$21.11B81.7156,100Positive News
EMR
Emerson Electric
4.6863 of 5 stars
$115.44
+2.1%
$136.22
+18.0%
+1.5%$65.09B$17.55B27.5585,500Analyst Forecast
Positive News
GWW
W.W. Grainger
4.2121 of 5 stars
$992.20
+2.0%
$1,151.50
+16.1%
-1.8%$47.84B$17.17B25.6326,000Positive News
IR
Ingersoll Rand
4.5527 of 5 stars
$82.21
+1.5%
$105.36
+28.2%
-13.9%$33.14B$7.24B39.9117,000Analyst Forecast
Positive News
FERG
Ferguson
3.7935 of 5 stars
$164.37
+1.3%
$200.67
+22.1%
-24.9%$32.87B$29.90B19.7335,000
DOV
Dover
4.827 of 5 stars
$185.79
+3.4%
$218.91
+17.8%
+4.2%$25.50B$7.75B9.5525,000Analyst Forecast
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