PKG — PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA

US Materials Paper & packaging equity mkt cap 22.2B
252.79 +1.29% today
USD · as of 2026-08-21

Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21

499 daily closes shown
52w low 191.68 · high 257.43

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Performance

1 day+1.29%
1 week-1.05%
1 month+8.08%
3 months+18.26%
6 months+6.57%
Year to date+19.74%
1 year+27.59%
3 years+71.60%
5 years+72.65%

Technicals

RSI 1452.6
vs 50-day avg+5.01%
vs 200-day avg+14.29%
Volatility 1y28.4%
Max drawdown 1y-17.69%
Avg volume 30d641.1K
Daily bars held2,674
History from2016-01-04

Dividends

Yield (trailing 12m)2.08%
Paid last 12m5.2500
Payments in 12m4
Paying since2016-03-11

Measured signals that fired on PKG

datesignal measured base rate
2026-08-12Equal highs taken out
structure
-0.70% over 21 days · t = -8.28 · n = 68,636
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-08-04Breakout to a 52-week high
price
-1.00% over 21 days · t = -8.58 · n = 24,386
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-28Equal highs taken out
structure
-0.70% over 21 days · t = -8.28 · n = 68,636
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-27Fair value gap, bullish
structure
-0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-24Breakout to a 52-week high
price
-1.00% over 21 days · t = -8.58 · n = 24,386
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-09Fair value gap, bearish
structure
-0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591
statistically distinguishable from its control group

Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →

Insider transactions (Form 4)

dateinsiderwhatshares pricevalue
2026-08-07Hassfurther Thomas A
President
Open-market sale7.1K254.001.8M
2026-08-05Hassfurther Thomas A
President
Open-market sale8.8K257.002.3M
2026-08-03Hassfurther Thomas A
President
Open-market sale12.5K250.003.1M
2026-05-27KOWLZAN MARK W
Chairman & CEO
Open-market sale9.3K217.082.0M
2026-05-12BEEBE CHERYL K
Director
Grant or award5910.000
2026-05-12Farrington Duane C
Director
Grant or award5910.000
2026-05-12LYONS ROBERT C
Director
Grant or award5910.000
2026-05-12Harman Donna A.
Director
Grant or award5910.000
2026-05-12GOWLAND KAREN E
Director
Grant or award5910.000
2026-05-12MENCOFF SAMUEL M
Director
Grant or award5910.000

Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →

Largest institutional holders

managervalueshares
BlackRock, Inc.1.6B7.7M
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC1.2B5.8M
VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC929.6M4.4M
STATE STREET CORP906.0M4.2M
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO716.4M3.4M
FIL Ltd606.5M2.9M
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC525.6M2.5M
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA493.0M2.3M
Bank of New York Mellon Corp474.4M2.2M
AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC438.6M2.1M

13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →

Short selling

Avg short volume, 90d59.1% of tape
Days observed61

This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →

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