Packaging Co. of America (NYSE:PKG) Updates Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

Packaging Co. of America (NYSE:PKG) issued an update on its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of 2.210-2.210 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 2.280. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

PKG has been the topic of several analyst reports. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price objective on Packaging Co. of America from $235.00 to $253.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, October 24th. Citigroup lifted their price target on Packaging Co. of America from $232.00 to $235.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Monday, January 6th. Jefferies Financial Group raised Packaging Co. of America from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and increased their price objective for the company from $215.00 to $280.00 in a research note on Wednesday, December 18th. StockNews.com raised shares of Packaging Co. of America from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, December 24th. Finally, Truist Financial increased their price target on shares of Packaging Co. of America from $252.00 to $282.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, January 6th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Packaging Co. of America has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $238.67.

Packaging Co. of America Price Performance

Shares of Packaging Co. of America stock opened at $238.71 on Wednesday. The business has a 50 day moving average of $235.89 and a 200 day moving average of $220.08. Packaging Co. of America has a 52 week low of $159.57 and a 52 week high of $250.82. The company has a market cap of $21.44 billion, a PE ratio of 27.82, a P/E/G ratio of 2.36 and a beta of 0.79. The company has a quick ratio of 1.98, a current ratio of 2.95 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.58.

Packaging Co. of America (NYSE:PKG) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January 28th. The industrial products company reported $2.47 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.51 by ($0.04). Packaging Co. of America had a return on equity of 19.10% and a net margin of 9.46%. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that Packaging Co. of America will post 9.08 earnings per share for the current year.

Packaging Co. of America Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, January 15th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 20th were given a dividend of $1.25 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, December 20th. This represents a $5.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.09%. Packaging Co. of America’s payout ratio is 58.28%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, Director Paul T. Stecko sold 10,500 shares of Packaging Co. of America stock in a transaction dated Thursday, November 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $244.91, for a total transaction of $2,571,555.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 8,881 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,175,045.71. This trade represents a 54.18 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CFO Robert P. Mundy sold 12,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, November 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $240.62, for a total transaction of $3,007,750.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer now owns 43,954 shares in the company, valued at approximately $10,576,211.48. This trade represents a 22.14 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 33,300 shares of company stock worth $8,064,152. Company insiders own 1.60% of the company’s stock.

Packaging Co. of America Company Profile

Packaging Corporation of America engages in the production of container products. It operates through the following segments: Packaging, Paper, and Corporate and Other. The Packaging segment offers a variety of corrugated packaging products, such as conventional shipping containers. The Paper segment manufactures and sells a range of papers, including communication-based papers, and pressure sensitive papers.