Seeing Is Believing
Consumer Cyclical - Sector
PKG is currently covered by 6 analysts with an average price target of $246.42. This is a potential upside of $25.74 (7.72%) from yesterday's end of day stock price of $228.77.
Packaging Corp of America's activity chart (see below) currently has 238 price targets and 189 ratings on display. The stock rating distribution of PKG is 48.39% HOLD and 51.61% BUY.
Analysts average stock forecasts to be materialized ratio is 87.05% with an average time for these price targets to be met of 423.93 days.
Highest price target for PKG is $269, Lowest price target is $217, average price target is $246.42.
Most recent stock forecast was given by ANTHONY PETTINARI from CITI on 09-Jul-2026. First documented stock forecast 16-Sep-2013.
Currently out of the existing stock ratings of PKG, 15 are a HOLD (48.39%), 16 are a BUY (51.61%).
Analyst name
Rating
Current price target
Potential Upside
Previous price target
Date of last PT
Price targets met ratio
Average potential upside
Average Days to Hit Target
Performance score
Hold Since 19-Jul-2016
$241
$12.23 (5.35%)
$217
3 days ago
(09-Jul-2026)
47/48 (97.92%)
$16.51 (7.35%)
391
Buy Since 28-Jan-2026
$246
$17.23 (7.53%)
$226
3 days ago
(09-Jul-2026)
29/32 (90.63%)
$21.51 (9.58%)
194
Buy Since 24-Sep-2025
$269
$40.23 (17.59%)
$246
3 days ago
(09-Jul-2026)
1/4 (25%)
$44.51 (19.83%)
140
Hold Since 04-Jun-2025
$248
$6.45 (2.67%)
$232
1 months 22 days ago
(20-May-2026)
8/9 (88.89%)
$34.79 (16.32%)
84
Buy Since 01-Feb-2022
$258
$16.45 (6.81%)
$260
2 months 15 days ago
(27-Apr-2026)
20/31 (64.52%)
$45.46 (21.39%)
238
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