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Consumer Cyclical - Sector
PKG is currently covered by 7 analysts with an average price target of $252.92. This is a potential upside of $26.1 (1.62%) from yesterday's end of day stock price of $248.88.
Packaging Corp of America's activity chart (see below) currently has 244 price targets and 194 ratings on display. The stock rating distribution of PKG is 57.58% BUY and 42.42% HOLD.
Analysts average stock forecasts to be materialized ratio is 89.92% with an average time for these price targets to be met of 424.81 days.
Highest price target for PKG is $312, Lowest price target is $217, average price target is $252.92.
Most recent stock forecast was given by ANTHONY PETTINARI from CITI on 28-Jul-2026. First documented stock forecast 16-Sep-2013.
Currently out of the existing stock ratings of PKG, 19 are a BUY (57.58%), 14 are a HOLD (42.42%).
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
$254
$1.21 (0.48%)
$241
Buy Since 24-Sep-2025
$312
$59.21 (23.42%)
$271
Buy Since 01-Feb-2022
$270
$17.21 (6.81%)
$258
Buy Since 24-Apr-2024
$263
$10.21 (4.04%)
$200
Buy Since 29-Jan-2026
$246
$-6.79 (-2.69%)
$226
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