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Packaging Corp of America (PKG) — chart, structure and Closelook read

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Company snapshot — Packaging Corp of America

PKG in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Packaging Corp of America manufactures containerboard and corrugated packaging, plus uncoated freesheet and specialty papers, through its Packaging and Paper segments. The packaging side makes shipping containers, retail display boxes and protective packaging for food, drink and industrial goods, sold through a direct sales team. The paper side produces office, printing and communication papers through its own marketing arm. It is headquartered in Lake Forest, Illinois, and has traded since 1867.
Where it sits in the stack
Packaging Corp of America holds no seat in Rubin, Closelook's index for the AI build-out, since it makes containerboard and paper rather than compute hardware. It sits in the paper and packaging sleeve of our wider industrials universe, supplying corrugated boxes to consumer and industrial customers, not to the data-centre stack.
Who it is priced against
Closelook has not yet built a peer group for it; the comparison the market draws is with other containerboard and corrugated makers such as International Paper.
Why Closelook tracks it
It holds a seat in the S&P 500 but none in Rubin, and it does not yet carry a Closelook score. No edition of the diary has quoted it so far.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether corrugated box volumes track broader consumer and industrial demand, since shipments here move with the wider economy rather than with AI infrastructure spending.

Packaging Corp of America (PKG) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for PKG, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Packaging & Containers · United States · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Packaging & Containers · United States

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against PKG on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 2.33%, quarterly · last 1.50 USD on 2026-09-15

Dividends and capital return

What PKG pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 5.50 USD per share · a 2.33% yield on the 2026-09-17 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-17
  • Change on the year +10.0% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 5.00 USD per share
  • Last distribution 1.50 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-09-15
  • By calendar year 2023: 2.50 USD (partial) · 2024: 5.00 USD · 2025: 5.00 USD · 2026: 4.25 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-09-22

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 55/100 · S&P 500 fund at 58, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-17
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 94th percentile of the window, +2.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-17
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.00 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-17

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-18

Quick answers

What is Packaging Corp of America (PKG)?

Packaging Corp of America trades as PKG on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is PKG in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Packaging Corp of America is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-18.

Where does PKG trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -2.5% vs the 50-day and +5.2% vs the 200-day average, 9.4% below the 52-week high and +24.5% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-17 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Packaging Corp of America do?

Packaging Corp of America manufactures containerboard and corrugated packaging, plus uncoated freesheet and specialty papers, through its Packaging and Paper segments. The packaging side makes shipping containers, retail display boxes and protective packaging for food, drink and industrial goods, sold through a direct sales team. The paper side produces office, printing and communication papers through its own marketing arm. Closelook has not yet built a peer group for it; the comparison the market draws is with other containerboard and corrugated makers such as International Paper.

Where does Packaging Corp of America sit in the AI build-out?

Packaging Corp of America holds no seat in Rubin, Closelook's index for the AI build-out, since it makes containerboard and paper rather than compute hardware. It sits in the paper and packaging sleeve of our wider industrials universe, supplying corrugated boxes to consumer and industrial customers, not to the data-centre stack. It holds a seat in the S&P 500 but none in Rubin, and it does not yet carry a Closelook score. No edition of the diary has quoted it so far.

Does Packaging Corp of America pay a dividend?

Packaging Corp of America has paid 5.50 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 2.33% on the 2026-09-17 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 1.50 USD on 2026-09-15. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for PKG, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Packaging & Containers. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.