Packaging Corporation of America (PKG)

PKG Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 6 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for PKG stock have an average target of 244.33, with a low estimate of 200 and a high estimate of 280. The average target predicts an increase of 17.51% from the current stock price of 207.92.

Analyst Consensus: Strong Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$200	$244.33	$250	$280
Change	-3.81%	+17.51%	+20.24%	+34.67%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for PKG stock from 6 stock analysts is "Strong Buy". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to perform very well in the near future and significantly outperform the market.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Sep '24	Oct '24	Nov '24	Dec '24	Jan '25	Feb '25
Strong Buy	2	2	2	3	3	4
Buy	1	1	1	1	1	1
Hold	3	2	2	2	1	1
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	6	5	5	6	5	6

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Mark Weintraub Seaport Global	Seaport Global	Hold → Strong Buy Upgrades $250	Hold → Strong Buy	Upgrades	$250	+20.24%	Feb 13, 2025
Michael Roxland Truist Securities	Truist Securities	Strong Buy Reiterates $282 → $265	Strong Buy	Reiterates	$282 → $265	+27.45%	Jan 30, 2025
Gabe Hajde Wells Fargo	Wells Fargo	Buy Maintains $253 → $236	Buy	Maintains	$253 → $236	+13.51%	Jan 30, 2025
Anthony Pettinari Citigroup	Citigroup	Hold Maintains $232 → $235	Hold	Maintains	$232 → $235	+13.02%	Jan 6, 2025
Michael Roxland Truist Securities	Truist Securities	Strong Buy Maintains $252 → $282	Strong Buy	Maintains	$252 → $282	+35.63%	Jan 6, 2025

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

9.03B

Increased by 7.74%

from 8.38B

Revenue Next Year

9.38B

Increased by 3.80%

from 9.03B

EPS This Year

10.82

Increased by 21.14%

from 8.93

EPS Next Year

11.95

Increased by 10.45%

from 10.82

Fiscal Year	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2020	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2027
Revenue	6.66B	7.73B	8.48B	7.80B	8.38B	9.03B	9.38B	9.67B
Revenue Growth	-4.40%	16.10%	9.67%	-7.97%	7.45%	7.74%	3.80%	3.13%
EPS	4.84	8.83	11.03	8.48	8.93	10.82	11.95	12.85
EPS Growth	-34.06%	82.44%	24.92%	-23.12%	5.31%	21.14%	10.45%	7.56%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	19.22	17.40	16.18
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	12	10	6

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	9.5B	9.9B	10.3B
Avg	9.0B	9.4B	9.7B
Low	8.6B	8.9B	9.2B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	13.9%	9.8%	9.5%
Avg	7.7%	3.8%	3.1%
Low	2.6%	-1.1%	-2.2%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	12.13	13.23	14.24
Avg	10.82	11.95	12.85
Low	10.05	10.75	11.37

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	35.8%	22.3%	19.2%
Avg	21.1%	10.5%	7.6%
Low	12.5%	-0.6%	-4.9%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.