PK
PKG
+1.5%🟢 Fundamentally supportedPackaging Corp of America · Basic Materials
$236.00Vol 917.7K · 1.7× normalMkt cap +$0.30BMarket closed — 2026-10-16 session
What happened
Move
+1.5%
Price
$236.00
Volume
917.7K
1.7× normal
Market cap
$21.03B
+$0.30B today
Why it moved
Acquisition / M&Amedium confidence
- 3 Reasons to Sell PKG and 1 Stock to Buy Instead — finnhub-news
- Countdown to Packaging Corp. (PKG) Q3 Earnings: A Look at Estimates Beyond Revenue and EPS — finnhub-news
Possible catalyst: acquisition / m&a, on 1.7× normal volume.
Verdict — was the move justified?
🟢 Fundamentally supported
Acquisition / M&A — direction and rough magnitude are consistent with the identified fundamental catalyst.
How unusual is this move
σ score
1.3σ
vs own 20d volatility
Percentile
73th
of 1278 daily moves
Avg daily move
±1.1%
own 5y average
vs sector
+1.5%
beyond sector median
Fundamental context
V 44G 31P 49H 80Q 80EW 30/65
Insider activity (90d): net selling $10.20M
Valuation context
P/E (TTM)
30.4
5y median 19.1
P/E percentile
97%
vs own 5y history
FCF yield
0.0%
Trading richer than 97% of its own historical valuation range.
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