DJ Packaging Corp. Of America Stock Outperforms Competitors Despite Losses On The Day
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Shares of Packaging Corp. of America $(PKG)$ shed 3.84% to $214.04 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 1.52% to 6,672.62 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 1.56% to 46,677.85.
Packaging Corp. of America closed 14.22% short of its 52-week high of $249.51, which the company reached on February 12th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as International Paper Co. $(IP)$ fell 7.79% to $35.65, Sealed Air Corp. $(SEE)$ fell 0.02% to $41.97, and Graphic Packaging Holding Co. (GPK) fell 4.29% to $9.82.
Trading volume (1.4 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.0 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled March 12, 2026.
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March 12, 2026 17:07 ET (21:07 GMT)
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