Packaging Corp. of America Stock Outperforms Competitors Despite Losses on the Day

Dow Jones08-07 05:05

DJ Packaging Corp. Of America Stock Outperforms Competitors Despite Losses On The Day

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Shares of Packaging Corp. of America $(PKG)$ slid 1.27% to $252.75 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.18% to 7,709.96 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.85% to 53,885.10.

The stock's fall snapped a three-day winning streak.

Packaging Corp. of America closed 2.34% short of its 52-week high of $258.81, which the company reached on July 28th.

The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as International Paper Co. $(IP)$ fell 4.07% to $40.53, Graphic Packaging Holding Co. (GPK) fell 0.25% to $11.87, and Sonoco Products Co. (SON) fell 2.38% to $57.07.

Trading volume (461,297) remained 240,824 below its 50-day average volume of 702,121.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled August 6, 2026.

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