PKG correlations (Packaging Corporation of America)
PKG measured against 4756 US stocks and ETFs: closest co-movers on one side, the best offsets on the other, all from weekly returns.
Data as of 2026-08-27 · refreshed every trading day · Materials · Paper & Plastic Packaging Products & Materials
Volatility (ann.)
23.5%
3y weekly
Beta vs S&P 500
0.52
3y weekly
1-year return
+18.5%
price, adjusted
5-year return
+86.8%
price, adjusted
Market cap
$21.7B
latest
P/E ratio
31.6
trailing
Dividend yield
2.13%
trailing
Max drawdown
-28.4%
3y, daily closes
PKG over the last 12 months, weekly closes indexed to 100 at the start.
Stocks and ETFs most correlated with PKG
| Asset | Correlation (3Y) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| IP | International Paper | 0.72 | |
| SW | Smurfit Westrock | 0.65 | |
| XLB | Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund | 0.63 | |
| PPG | PPG Industries | 0.58 | |
| MDY | SPDR S&P MidCap 400 ETF | 0.58 | |
| ITW | Illinois Tool Works | 0.57 | |
| VTV | Vanguard Value ETF | 0.57 | |
| SCHD | Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF | 0.56 | |
| BFS | Saul Centers, Inc. | 0.56 | |
| GGG | Graco Inc. | 0.55 | |
| MAS | Masco | 0.55 | |
| CFR | Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. | 0.55 | |
| RSP | Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF | 0.55 | |
| USB | U.S. Bancorp | 0.54 | |
| VYM | Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF | 0.54 |
Best diversifiers for PKG
These are the assets whose returns had the least to do with PKG's, historically the most independent picks in our universe.
| Asset | Correlation (3Y) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| VXZ | iPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Mid-Term Futures ETN | -0.35 | |
| VXX | iPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN | -0.31 | |
| PPCB | Propanc Biopharma, Inc. | -0.29 | |
| ZKIN | ZK International Group Co., Ltd | -0.28 | |
| BCTX | BriaCell Therapeutics Corp. | -0.28 | |
| GITS | Global Interactive Technologies, Inc. | -0.27 | |
| HAO | Haoxi Health Technology Limited - Class A Ord Share | -0.24 | |
| FOXX | Foxx Development Holdings Inc. | -0.21 | |
| ZCMD | Zhongchao Inc. - Class A | -0.17 | |
| CDTG | CDT Environmental Technology Investment Holdings Limited | -0.17 |
PKG vs benchmarks
PKG vs its peers
Get PKG data as JSON
$ curl https://www.pairbook.io/api/v1/symbols/pkg.jsonCorrelations, diversifiers, beta and volatility for PKG, plus one endpoint per pair. API documentation.
