About the Packaging & Containers Industry
The Packaging & Containers industry includes 23 U.S.-listed companies in the Consumer Discretionary sector with a combined market capitalization of $160.85B. The largest are Smurfit Westrock Plc (SW, $22.01B), Packaging Corporation of America (PKG, $22.01B) and Amcor plc (AMCR, $21.39B), together 41% of the industry's value.
16 of the 23 companies with reported earnings are profitable, and their median P/E ratio is 17.4. 17 of 23 pay a dividend, with a median yield of 3.06% among payers.
Over the past year the median stock is up 1.1%, and 12 of 23 are higher than a year ago. Median revenue growth is 2.8% year over year.
Best 1-year performers
- Karat Packaging Inc. (KRT)+113.6%
- Myers Industries, Inc. (MYE)+92.8%
- Greif, Inc. (GEF.B)+84.2%
Weakest 1-year performers
Highest dividend yields
Profitability
- Profitable companies
- 16 of 23
- Median gross margin
- 20.1%
- Median net profit margin
- 4.7%
- Median return on equity
- 13.1%
Longest dividend growth streak: Sonoco Products Company (SON), 34 consecutive years.





















