Seasonality
PKG seasonality — Packaging Corporation of America
Over the last 11 years, PKG's strongest month on average has been November (+6.1%) and its weakest December (-2.0%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +3.53% | +6.06% | 70% | +13.0% | -14.5% | 10 |
| Feb | -0.34% | -0.81% | 50% | +9.2% | -5.4% | 10 |
| Mar | -0.80% | +0.33% | 50% | +6.1% | -8.6% | 10 |
| Apr | +1.75% | +1.62% | 60% | +11.3% | -8.8% | 10 |
| May | +0.24% | +2.06% | 70% | +6.1% | -10.2% | 10 |
| Jun | +0.06% | -1.05% | 40% | +9.0% | -12.6% | 10 |
| Jul | +3.98% | +2.99% | 80% | +16.0% | -3.7% | 10 |
| Aug | +1.93% | +1.15% | 50% | +12.5% | -4.8% | 10 |
| Sep | -0.86% | +1.00% | 50% | +7.7% | -18.0% | 10 |
| Oct | +0.81% | +2.28% | 60% | +12.0% | -16.3% | 10 |
| Nov | +6.13% | +6.55% | 89% | +13.6% | -4.9% | 9 |
| Dec | -1.99% | +0.08% | 60% | +6.1% | -14.7% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — PKG
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 7.9 | 4.3 | -8.6 | 0.6 | 2.6 | 8.8 | 3.2 | -4.8 | -2.0 | 12.0 | -2.8 | +21.1% | |
| 2025 | -5.5 | 0.2 | -7.1 | -6.3 | 4.1 | -2.4 | 2.8 | 12.5 | -0.0 | -10.2 | 4.2 | 1.1 | -8.4% |
| 2024 | 1.8 | 9.2 | 4.7 | -8.8 | 6.1 | -0.5 | 9.5 | 4.8 | 2.8 | 6.3 | 8.7 | -9.5 | +38.2% |
| 2023 | 11.6 | -4.2 | 1.5 | -2.6 | -8.3 | 6.5 | 16.0 | -2.8 | 3.0 | -0.3 | 9.8 | -3.0 | +27.4% |
| 2022 | 10.6 | -2.3 | 6.1 | 3.2 | -2.4 | -12.6 | 2.3 | -2.6 | -18.0 | 7.0 | 13.0 | -5.9 | -6.0% |
| 2021 | -2.5 | -1.8 | 1.9 | 9.8 | 0.7 | -8.9 | 4.5 | 7.2 | -9.4 | -0.1 | -4.9 | 4.3 | -1.3% |
| 2020 | -14.5 | -5.4 | -4.2 | 11.3 | 4.9 | -1.6 | -3.7 | 5.3 | 7.7 | 5.0 | 13.6 | 6.1 | +23.1% |
| 2019 | 13.0 | 1.4 | 4.0 | -0.2 | -10.2 | 7.0 | 5.9 | -0.4 | 5.5 | 3.2 | 2.2 | 0.1 | +34.2% |
| 2018 | 4.2 | -5.1 | -5.5 | 2.6 | 1.6 | -4.9 | 1.0 | -2.6 | -0.2 | -16.3 | 6.5 | -14.7 | -30.8% |
| 2017 | 8.7 | 0.3 | -0.9 | 7.8 | 3.4 | 9.0 | -1.7 | 2.7 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 1.6 | +42.1% |
| 2016 | 0.1 |