PKG Congressional Stock Trades & Insider Buying (2026)

PKG insider buying and selling over the past year

Insiders at PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA only sold stock in the open market over the past year: 1 Form 4 sales totaling $2.80M, against no open-market purchases.

None of the 1 sales were flagged as Rule 10b5-1 plan trades, meaning each one was a discretionary decision at the time of filing. Activity clustered in 2026-02 (1 trades); the latest filing in this window is dated 2026-02-05. The average open-market sale price was $230.50; the last close of $236.00 is 2.4% above that level, so sellers left upside on the table. The single largest trade was a sale of 12,129 shares worth $2.80M on 2026-02-05. Since the most recent filing the stock has moved +1.8%, from $231.91.

Where PKG trades relative to its one-year range

PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA closed at $236.00 on 2026-10-16, inside a one-year range of $191.68 to $257.43. That puts the stock in the middle of its range, at 67.4% of the distance from low to high. Over one year the share price moved +14.9%, and over roughly three months +1.3%. Average daily volume over the last month was about 571,077 shares.

Across 9 companies in the same SEC industry group (SIC 26) with a full year of prices in Gemral Edge, the median one-year return was -3.9%. PKG is ahead of that median and beat 78% of that peer group on this measure.

Members of Congress who traded PKG

STOCK Act disclosures show 23 trades in PKG by 5 members of Congress over five years (14 purchases, 9 sales), most recently on 2026-08-25. The most active traders were Ro Khanna (D-CA), 7 trades; April McClain Delaney (D-MD), 6 trades; Julie Johnson (D-TX), 6 trades; Kathy E. Manning (D-NC), 3 trades; John James (R-MI), 1 trade.

By party the trades split 22 by Democrats, 1 by Republicans; by chamber, 23 from the House.

PKG lobbying disclosures

PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA appears in 1 Lobbying Disclosure Act filings between 2018 and 2018, with $60.0K in reported lobbying spend.

Compare PKG with indexed peers from the same industry group

These peers have full Gemral Edge dossiers and the closest one-year price move to PKG:

• KMB one-year return -11.8%
• IP one-year return -27.0%

Sources and method

Every figure above is computed from public filings stored in Gemral Edge, not estimated. Insider figures count only open-market purchases and sales reported on SEC Form 4; option exercises, grants and gifts are excluded because they do not reflect a decision to buy or sell at market prices.

• SEC EDGAR Form 4 (edge_insider_trades, codes P/S open-market only) — as of 2026-02-05
• edge_prices_eod (end-of-day close) — as of 2026-10-16
• House PTR / Senate eFD disclosures (edge_congress_trades) — as of 2026-08-25
• Senate LDA filings (edge_lobbying_filings)

PKG data questions

Are PKG insiders buying or selling stock?

Insiders at PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA only sold stock in the open market over the past year: 1 Form 4 sales totaling $2.80M, against no open-market purchases.

What is the one-year price range for PKG?

Based on end-of-day closes through 2026-10-16, PKG traded between $191.68 and $257.43, last closing at $236.00.

Has any member of Congress traded PKG stock?

Yes. 5 members disclosed 23 trades in PKG over five years; the most recent disclosed trade date is 2026-08-25.