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Best Packaging & Container Stocks to Buy Now (2026)

Top packaging & container stocks in 2026 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +28.50% per year, and are the best packaging & container stocks to buy now. Learn More.

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best packaging & container stocks to buy right now are:

Crown Holdings (NYSE:CCK) is the #1 top packaging & container stock out of 21 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +17.17% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Crown Holdings (NYSE:CCK) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Crown Holdings (NYSE:CCK) has a Due Diligence Score of 42, which is 8 points higher than the packaging & container industry average of 34.

CCK passed 16 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Crown Holdings has seen its stock return 3.74% over the past year, overperforming other packaging & container stocks by 3 percentage points.

Crown Holdings has an average 1 year price target of $121.38, an upside of 8.89% from Crown Holdings's current stock price of $111.47.

Crown Holdings stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 8 analysts covering Crown Holdings, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 25% have issued a Buy, 25% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Karat Packaging (NASDAQ:KRT) is the #2 top packaging & container stock out of 21 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +17.17% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Karat Packaging (NASDAQ:KRT) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Karat Packaging (NASDAQ:KRT) has a Due Diligence Score of 47, which is 13 points higher than the packaging & container industry average of 34.

KRT passed 18 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Karat Packaging has seen its stock return 17.22% over the past year, overperforming other packaging & container stocks by 17 percentage points.

Reynolds Consumer Products (NASDAQ:REYN) is the #3 top packaging & container stock out of 21 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +5.11% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Reynolds Consumer Products (NASDAQ:REYN) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: A, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Reynolds Consumer Products (NASDAQ:REYN) has a Due Diligence Score of 41, which is 7 points higher than the packaging & container industry average of 34.

REYN passed 14 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Reynolds Consumer Products has seen its stock return 19.9% over the past year, overperforming other packaging & container stocks by 19 percentage points.

Reynolds Consumer Products has an average 1 year price target of $23.80, a downside of -9.4% from Reynolds Consumer Products's current stock price of $26.27.

Reynolds Consumer Products stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 5 analysts covering Reynolds Consumer Products, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 100% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 16 packaging & container stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 packaging & container stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Ardagh Metal Packaging Sa (NYSE:AMBP) has an annual dividend yield of 6.48%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the packaging & container industry average of 3.02%. Ardagh Metal Packaging Sa's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Ardagh Metal Packaging Sa's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Ardagh Metal Packaging Sa's dividend payout ratio of -4,000% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Karat Packaging (NASDAQ:KRT) has an annual dividend yield of 5.27%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the packaging & container industry average of 3.02%.

Karat Packaging's dividend payout ratio of 113.2% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

International Paper Co (NYSE:IP) has an annual dividend yield of 4.88%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the packaging & container industry average of 3.02%. International Paper Co's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. International Paper Co's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

International Paper Co's dividend payout ratio of -28.4% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Packaging & container stocks were up 1.53% in the last day, and down -2.21% over the last week. Smurfit Westrock was the among the top gainers in the packaging & containers industry, gaining 2.88% yesterday.

Shares of pulp and packaging companies are trading higher after multiple stocks in the sector received individual price target increases from analysts this week.

Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued packaging & container stocks right now are:

Graphic Packaging Holding Co (NYSE:GPK) is the most undervalued packaging & container stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Graphic Packaging Holding Co has a valuation score of 57, which is 39 points higher than the packaging & container industry average of 18. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Graphic Packaging Holding Co's stock has dropped -54.51% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the packaging & container industry by -55 percentage points.

Sonoco Products Co (NYSE:SON) is the second most undervalued packaging & container stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Sonoco Products Co has a valuation score of 43, which is 25 points higher than the packaging & container industry average of 18. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Sonoco Products Co's stock has gained 18.89% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the packaging & container industry by 18 percentage points.

O I Glass (NYSE:OI) is the third most undervalued packaging & container stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

O I Glass has a valuation score of 14, which is -4 points higher than the packaging & container industry average of 18. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates OI a Valuation Rating of "B".

O I Glass's stock has dropped -37.67% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the packaging & container industry by -38 percentage points.

52.94% of packaging & container stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect packaging & container stocks to rise by 13.12% over the next year.

0% of packaging & container stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 10.53% of packaging & container stocks are rated B (Buy), 73.68% are rated C (Hold), 15.79% are rated D (Sell), and 0% are rated F (Strong Sell).