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Best Packaging & Container Stocks to Buy Now (2025)

Top packaging & container stocks in 2025 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% 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 22 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

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

Crown Holdings (NYSE:CCK) has a Due Diligence Score of 52, which is 18 points higher than the packaging & container industry average of 34.

CCK passed 20 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Crown Holdings has seen its stock return 12.41% over the past year, overperforming other packaging & container stocks by 17 percentage points.

Crown Holdings has an average 1 year price target of $121.23, an upside of 21% from Crown Holdings's current stock price of $100.19.

Crown Holdings stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 13 analysts covering Crown Holdings, 61.54% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 15.38% have issued a Buy, 23.08% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Trimas (NASDAQ:TRS) is the #2 top packaging & container stock out of 22 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

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

Trimas (NASDAQ:TRS) has a Due Diligence Score of 23, which is -11 points lower than the packaging & container industry average of 34. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates TRS as a "B".

TRS passed 9 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Trimas has seen its stock return 54.64% over the past year, overperforming other packaging & container stocks by 59 percentage points.

Trimas has an average 1 year price target of $45.00, an upside of 21% from Trimas's current stock price of $37.19.

Trimas stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Trimas, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 50% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

O I Glass (NYSE:OI) is the #3 top packaging & container stock out of 22 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for O I Glass (NYSE:OI) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

O I Glass (NYSE:OI) has a Due Diligence Score of 14, which is -20 points lower than the packaging & container industry average of 34. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates OI as a "B".

OI passed 5 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. O I Glass has seen its stock return 5.95% over the past year, overperforming other packaging & container stocks by 10 percentage points.

O I Glass has an average 1 year price target of $16.71, an upside of 28.67% from O I Glass's current stock price of $12.99.

O I Glass stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 7 analysts covering O I Glass, 28.57% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 14.29% have issued a Buy, 57.14% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 15 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 5.38%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the packaging & container industry average of 2.6%.

Sonoco Products Co (NYSE:SON) has an annual dividend yield of 4.53%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the packaging & container industry average of 2.6%. Sonoco Products Co's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Sonoco Products Co's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Sonoco Products Co's dividend payout ratio of 37.3% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Karat Packaging (NASDAQ:KRT) has an annual dividend yield of 3.47%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the packaging & container industry average of 2.6%.

Karat Packaging's dividend payout ratio of 112.6% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Packaging & container stocks were up 1.33% in the last day, and down -0.31% over the last week.

We couldn't find a catalyst for why packaging & container stocks are up.

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:

Sealed Air (NYSE:SEE) 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.

Sealed Air has a valuation score of 43, which is 13 points higher than the packaging & container industry average of 30. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Sealed Air's stock has dropped -7.23% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the packaging & container industry by -3 percentage points.

O I Glass (NYSE:OI) 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.

O I Glass has a valuation score of 14, which is -16 points higher than the packaging & container industry average of 30. 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 gained 5.95% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the packaging & container industry by 10 percentage points.

Sonoco Products Co (NYSE:SON) 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.

Sonoco Products Co has a valuation score of 43, which is 13 points higher than the packaging & container industry average of 30. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Sonoco Products Co's stock has dropped -8.73% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the packaging & container industry by -4 percentage points.

42.11% of packaging & container stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect packaging & container stocks to rise by 16.19% over the next year.

5.26% of packaging & container stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 26.32% of packaging & container stocks are rated B (Buy), 63.16% are rated C (Hold), 0% are rated D (Sell), and 5.26% are rated F (Strong Sell).