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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:

Sealed Air (NYSE:SEE) is the #1 top packaging & container stock out of 23 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 Sealed Air (NYSE:SEE) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: D, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Sealed Air (NYSE:SEE) has a Due Diligence Score of 48, which is 13 points higher than the packaging & container industry average of 35.

SEE passed 17 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Sealed Air has seen its stock lose -12.29% over the past year, underperforming other packaging & container stocks by -6 percentage points.

Sealed Air has an average 1 year price target of $37.57, an upside of 34.61% from Sealed Air's current stock price of $27.91.

Sealed Air stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 7 analysts covering Sealed Air, 85.71% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 14.29% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Myers Industries (NYSE:MYE) is the #2 top packaging & container stock out of 23 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 Myers Industries (NYSE:MYE) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: D, Sentiment: A, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Myers Industries (NYSE:MYE) has a Due Diligence Score of 35, which is equal to the packaging & container industry average of 35.

MYE passed 12 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Myers Industries has seen its stock lose -52.74% over the past year, underperforming other packaging & container stocks by -46 percentage points.

Trimas (NASDAQ:TRS) is the #3 top packaging & container stock out of 23 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: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Trimas (NASDAQ:TRS) has a Due Diligence Score of 27, which is -8 points lower than the packaging & container industry average of 35. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates TRS as a "B".

TRS passed 10 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Trimas has seen its stock lose -11.85% over the past year, underperforming other packaging & container stocks by -5 percentage points.

Trimas has an average 1 year price target of $40.00, an upside of 69.64% from Trimas's current stock price of $23.58.

Trimas stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Trimas, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 100% have issued a Buy, 0% 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:

Berry Global Group (NYSE:BERY) has an annual dividend yield of 9.8%, which is 7 percentage points higher than the packaging & container industry average of 2.9%.

Berry Global Group's dividend payout ratio of 27.8% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Myers Industries (NYSE:MYE) has an annual dividend yield of 5.12%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the packaging & container industry average of 2.9%. Myers Industries's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Myers Industries's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Myers Industries's dividend payout ratio of 284.2% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Sonoco Products Co (NYSE:SON) has an annual dividend yield of 4.45%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the packaging & container industry average of 2.9%. 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 94% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Packaging & container stocks were up 1.34% in the last day, and up 2.5% over the last week. Trimas was the among the top gainers in the packaging & containers industry, gaining 12.34% yesterday.

TriMas shares are trading higher after the company reported better-than-expected Q1 financial results.

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 57, which is 23 points higher than the packaging & container industry average of 34. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Sealed Air's stock has dropped -12.29% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the packaging & container industry by -6 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 -20 points higher than the packaging & container industry average of 34. 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 -22.41% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the packaging & container industry by -16 percentage points.

Graphic Packaging Holding Co (NYSE:GPK) 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.

Graphic Packaging Holding Co has a valuation score of 43, which is 9 points higher than the packaging & container industry average of 34. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Graphic Packaging Holding Co's stock has dropped -7.87% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the packaging & container industry by -1 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 22.4% over the next year.

0% of packaging & container stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 21.05% of packaging & container stocks are rated B (Buy), 73.68% are rated C (Hold), 5.26% are rated D (Sell), and 0% are rated F (Strong Sell).