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PKG Short Interest History

Packaging Corp of America | PKG | NYSE | Latest report: February 27, 2026

Current Short Interest3.9M
Prior Short Interest3.4M
Change Shares449.9K
Change %+13.2%
Average Daily Volume1.1M
Days to Cover3.46

At the latest settlement date of February 27, 2026, Packaging Corp of America (PKG) showed reported short interest of 3,870,864 shares. That compared with 3,420,985 shares in the prior report, a change of 449.9K shares, or +13.2%. The latest reported days to cover was 3.46, based on average daily volume of 1.1M.

ShortInterestHistory.com currently tracks 111 report entries for PKG, covering the period from June 15, 2021 through February 27, 2026. Reported short interest during that stretch ranged from 1.1M to 3.9M shares.

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Short Interest Over Time

Days to Cover Over Time

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Short Interest History for PKG

Settlement DateShort InterestPrior Short InterestChange SharesChange %Average Daily VolumeDays to Cover
February 27, 20263,870,8643,420,985449.9K+13.2%1.1M3.46
February 13, 20263,420,9853,183,204237.8K+7.5%1.0M3.39
January 30, 20263,183,2042,457,428725.8K+29.5%1.4M2.25
January 15, 20262,457,4282,602,271-144.8K-5.6%767.1K3.2
December 31, 20252,602,2713,162,660-560.4K-17.7%771.8K3.37
December 15, 20253,162,6602,452,986709.7K+28.9%853.1K3.71
November 28, 20252,452,9862,437,20215.8K+0.7%683.6K3.59
November 14, 20252,437,2022,665,182-228.0K-8.6%811.1K3
October 31, 20252,665,1822,243,409421.8K+18.8%952.5K2.8
October 15, 20252,243,4092,103,656139.8K+6.6%569.7K3.94
September 15, 20252,583,1752,075,645507.5K+24.4%716.0K3.61
August 29, 20252,075,6451,700,804374.8K+22.0%1.0M2
August 15, 20251,700,8041,663,47937.3K+2.2%537.6K3.16
July 31, 20251,663,4791,501,859161.6K+10.8%778.6K2.14
July 15, 20251,501,8591,879,071-377.2K-20.1%709.4K2.12
June 30, 20251,879,0711,967,959-88.9K-4.5%685.3K2.74
June 13, 20251,967,9591,739,298228.7K+13.2%774.6K2.54
May 30, 20251,739,2981,749,110-9.8K-0.6%712.2K2.44
May 15, 20251,749,1101,624,133125.0K+7.7%845.6K2.07
April 30, 20251,624,1331,532,88191.3K+6.0%938.2K1.73
April 15, 20251,532,8811,329,557203.3K+15.3%1.1M1.45
March 31, 20251,329,5571,135,700193.9K+17.1%931.1K1.43
February 28, 20251,149,3861,368,788-219.4K-16.0%762.1K1.51
February 14, 20251,368,7881,403,023-34.2K-2.4%934.4K1.46
January 31, 20251,403,0231,806,242-403.2K-22.3%1.1M1.33
January 15, 20251,806,2421,544,363261.9K+17.0%867.2K2.08
December 31, 20241,544,3631,262,985281.4K+22.3%872.9K1.77
December 13, 20241,262,9851,096,171166.8K+15.2%639.9K1.97
November 29, 20241,096,1711,266,722-170.6K-13.5%605.3K1.81
November 15, 20241,266,7221,230,23336.5K+3.0%626.4K2.02
October 31, 20241,230,2331,515,859-285.6K-18.8%658.3K1.87
October 15, 20241,515,8591,471,97543.9K+3.0%390.9K3.88
September 30, 20241,471,9751,649,072-177.1K-10.7%549.6K2.68
September 13, 20241,649,0721,386,668262.4K+18.9%525.2K3.14
August 30, 20241,386,6681,406,314-19.6K-1.4%524.7K2.64
August 15, 20241,406,3141,371,58734.7K+2.5%546.2K2.57
July 31, 20241,371,5871,488,010-116.4K-7.8%670.4K2.05
July 15, 20241,488,0101,375,289112.7K+8.2%498.6K2.98
June 28, 20241,375,2891,606,997-231.7K-14.4%647.7K2.12
June 14, 20241,606,9971,614,532-7.5K-0.5%396.5K4.05
May 31, 20241,614,5321,422,824191.7K+13.5%504.7K3.2
May 15, 20241,422,8241,364,51858.3K+4.3%497.3K2.86
April 30, 20241,364,5181,282,51682.0K+6.4%895.7K1.52
April 15, 20241,282,5161,417,494-135.0K-9.5%461.6K2.78
March 28, 20241,417,4941,648,123-230.6K-14.0%594.9K2.38
March 15, 20241,648,1231,786,751-138.6K-7.8%755.5K2.18
February 29, 20241,786,7511,854,420-67.7K-3.6%724.3K2.47
February 15, 20241,854,4201,556,540297.9K+19.1%607.6K3.05
January 31, 20241,556,5401,517,14739.4K+2.6%818.2K1.9
December 29, 20231,444,9201,706,507-261.6K-15.3%452.3K3.19
December 15, 20231,706,5071,690,92115.6K+0.9%777.9K2.19
November 30, 20231,690,9211,627,39863.5K+3.9%800.1K2.11
November 15, 20231,627,3981,467,043160.4K+10.9%568.9K2.86
October 31, 20231,467,0431,808,242-341.2K-18.9%723.4K2.03
October 13, 20231,808,2421,752,20456.0K+3.2%533.1K3.39
September 29, 20231,752,2041,742,4959.7K+0.6%460.4K3.81
September 15, 20231,742,4951,826,370-83.9K-4.6%560.3K3.11
August 31, 20231,826,3702,015,406-189.0K-9.4%355.3K5.14
August 15, 20232,015,4062,608,857-593.5K-22.8%610.0K3.3
July 31, 20232,608,8572,396,344212.5K+8.9%860.9K3.03
July 14, 20232,396,3442,350,91745.4K+1.9%583.9K4.1
June 30, 20232,350,9173,526,908-1.2M-33.3%772.8K3.04
June 15, 20233,526,9082,643,031883.9K+33.4%651.6K5.41
May 31, 20232,643,0312,674,797-31.8K-1.2%551.3K4.79
May 15, 20232,674,7972,843,295-168.5K-5.9%646.5K4.14
April 28, 20232,843,2952,970,209-126.9K-4.3%726.0K3.92
April 14, 20232,970,2092,704,038266.2K+9.8%649.5K4.57
March 31, 20232,704,0383,411,251-707.2K-20.7%959.0K2.82
March 15, 20233,411,2512,435,937975.3K+40.0%726.7K4.69
February 28, 20232,435,9372,557,348-121.4K-4.8%531.6K4.58
February 15, 20232,557,3482,357,492199.9K+8.5%631.5K4.05
January 31, 20232,357,4921,544,454813.0K+52.6%951.7K2.48
January 13, 20231,544,4541,697,949-153.5K-9.0%556.6K2.77
December 30, 20221,697,9491,918,025-220.1K-11.5%471.0K3.6
December 15, 20221,918,0251,990,417-72.4K-3.6%616.8K3.11
November 30, 20221,990,4172,132,078-141.7K-6.6%691.7K2.88
November 15, 20222,132,0782,302,991-170.9K-7.4%928.8K2.3
October 31, 20222,302,9912,301,5581.4K+0.1%742.8K3.1
October 14, 20222,301,5583,016,167-714.6K-23.7%604.6K3.81
September 30, 20223,016,1672,327,400688.8K+29.6%1.0M2.88
September 15, 20222,327,4002,231,16996.2K+4.3%656.7K3.54
August 31, 20222,231,1691,940,752290.4K+15.0%506.1K4.41
August 15, 20221,940,7521,999,205-58.5K-2.9%654.1K2.97
July 29, 20221,999,2051,880,450118.8K+6.3%738.1K2.71
July 15, 20221,880,4501,633,816246.6K+15.1%612.5K3.07
June 30, 20221,633,8161,839,146-205.3K-11.2%743.9K2.2
June 15, 20221,839,1461,279,081560.1K+43.8%603.8K3.05
May 31, 20221,279,0811,453,821-174.7K-12.0%723.6K1.77
May 13, 20221,453,8211,223,906229.9K+18.8%605.0K2.4
April 29, 20221,223,9061,537,876-314.0K-20.4%612.4K2
April 14, 20221,537,8761,407,259130.6K+9.3%605.4K2.54
March 31, 20221,407,2591,591,088-183.8K-11.6%605.7K2.32
March 15, 20221,591,0881,667,799-76.7K-4.6%736.8K2.16
February 28, 20221,667,7991,862,022-194.2K-10.4%648.8K2.57
February 15, 20221,862,0222,119,999-258.0K-12.2%731.2K2.55
January 31, 20222,119,9992,350,503-230.5K-9.8%1.1M1.98
January 14, 20222,350,5032,397,811-47.3K-2.0%627.8K3.74
December 31, 20212,397,8112,196,037201.8K+9.2%821.8K2.92
December 15, 20212,196,0372,054,286141.8K+6.9%806.2K2.72
November 30, 20212,054,2862,110,464-56.2K-2.7%739.0K2.78
November 15, 20212,110,4642,286,567-176.1K-7.7%467.8K4.51
October 29, 20212,286,5671,924,227362.3K+18.8%852.7K2.68
October 15, 20211,924,2271,749,574174.7K+10.0%656.6K2.93
September 30, 20211,749,5742,053,143-303.6K-14.8%603.7K2.9
September 15, 20212,053,1431,537,767515.4K+33.5%726.9K2.82
August 31, 20211,537,7671,449,41988.3K+6.1%520.5K2.95
August 13, 20211,449,4191,374,87774.5K+5.4%479.9K3.02
July 30, 20211,374,8771,594,544-219.7K-13.8%601.0K2.29
July 15, 20211,594,5441,655,500-61.0K-3.7%535.8K2.98
June 30, 20211,655,5001,335,848319.7K+23.9%596.6K2.77
June 15, 20211,335,8481,475,148-139.3K-9.4%814.3K1.64

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