Packaging Corp Of America (PKG) Q3 Earnings Beat Meets Rising Cost Risk

Packaging Corporation of America just put Q3 2026 on the table with a clean beat in the metric that matters most for a box maker. The stock jumped 4.1% to US$248.81 the first trading day after the release, yet the real story sits in the earnings power behind that move. Core packaging profit told the tale. Non GAAP EPS landed at US$3.04 while packaging EBITDA reached US$577 million on US$2.6b in sales, pointing to firmer pricing and a resilient corrugated market even as costs stayed stubbornly...