Packaging Corp. of America's third-quarter net sales rose 12.5% year over year to $2.6 billion on the Greif acquisition and higher prices. Adjusted EPS of $3.04 beat management's $2.91 guidance by $0.13.
PCA's focus on specialized products and regional customers will enable the firm to continue earning stronger returns than its competitors.
Despite a period of attractive margin expansion in containerboard production, the best days are behind PCA as new capacity weighs on linerboard prices.
Metric | PKG | IP |
|---|---|---|
Price/Earnings (Normalized) | 25.17 | 73.19 |
Price/Book Value | 4.71 | 1.42 |
Price/Sales | 2.31 | 0.77 |
Price/Cash Flow | 13.64 | 7.30 |
Metric | PKG | IP |
|---|---|---|
Quick Ratio | 1.74 | 0.65 |
Current Ratio | 2.87 | 0.99 |
Interest Coverage | 8.32 | −6.50 |
Metric | PKG | IP |
|---|---|---|
Return on Assets (Normalized) | 8.28% | 0.68% |
Return on Equity (Normalized) | 19.36% | 1.70% |
Return on Invested Capital (Normalized) | 11.10% | 2.15% |
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