secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA (PKG)
CIK:        0000075677
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-10-21T22:07:41+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-428056
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.72
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2

PCA Q3 2026 net income $262M; adjusted EPS $3.04 vs $2.73, sales rise to $2.6B
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- Reported net income was $262 million, or $2.93 per diluted share, versus $2.51 in Q3 2025.
- Adjusted net income excluding special items was $272 million, or $3.04 per share, versus $2.73 a year earlier.
- Net sales were $2.6 billion, up from $2.3 billion in the third quarter of 2025.
- Special items reduced Q3 2026 diluted EPS by $0.11, compared with a $0.22 reduction in Q3 2025.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/75677/000119312526428056/0001193125-26-428056-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/75677/000119312526428056/pkg-20261021.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-428056

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