Packaging Corp of America expected to post earnings of $2.92 a share - Earnings Preview

• Packaging Corp of America PKG.N, is expected to show a rise in quarterly revenue when it reports results on October 21 for the period ending September 30 2026

• The Lake Forest Illinois-based company is expected to report a 12.9% increase in revenue to $2.612 billion from $2.31 billion a year ago, according to the mean estimate from 8 analysts, based on LSEG data. (Revenue is on Net sales basis)

• ​LSEG's mean analyst estimate for Packaging Corp of America is for earnings of $2.92 per share.

• The current average analyst rating on the shares is "buy" and the breakdown of recommendations is 7 "strong buy" or "buy," 5 "hold" and no "sell" or "strong sell."

• The mean earnings estimate of analysts was unchanged in the last three months. ​

• Wall Street's median 12-month price target for Packaging Corp of America is $260.00, about 10.2% above its last closing price of $236.00

Previous quarterly performance (using preferred earnings measure in US dollars). ​

This summary was machine generated October 19 at 20:19 GMT. All figures in US dollars unless otherwise stated. (For questions concerning the data in this report, contact Estimates.Support@lseg.com. For any other questions or feedback, contact RefinitivNewsSupport@thomsonreuters.com)