Packaging Corp Of America (PKG) Q3 Earnings Beat Meets Rising Cost Risk
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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
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Price reaction, T-5 to T+3
| Ticker | T-5 | T-3 | T-1 | T0 | T+1 | T+2 | T+3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PKG | -5.13% | -3.93% | base | -0.61% | after close | after close | after close |
| BOX | -7.54% | -2.37% | base | +0.95% | after close | after close | after close |
Closing-price change versus T-1, the last close before the story. T0 to T+3 fill in after each market close. Prices: Alpaca IEX.
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| Company | When | Move | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOX | that day | +0.95% | final price |
| BOX | three days earlier | -2.37% | final price |
| BOX | five days earlier | -7.54% | final price |
| GLD | that day | -0.70% | final price |
| GLD | three days earlier | +2.33% | final price |
| GLD | five days earlier | +3.51% | final price |
| PKG | that day | -0.61% | final price |
| PKG | three days earlier | -3.93% | final price |
| PKG | five days earlier | -5.13% | final price |
| QQQ | that day | -0.02% | final price |
| QQQ | three days earlier | +1.80% | final price |
| QQQ | five days earlier | +0.75% | final price |
| SPY | that day | -0.48% | final price |
| SPY | three days earlier | +0.66% | final price |
| SPY | five days earlier | -0.09% | final price |
| TLT | that day | -0.53% | final price |
| TLT | three days earlier | -1.97% | final price |
| TLT | five days earlier | -2.07% | final price |
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