Packaging Corp. reports Q1 EPS ex-items $2.31, consensus $2.21
Reports Q1 revenue $2.14B, consensus $2.12B. Commenting on reported results, Mark W. Kowlzan, Chairman and CEO, said, “A new first quarter revenue record was achieved to begin the new year. In the Packaging segment we had excellent implementation of our previously announced price increases and, although we began to see some pullback in the middle of the quarter related to the uncertainty created by global trade tensions, box demand was solid and exceeded a very strong comparative period in last