Mark Kowlzan
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Packaging Corporation of America
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Packaging Corporation of America (PKG) Q2 2026 Earnings Call
Packaging Corporation of America (NYSE: PKG) Q2 2026 earnings conference call, held 2026-07-23. Replay captured from the company's public earnings webcast.
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Tom Hassfurther
President of Packaging Corporation of America
Kent Pflederer
Chief Financial Officer of Packaging Corporation of America
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WEBVTT 00:00:00.031 -- 00:00:04.613 Thank you for joining Packaging Corporation of America's second quarter 2026 earnings 00:00:04.613 -- 00:00:09.776 results conference call. Your host today will be Mark Kowlzan, Chairman 00:00:09.776 -- 00:00:12.937 and Chief Executive Officer of PCA. 00:00:12.937 -- 00:00:17.079 Upon conclusion of his narrative, there will be a Q&A session. 00:00:17.079 -- 00:00:18.940 I would now like to turn the floor over to Mr. 00:00:18.940 -- 00:00:22.641 Kowlzan. Please proceed when you are ready. 00:00:23.162 -- 00:00:27.292 Thanks, Jamie. Good morning, everyone, and thank you all for participating in Packaging 00:00:27.292 -- 00:00:32.296 Corporation of America's second quarter 2026 earnings release conference call. 00:00:32.296 -- 00:00:36.719 Again, I'm Mark Kowlzan, Chairman and CEO of Packaging Corporation of America, and with 00:00:36.719 -- 00:00:41.303 me on the call today is Tom Hassfurther, President, and Kent Pflederer, our Chief Financial 00:00:41.303 -- 00:00:46.226 Officer. I'll begin the call, as usual, with an overview of our second quarter results, 00:00:46.226 -- 00:00:50.690 and then I'll be turning the call over to Tom and Kent, who will provide further details. 00:00:50.690 -- 00:00:54.952 I'll then wrap things up, and then we'll be glad to take questions. 00:00:56.318 -- 00:01:00.121 Yesterday, we reported second quarter net income of $192 million or $2.15 per share. 00:01:00.121 -- 00:01:04.724 Excluding special items, the second quarter 2026 net income was $210 million or $2.35 00:01:04.724 -- 00:01:08.246 per share compared to the second quarter of 2025's net income of $224 million or $2.48 00:01:08.246 -- 00:01:10.346 per share. 00:01:22.782 -- 00:01:27.966 Second quarter net sales were $2.5 billion in 2026 and 00:...