Time after time, investors who do a little extra work to identify those companies in commodity industries that do things a little better, see long-term rewards. It was true years ago in steel, when Nucor (NYSE:NUE) pioneered a new model, and it's true, at least to some extent, in containerboard (boxes) with Packaging Corp (NYSE:PKG).
A Good End to the Year, Relatively Speaking
At first glance, Packaging Corp's earnings aren't going to look all that great. Revenue rose just 4% on a 0.2% increase in containerboard production and 7% increase in box shipments. Given that industry prices were not very strong in the second half of the year, that was a pretty good result for Packaging Corp and a little better than the Street was expecting.
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