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KapStone Paper and Packaging's CEO Presents at Acquisition of Longview Fibre Paper and Packaging, Inc. Conference (Transcript)
Mon, Jun 17
KapStone's CEO Discusses Q1 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
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Fri, Nov 5, 2010
KapStone Paper and Packaging Corp Q2 2010 Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Aug 5, 2010
KapStone Paper and Packaging Corporation Q1 2010 Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, May 6, 2010 • 1 Comment
KapStone Paper and Packaging Corporation Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Mon, Mar 16, 2009
KapStone Paper & Packaging Corp. Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, Nov 11, 2008 • 2 Comments
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Mon, Mar 17, 2008

KapStone to Acquire Longview Fibre Paper and Packaging, Inc.

PR Newswire (Jun 10, 2013)
KapStone Paper And Packaging Corporation Elects David G. Gabriel As Director

PR Newswire (May 16, 2013)
KapStone Reports Record First Quarter Results

PR Newswire (May 7, 2013)
KapStone Paper and Packaging To Release First Quarter Earnings On Tuesday, May 7, 2013

PR Newswire (Apr 11, 2013)
KapStone Reports Fourth Quarter And Full Year Results

PR Newswire (Feb 13, 2013)
KapStone Announces Opening Of New Manufacturing Facility

PR Newswire (Jan 16, 2013)
KapStone Paper And Packaging To Release Fourth Quarter And Full Year Earnings On Wednesday, February 13, 2013

PR Newswire (Jan 14, 2013)
KapStone Paper and Packaging Declares Special Cash Dividend Of $2.00 Per Share

PR Newswire (Nov 28, 2012)
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PR Newswire (Oct 30, 2012)
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KS vs. ETF Alternatives

Company Description

Currently, there's no company description for KS.

Sector: Consumer Goods

Industry: Paper & Paper Products

Country: United States

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Monday, June 10, 1:46 PM KapStone Paper & Packaging (KS +9.4%) trades higher after the company announces it will acquire Longstone Fiber for $1.025B. The deal is expected to close this summer and will be subject to particular post-closing adjustments. 1 Comment [Consumer, On the Move, M&A]
Tuesday, May 7, 5:06 PM KapStone Paper and Packaging (KS): Q1 EPS of $0.42 misses by $0.01. Revenue of $319.8M (+7% Y/Y) beats by $8.26M. (PR) 1 Comment [Earnings, Breaking News, Consumer]
Monday, April 22, 2:36 PM Containerboard stocks look strong after Pulp & Paper Week reports that a $50 per ton price hike in the sector is taking hold. Gainers: Rock-Tenn Company (RKT +3.1%), International Paper (IP +3.3%), Graphic Packaging (GPK +2.5%), KapStone Paper (KS +2.4%), MeadWestvaco (MWV +1.7%). Comment! [Consumer, On the Move]
Tuesday, April 16, 11:13 AM Containerboard stocks rally after Macquarie turns bullish on the sector with the fundamentals improving and more price hikes expected in the back half of the year. International Paper (IP +3.6%), KapStone Paper & Packaging (KS +3.8%), and Rock-Tenn (RKT +3.3%) are tagged as the firm's favorite names in the group. Comment! [Consumer, On the Move]
Thursday, February 28, 7:11 AM More on Kohl's (KS): Comparable store sales rose 1.9% during Q4 with sales coming very late in the period. Gross margin fell 290 bps to 33.3%. The company expects Q1 EPS of $0.55-$0.63 and full-year EPS of $4.15-$4.45. (PR) 1 Comment [Earnings, Consumer]
Thursday, February 21, 4:57 PM Industrial packaging stocks gained today on reports Georgia-Pacific plans to raise its price for containerboard by $50/ton this spring, which likely would be followed by price hikes from peers. Industry consolidation and tightening inventories have given producers more pricing power going into spring and summer when demand for shipping cartons usually increases. IP +3.1%, RKT +4.5%, PKG +4.1%, KS +1.7%. Comment! [Consumer]
Wednesday, February 13, 6:06 PM KapStone Paper and Packaging (KS): Q4 EPS of $0.28 beats by $0.01. Revenue of $301M (+12% Y/Y) misses by $1.68M. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News, Consumer]
Wednesday, November 28, 2012, 12:09 PM KapStone Paper and Packaging (KS) declares special dividend of $2.00/share. For shareholders of record Dec 10. Payable Dec 20. Ex-div date Dec 06. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
Monday, November 5, 2012, 2:13 PM Rock-Tenn (RKT -1.4%) is downgraded to Neutral at J.P. Morgan as the most levered stock to potential containerboard price increases among paper and packaging stocks, and the impact of the most recent increase is reflected in the shares. IP -1.8%, KS -0.5%, PKG -0.3%. However, Wausau Paper (WPP +2.4%) is a notable outlier after 10% stakeholder Starboard Value Funds buys 75K shares. Comment! [Consumer, Quick Ideas, On the Move]
Tuesday, October 30, 2012, 5:48 PM KapStone (KS): Q3 EPS of $0.41 misses by $0.08. Revenue of $310M (+43.7% Y/Y) misses by $3M. (PR) Comment! [Earnings]
Monday, September 10, 2012, 10:36 AM Shares of KapStone Paper (KS -3.2%), Packaging Corp (PKG -1.6%), and Rock-Tenn (RKT -4.1%) trade lower on a containerboard sector downgrade from Deutsche Bank. The firm notes that the assumed "done deal" for a fall price hike isn't quite locked up. (Earlier: Deutsche downgrades International Paper) Comment! [Consumer, On the Move]
Wednesday, May 2, 2012, 6:26 PM KapStone Paper and Packaging (KS): Q1 EPS of $0.38 misses by $0.03. Revenue of $300M (+45% Y/Y) in-line. (PR) Comment! [Earnings]
Tuesday, June 7, 2011, 2:52 PM International Paper (IP +1.1%) and Temple-Inland (TIN +42.3%) are in focus after IP's $30.60/share bid was rejected despite being a 46% premium to Monday's closing price. Other packaging and paper stocks rally on calls from bullish analysts that the industry is heading for consolidation: PKG +6.9%, WY +6.2%, BZ +5.6%, KS +4.3%, RKT +3.1%. Comment! [M&A, On the Move]

Michael Bryant
KapStone Paper and Packaging Corporation ($KS) looks like a boring Buffett stock. http://yhoo.it/18vjy60;c=
Jun 12, 12:14 AM
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ZetaKap
7 Small Caps Showing Promise And Profitability http://bit.ly/QmmNON $EZPW $GNRC $HI $HOLI $KS $PDLI $SWC @ZetaKap
7/27/12
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4 Discounted Consumer Stocks With Strong Earnings Trends http://bit.ly/LQs285 $CTB $F $KS $NAV @ZetaKap
6/12/12
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Jim Van Meerten
KS - 80% Barchart technical buy signal - 16 new highs and up 16.66% in the last month - Relative Strength Index 65.390%
3/1/12
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Ryan Mallory
14 Stocks Gaining Momentum http://bit.ly/qsTj3m CBRL IAG IBB KS KSS LRCX MLHR MTN PEET QCOM RELL SMH TXN XLK
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Dividend Yields: 100 Best Growth Stocks - Part I ++ http://t.co/yHAPrLh ++ $EGO $GMCR $EBIX $CRM $KS $SXL $FSLR $PEGA $BUCY $HMSY
3/23/11
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Top Bears $PKG,$TIN,$DGWIY.PK,$OC,$RKT,$KS,$RINO,$CREE,$X,$JRCC...more http://s-t.cc
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