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Charles Gross
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WestRock Begins to Benefit From Higher Pricing During 3Q; Raising FVE to $43 from $41

WestRock's fiscal third quarter benefited from higher linerboard and medium price increases, though not as much as peers IP or PCA. It hasn't helped that efforts to raise pricing within WestRock's consumer segment products have gotten less traction. Even so, we've raised our near-term expectations for corrugated pricing and margins to reflect capacity constraints in North America. Our fair value for WestRock rises to $43 from $41, and we've left our no-moat rating unchanged.
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WestRock Company

WestRock is a provider of paper and packaging solutions for consumer and corrugated packaging markets. The company partners with its customers to provide paper and packaging solutions. The company's operating and business locations are in North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Australia. The company's segments include: Corrugated Packaging, which consists of the company's containerboard mills, corrugated packaging and distribution operations, as well as its merchandising displays and recycling procurement operations; Consumer Packaging, which consists of the company's consumer mills, food and beverage and partition operations; and Land and Development, which sells real estate primarily in the Charleston, SC region.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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Charles Gross

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