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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

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CompanyCurrent Price50-Day Moving Average52-Week RangeMarket CapBetaAvg. VolumeToday's Volume
Graphic Packaging Holding stock logo
GPK
Graphic Packaging
$28.14
+0.4%
$27.87
$20.07
$29.50
$8.62B0.862.62 million shs1.42 million shs
The Middleby Co. stock logo
MIDD
Middleby
$133.08
+0.3%
$146.78
$109.59
$161.01
$7.16B1.58508,613 shs390,218 shs
Packaging Co. of America stock logo
PKG
Packaging Co. of America
$183.13
+0.4%
$182.15
$122.20
$191.27
$16.38B0.8694,110 shs483,461 shs
Sonoco Products stock logo
SON
Sonoco Products
$60.28
+0.4%
$57.39
$49.98
$63.74
$5.90B0.68462,080 shs1.30 million shs
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Price Performance

Company1-Day Performance7-Day Performance30-Day Performance90-Day Performance1-Year Performance
Graphic Packaging Holding stock logo
GPK
Graphic Packaging
+0.36%+1.22%+3.92%+14.05%+9.18%
The Middleby Co. stock logo
MIDD
Middleby
+0.33%-3.63%-5.80%-7.93%-5.59%
Packaging Co. of America stock logo
PKG
Packaging Co. of America
+0.40%+2.08%+2.59%+9.02%+42.01%
Sonoco Products stock logo
SON
Sonoco Products
+0.43%+2.22%+8.05%+8.32%+2.73%

MarketRank™

CompanyOverall ScoreAnalyst's OpinionShort Interest ScoreDividend StrengthESG ScoreNews and Social Media SentimentCompany OwnershipEarnings & Valuation
Graphic Packaging Holding stock logo
GPK
Graphic Packaging
3.9749 of 5 stars
1.22.02.51.93.42.53.1
The Middleby Co. stock logo
MIDD
Middleby
3.9592 of 5 stars
2.43.00.02.63.02.51.9
Packaging Co. of America stock logo
PKG
Packaging Co. of America
3.8902 of 5 stars
1.23.02.52.43.13.31.9
Sonoco Products stock logo
SON
Sonoco Products
4.1028 of 5 stars
1.25.02.51.72.72.52.5

Analyst Ratings

CompanyConsensus Rating ScoreConsensus RatingConsensus Price Target% Upside from Current Price
Graphic Packaging Holding stock logo
GPK
Graphic Packaging
2.38
Hold$28.13-0.04% Downside
The Middleby Co. stock logo
MIDD
Middleby
2.75
Moderate Buy$156.1417.33% Upside
Packaging Co. of America stock logo
PKG
Packaging Co. of America
2.43
Hold$173.57-5.22% Downside
Sonoco Products stock logo
SON
Sonoco Products
2.33
Hold$63.335.07% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings

Latest GPK, SON, PKG, and MIDD Analyst Ratings

DateCompanyBrokerageActionRatingPrice TargetDetails
5/9/2024
The Middleby Co. stock logo
MIDD
Middleby
Canaccord Genuity Group
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Lower Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$166.00 ➝ $159.00
5/8/2024
The Middleby Co. stock logo
MIDD
Middleby
William Blair
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UpgradeHold
5/3/2024
Sonoco Products stock logo
SON
Sonoco Products
Wells Fargo & Company
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Boost Price TargetEqual Weight ➝ Equal Weight$56.00 ➝ $57.00
4/25/2024
Packaging Co. of America stock logo
PKG
Packaging Co. of America
Citigroup
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Lower Price TargetNeutral ➝ Neutral$183.00 ➝ $181.00
4/24/2024
Packaging Co. of America stock logo
PKG
Packaging Co. of America
Wells Fargo & Company
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UpgradeEqual Weight ➝ Overweight$187.00 ➝ $191.00
4/12/2024
Packaging Co. of America stock logo
PKG
Packaging Co. of America
BNP Paribas
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DowngradeOutperform ➝ Neutral$182.00
4/4/2024
Graphic Packaging Holding stock logo
GPK
Graphic Packaging
Citigroup
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Boost Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$32.00 ➝ $34.00
4/4/2024
Packaging Co. of America stock logo
PKG
Packaging Co. of America
Citigroup
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Boost Price TargetNeutral ➝ Neutral$172.00 ➝ $183.00
4/4/2024
Sonoco Products stock logo
SON
Sonoco Products
Citigroup
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Lower Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$66.00 ➝ $65.00
4/1/2024
Graphic Packaging Holding stock logo
GPK
Graphic Packaging
Wells Fargo & Company
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Reiterated RatingUnderweight ➝ Underweight$21.00
3/4/2024
Packaging Co. of America stock logo
PKG
Packaging Co. of America
Bank of America
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UpgradeNeutral ➝ Buy$172.00 ➝ $202.00
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Sales & Book Value

CompanyAnnual RevenuePrice/SalesCashflowPrice/CashBook ValuePrice/Book
Graphic Packaging Holding stock logo
GPK
Graphic Packaging
$9.43B0.92$5.00 per share5.63$9.30 per share3.03
The Middleby Co. stock logo
MIDD
Middleby
$3.96B1.81$12.22 per share10.89$61.58 per share2.16
Packaging Co. of America stock logo
PKG
Packaging Co. of America
$7.80B2.11$14.62 per share12.53$44.89 per share4.08
Sonoco Products stock logo
SON
Sonoco Products
$6.78B0.87$8.83 per share6.83$24.71 per share2.44

Profitability & Earnings

CompanyNet IncomeEPSTrailing P/E RatioForward P/E RatioP/E GrowthNet MarginsReturn on Equity (ROE)Return on Assets (ROA)Next Earnings Date
Graphic Packaging Holding stock logo
GPK
Graphic Packaging
$723M$2.2112.739.870.427.36%32.55%7.83%8/6/2024 (Estimated)
The Middleby Co. stock logo
MIDD
Middleby
$400.88M$7.1818.5312.18N/A9.82%15.88%7.25%8/1/2024 (Estimated)
Packaging Co. of America stock logo
PKG
Packaging Co. of America
$765.20M$8.0022.8919.954.419.25%18.80%8.76%7/22/2024 (Estimated)
Sonoco Products stock logo
SON
Sonoco Products
$474.96M$3.9615.2210.432.315.86%20.79%6.88%7/29/2024 (Estimated)

Latest GPK, SON, PKG, and MIDD Earnings

DateQuarterCompanyConsensus EstimateReported EPSBeat/MissGap EPSRevenue EstimateActual RevenueDetails
5/8/2024Q1 2024
The Middleby Co. stock logo
MIDD
Middleby
$2.05$1.89-$0.16$2.19$979.05 million$926.90 million      
4/30/2024Q1 2024
Graphic Packaging Holding stock logo
GPK
Graphic Packaging
$0.63$0.66+$0.03$0.79$2.38 billion$2.26 billion      
4/30/2024Q1 24
Sonoco Products stock logo
SON
Sonoco Products
$1.05$1.12+$0.07$1.58$1.67 billion$1.64 billion    
4/23/2024Q1 24
Packaging Co. of America stock logo
PKG
Packaging Co. of America
$1.63$1.72+$0.09$1.81$1.91 billion$1.98 billion    
2/20/2024Q4 2023
Graphic Packaging Holding stock logo
GPK
Graphic Packaging
$0.69$0.75+$0.06$0.86$2.40 billion$2.25 billion    
2/20/202412/31/2023
The Middleby Co. stock logo
MIDD
Middleby
$2.44$2.65+$0.21$3.88$1.02 billion$1.01 billion    

Dividends

CompanyAnnual PayoutDividend Yield3-Year Dividend GrowthPayout RatioYears of Consecutive Growth
Graphic Packaging Holding stock logo
GPK
Graphic Packaging
$0.401.42%+10.06%18.10%N/A
The Middleby Co. stock logo
MIDD
Middleby
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Packaging Co. of America stock logo
PKG
Packaging Co. of America
$5.002.73%+14.05%62.50%N/A
Sonoco Products stock logo
SON
Sonoco Products
$2.083.45%-4.25%52.53%2 Years

Latest GPK, SON, PKG, and MIDD Dividends

AnnouncementCompanyPeriodAmountYieldEx-Dividend DateRecord DatePayable Date
5/8/2024
Packaging Co. of America stock logo
PKG
Packaging Co. of America
quarterly$1.252.8%6/14/20246/14/20247/15/2024
4/17/2024
Sonoco Products stock logo
SON
Sonoco Products
quarterly$0.523.72%5/9/20245/10/20246/10/2024
2/28/2024
Packaging Co. of America stock logo
PKG
Packaging Co. of America
quarterly$1.252.84%3/14/20243/15/20244/15/2024
(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Debt

CompanyDebt-to-Equity RatioCurrent RatioQuick Ratio
Graphic Packaging Holding stock logo
GPK
Graphic Packaging
1.72
1.24
0.52
The Middleby Co. stock logo
MIDD
Middleby
0.72
2.40
1.28
Packaging Co. of America stock logo
PKG
Packaging Co. of America
0.62
2.46
1.74
Sonoco Products stock logo
SON
Sonoco Products
1.08
1.31
0.83

Ownership

Institutional Ownership

CompanyInstitutional Ownership
Graphic Packaging Holding stock logo
GPK
Graphic Packaging
99.67%
The Middleby Co. stock logo
MIDD
Middleby
98.55%
Packaging Co. of America stock logo
PKG
Packaging Co. of America
89.78%
Sonoco Products stock logo
SON
Sonoco Products
77.69%

Insider Ownership

CompanyInsider Ownership
Graphic Packaging Holding stock logo
GPK
Graphic Packaging
1.20%
The Middleby Co. stock logo
MIDD
Middleby
1.16%
Packaging Co. of America stock logo
PKG
Packaging Co. of America
1.60%
Sonoco Products stock logo
SON
Sonoco Products
0.51%

Miscellaneous

CompanyEmployeesShares OutstandingFree FloatOptionable
Graphic Packaging Holding stock logo
GPK
Graphic Packaging
23,500307.29 million303.61 millionOptionable
The Middleby Co. stock logo
MIDD
Middleby
10,72253.77 million53.15 millionOptionable
Packaging Co. of America stock logo
PKG
Packaging Co. of America
14,90089.80 million88.36 millionOptionable
Sonoco Products stock logo
SON
Sonoco Products
23,00098.26 million97.76 millionOptionable

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Company Descriptions

Graphic Packaging logo

Graphic Packaging

NYSE:GPK
Graphic Packaging Holding Company, together with its subsidiaries, designs, produces, and sells consumer packaging products to brands in food, beverage, foodservice, household, and other consumer products. It operates through three segments: Paperboard Manufacturing, Americas Paperboard Packaging, and Europe Paperboard Packaging. The company offers unbleached, bleached, and recycled paperboard to various paperboard packaging converters and brokers. It also provides paperboard packaging products for consumer packaged goods companies; and cups, lids, and food containers for foodservice companies and quick-service restaurants serving the food, beverage, and consumer product markets, including healthcare and beauty. The company also designs, manufactures, and installs specialized packaging machines. The company sells its products through sales offices, as well as through broker arrangements with third parties in the Americas, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. Graphic Packaging Holding Company was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
Middleby logo

Middleby

NASDAQ:MIDD
The Middleby Corporation designs, markets, manufactures, distributes, and services foodservice, food processing, and residential kitchen equipment worldwide. Its Commercial Foodservice Equipment Group segment offers conveyor, combi, convection, baking, proofing, deck, speed cooking, and hydrovection ovens; ranges, fryers, and rethermalizers; steam cooking, food warming, catering, induction cooking, and countertop cooking equipment; heated cabinets, charbroilers, ventless cooking systems, kitchen ventilation, toasters, griddles, charcoal grills, professional mixers, stainless steel fabrication, custom millwork, professional refrigerators, blast chillers, cold rooms, ice machines, and freezers; soft serve ice cream, coffee and beverage dispensing, home and professional craft brewing equipment; and fry dispensers, bottle filling and canning equipment, IoT solutions, and controls development and manufacturing. The company's Food Processing Equipment Group segment provides batch, baking, proofing, conveyor belt, and continuous processing ovens; frying and automated thermal processing systems; tumblers, massagers, grinders, slicers, reduction and emulsion systems, mixers, and blenders; battering, breading, and seeding equipment; water cutting systems, food presses, food suspension equipment, filling and depositing solutions, and forming equipment; and automated washing systems, auto-guided vehicles, food safety, food handling, freezing, and defrosting and packaging equipment. Its Residential Kitchen Equipment Group segment offers kitchen equipment comprising cookers, stoves, cooktops, microwaves, ovens, refrigerators, dishwashers, undercounter refrigeration, wine cellars, ice machines, beer dispensers, mixers, rotisseries, and ventilation and outdoor cooking equipment. The company was formerly known as Middleby Marshall Oven Company and changed its name to The Middleby Corporation in 1985. The company was founded in 1888 and is based in Elgin, Illinois.
Packaging Co. of America logo

Packaging Co. of America

NYSE:PKG
Packaging Corporation of America manufactures and sells containerboard and corrugated packaging products in the United States. The company operates through three segments: Packaging, Paper, and Corporate and Other. The Packaging segment offers various containerboard and corrugated packaging products, such as conventional shipping containers used to protect and transport manufactured goods; multi-color boxes and displays that help to merchandise the packaged product in retail locations; and honeycomb protective packaging products, as well as packaging for meat, fresh fruit and vegetables, processed food, beverages, and other industrial and consumer products. This segment sells its corrugated products through a direct sales and marketing organization, independent brokers, and distribution partners. The Paper segment manufactures and sells commodity and specialty papers, as well as communication papers, including cut-size office papers, and printing and converting papers. This segment sells white papers through its sales and marketing organization. The Corporate and Other segment includes corporate support staff services and related assets and liabilities; and transportation assets, such as rail cars and trucks for transportation. Packaging Corporation of America was founded in 1867 and is headquartered in Lake Forest, Illinois.
Sonoco Products logo

Sonoco Products

NYSE:SON
Sonoco Products Company, together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, and sells various engineered and sustainable packaging products in North and South America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company operates Consumer Packaging and Industrial Paper Packaging segments. The Consumer Packaging segment offers round and shaped rigid paper, steel, and plastic containers; metal and peelable membrane ends, closures, and components; thermoformed plastic trays and enclosures; and high-barrier flexible packaging products. The Industrial Paper Packaging segment provides paperboard tubes, cones, and cores; paper-based protective packaging products; and uncoated recycled paperboard products. It also offers various packaging materials, including plastic, paper, foam, and other specialty materials. Sonoco Products Company sells its products in various markets, which include paper, textile, film, food, packaging, construction, and wire and cable. The company was founded in 1899 and is headquartered in Hartsville, South Carolina.