Graphic Packaging (GPK) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

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.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $23.05 to $23.40
• 50-Day Range: $21.01 to $23.56
• 52-Week Range: $20.86 to $30.70
• Volume: 758,424 shs
• Average Volume: 2.95 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $7.02 billion
• P/E Ratio: 11.33
• Dividend Yield: 1.89%
• Price Target: $26.38
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Graphic Packaging Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Graphic Packaging scored higher than 85% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 45th out of 180 stocks in the industrials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Graphic Packaging has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.44, and is based on 4 buy ratings, 5 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Graphic Packaging has been the subject of 7 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 10.53%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Graphic Packaging are expected to grow by 10.53% in the coming year, from $2.47 to $2.73 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Graphic Packaging is 11.28, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 26.73.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Graphic Packaging is 11.28, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 25.44.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Graphic Packaging has a P/B Ratio of 2.30. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

8.10% of the float of Graphic Packaging has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Graphic Packaging has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 7.3.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Graphic Packaging has recently increased by 3.97%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Graphic Packaging pays a meaningful dividend of 1.87%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Graphic Packaging has only been increasing its dividend for 1 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Graphic Packaging is 21.46%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Graphic Packaging will have a dividend payout ratio of 16.12% next year. This indicates that Graphic Packaging will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Environmental Score: -2.10

Percentage of Shares Shorted

8.10% of the float of Graphic Packaging has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Graphic Packaging has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 7.3.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Graphic Packaging has recently increased by 3.97%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.70

News Sentiment

Graphic Packaging has a news sentiment score of 0.70. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Industrials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 6 news articles for Graphic Packaging this week, compared to 9 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Graphic Packaging insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 1.41% of the stock of Graphic Packaging is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

99.67% of the stock of Graphic Packaging is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

GPK Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have GPK shares performed this year?

Graphic Packaging's stock was trading at $27.16 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, GPK shares have decreased by 14.9% and is now trading at $23.1250.

How were Graphic Packaging's earnings last quarter?

Graphic Packaging Holding Company (NYSE:GPK) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May, 1st. The industrial products company reported $0.51 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.56 by $0.05. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 6.2% on a year-over-year basis.
Read the conference call transcript.

Is Graphic Packaging buying back stock?

Graphic Packaging's board initiated a stock buyback program on Thursday, May 1st 2025, which authorizes the company to buy back $1,500,000,000 in shares, according to EventVestor. This means that the company could repurchase up to 23.3% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are often an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Does Graphic Packaging have any subsidiaries?

Graphic Packaging subsidiaries include Artistic Carton Company, Letica Corporation, PFP Dallas Converting LLC, PFP LLC, Seydaco Packaging Corp, Norgraft Packaging S.A., Carton Craft Corporation, and more.

Who are Graphic Packaging's major shareholders?

Graphic Packaging's top institutional shareholders include Hennessy Advisors Inc. (0.52%), Howard Capital Management Group LLC (0.35%), Aberdeen Group plc (0.31%) and Hunter Perkins Capital Management LLC (0.16%). Insiders that own company stock include Michael P Doss, Stephen R Scherger, Joseph P Yost, Michael James Farrell, Charles D Lischer and Jean Francois Roche.
View institutional ownership trends.

How do I buy shares of Graphic Packaging?

Shares of GPK stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of Graphic Packaging own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Graphic Packaging investors own include Humana (HUM), American Water Works (AWK), Waste Connections (WCN), The RMR Group (RMR), Voyager Therapeutics (VYGR), DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH) and AU Optronics (AUOTY).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 5/01/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 7/5 Dividend: 6/13/2025
• Record date for 7/5 Dividend: 6/15/2025
• Dividend Payable: 7/05/2025
• Today: 7/25/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 7/29/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: CONTNRS - PPR/PLS
• Sub-Industry: Paper Packaging
• Current Symbol: NYSE:GPK
• CIK: 1408075
• Web: www.graphicpkg.com
• Phone: (770) 240-7200
• Fax: 770-644-2962
• Employees: 23,000
• Year Founded: 1978

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Graphic Packaging: $26.38
• High Price Target: $32.00
• Low Price Target: $23.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +13.7%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.44
• Research Coverage: 9 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $2.05
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 11.32
• Forward P/E Ratio: 9.39
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $658 million
• Net Margins: 7.15%
• Pretax Margin: 9.67%
• Return on Equity: 23.68%
• Return on Assets: 6.35%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.80
• Current Ratio: 1.88
• Quick Ratio: 0.73

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $8.81 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.79
• Cash Flow: $4.34 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 5.34
• Book Value: $10.04 per share
• Price / Book: 2.31

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 301,760,000
• Free Float: 297,505,000
• Market Cap: $7.00 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.71