Graphic Packaging (GPK) Stock Forecast, Price & News

7 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Graphic Packaging in the last twelve months. There are currently 6 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" GPK shares.
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7 equities research analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Graphic Packaging's shares. Their GPK share price forecasts range from $25.00 to $35.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $29.25 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 22.4% from the stock's current price.
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Graphic Packaging's stock was trading at $22.25 at the start of the year. Since then, GPK shares have increased by 7.4% and is now trading at $23.90.
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Graphic Packaging saw a increase in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 9,310,000 shares, an increase of 8.5% from the April 30th total of 8,580,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,890,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.2 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July 25th 2023.
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Graphic Packaging Holding (NYSE:GPK) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May, 2nd. The industrial products company reported $0.77 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.62 by $0.15. The industrial products company earned $2.44 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.40 billion. Graphic Packaging had a net margin of 6.46% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 38.99%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 8.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.48 earnings per share.

Graphic Packaging declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 24th. Investors of record on Thursday, June 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.10 per share on Wednesday, July 5th. This represents a $0.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.67%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, June 14th.
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Graphic Packaging (NYSE:GPK) pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.62%. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 20.00%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, GPK will have a dividend payout ratio of 12.99% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Graphic Packaging issued an update on its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Wednesday, May, 3rd. The company provided EPS guidance of $2.70-$3.10 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $2.73. The company issued revenue guidance of $10.00 billion-$10.00 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $9.97 billion.

105 employees have rated Graphic Packaging Chief Executive Officer Michael Doss on Glassdoor.com. Michael Doss has an approval rating of 65% among the company's employees.

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Graphic Packaging trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "GPK."

Graphic Packaging's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (5.33%), Wellington Management Group LLP (4.14%), Shapiro Capital Management LLC (3.03%), Impax Asset Management Group plc (2.67%), American Century Companies Inc. (2.66%) and FMR LLC (2.07%). Insiders that own company stock include Jean Francois Roche, Joseph P Yost, Mary K Rhinehart, Michael James Farrell and Stephen R Scherger.
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Shares of GPK stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of GPK stock can currently be purchased for approximately $23.90.

Graphic Packaging (NYSE:GPK) has a market capitalization of $7.34 billion and generates $9.44 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $522 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.00 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 24,000 workers across the globe.

Graphic Packaging's mailing address is 1500 Riveredge Parkway Suite 100, Atlanta GA, 30328. The official website for the company is www.graphicpkg.com. The industrial products company can be reached via phone at (770) 240-7200, via email at melanie.skijus@graphicpkg.com, or via fax at 770-644-2962.