Graphic Packaging (GPK) Stock Forecast, Price & News

9 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Graphic Packaging in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 hold ratings, 6 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" GPK shares.
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9 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Graphic Packaging's shares. Their GPK share price forecasts range from $26.00 to $35.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $29.44 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 29.4% from the stock's current price.
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Graphic Packaging's stock was trading at $22.25 at the beginning of the year. Since then, GPK stock has increased by 2.2% and is now trading at $22.75.
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Graphic Packaging saw a decline in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 11,740,000 shares, a decline of 6.1% from the August 15th total of 12,500,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 4,570,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.6 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 24th 2023.
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Graphic Packaging Holding (NYSE:GPK) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August, 1st. The industrial products company reported $0.66 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.73 by $0.07. The industrial products company had revenue of $2.39 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.49 billion. Graphic Packaging had a net margin of 7.30% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 37.35%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 1.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.60 earnings per share.

Graphic Packaging declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, July 28th. Investors of record on Friday, September 15th will be given a dividend of $0.10 per share on Thursday, October 5th. This represents a $0.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.76%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 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 1.75%. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 17.54%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, GPK will have a dividend payout ratio of 13.94% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Graphic Packaging updated its FY23 earnings guidance on Tuesday, August, 1st. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.70-$3.10 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $2.95. The company issued revenue guidance of $10.0 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $9.96 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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (9.90%), State Street Corp (2.75%), Shapiro Capital Management LLC (2.45%), Impax Asset Management Group plc (2.36%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.73%) and ArrowMark Colorado Holdings LLC (1.68%). 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 $22.75.

Graphic Packaging (NYSE:GPK) has a market capitalization of $6.99 billion and generates $9.44 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $522 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.28 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.