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$22.83 -0.44 (-1.87%)
Closing price 05/21/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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GPK vs. PKG, SEE, SON, UFPT, SW, GEF.B, DOV, HUBB, TS, and TRMB

Should you be buying Graphic Packaging stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Graphic Packaging include Packaging Co. of America (PKG), Sealed Air (SEE), Sonoco Products (SON), UFP Technologies (UFPT), Smurfit Westrock (SW), Greif (GEF.B), Dover (DOV), Hubbell (HUBB), Tenaris (TS), and Trimble (TRMB).

Graphic Packaging vs.

Packaging Co. of America (NYSE:PKG) and Graphic Packaging (NYSE:GPK) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

89.8% of Packaging Co. of America shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.7% of Graphic Packaging shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Packaging Co. of America shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Graphic Packaging shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Packaging Co. of America had 13 more articles in the media than Graphic Packaging. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Packaging Co. of America and 12 mentions for Graphic Packaging. Graphic Packaging's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Packaging Co. of America's score of 1.34 indicating that Graphic Packaging is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Packaging Co. of America
21 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Graphic Packaging
11 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Packaging Co. of America pays an annual dividend of $5.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Graphic Packaging pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Packaging Co. of America pays out 52.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Graphic Packaging pays out 21.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Graphic Packaging has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Packaging Co. of America has a net margin of 9.60% compared to Graphic Packaging's net margin of 7.47%. Graphic Packaging's return on equity of 25.96% beat Packaging Co. of America's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Packaging Co. of America9.60% 19.67% 9.19%
Graphic Packaging 7.47%25.96%6.81%

Packaging Co. of America has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Graphic Packaging. Graphic Packaging is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Packaging Co. of America, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Packaging Co. of America$8.54B2.01$805.10M$9.5619.97
Graphic Packaging$8.67B0.79$658M$2.0511.14

Packaging Co. of America has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Graphic Packaging has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Packaging Co. of America received 20 more outperform votes than Graphic Packaging when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.95% of users gave Graphic Packaging an outperform vote while only 59.32% of users gave Packaging Co. of America an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Packaging Co. of AmericaOutperform Votes
538
59.32%
Underperform Votes
369
40.68%
Graphic PackagingOutperform Votes
518
63.95%
Underperform Votes
292
36.05%

Packaging Co. of America presently has a consensus target price of $226.60, suggesting a potential upside of 18.66%. Graphic Packaging has a consensus target price of $29.17, suggesting a potential upside of 27.75%. Given Graphic Packaging's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Graphic Packaging is more favorable than Packaging Co. of America.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Packaging Co. of America
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83
Graphic Packaging
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57

Summary

Packaging Co. of America beats Graphic Packaging on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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GPK vs. The Competition

MetricGraphic PackagingPaperboard containers & boxes IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$6.89B$9.11B$7.64B$19.41B
Dividend Yield1.90%3.63%4.58%3.83%
P/E Ratio10.5725.3223.1534.23
Price / Sales0.790.8790.0734.85
Price / Cash6.158.8926.9417.51
Price / Book2.271.873.984.69
Net Income$658M$410.87M$807.24M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-2.04%-2.48%0.73%-1.74%
1 Month Performance-9.96%-0.19%11.07%7.46%
1 Year Performance-17.72%-12.05%19.35%3.96%

Graphic Packaging Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GPK
Graphic Packaging
4.4762 of 5 stars
$22.83
-1.9%
$29.17
+27.8%
-17.6%$6.89B$8.67B10.5724,000Positive News
PKG
Packaging Co. of America
4.3177 of 5 stars
$190.42
+5.0%
$226.60
+19.0%
+5.0%$17.12B$8.54B21.3215,100Positive News
SEE
Sealed Air
4.7008 of 5 stars
$32.25
+5.5%
$38.00
+17.8%
-17.1%$4.74B$5.34B11.8616,300Positive News
SON
Sonoco Products
4.3812 of 5 stars
$45.93
+3.6%
$56.43
+22.9%
-26.2%$4.53B$5.71B27.8420,500Positive News
UFPT
UFP Technologies
0.8658 of 5 stars
$244.22
+3.3%
$252.00
+3.2%
-12.7%$1.88B$547.56M34.842,020Positive News
SW
Smurfit Westrock
4.5353 of 5 stars
$45.01
+7.4%
$58.60
+30.2%
N/A$23.50B$21.11B81.8456,100Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Gap Up
GEF.B
Greif
N/A$59.51
+0.6%
N/A-9.7%$2.82B$5.51B11.6712,000Gap Up
DOV
Dover
4.6569 of 5 stars
$183.36
+4.1%
$206.33
+12.5%
-4.0%$25.14B$7.73B9.4325,000Trending News
HUBB
Hubbell
3.5991 of 5 stars
$378.97
+6.2%
$449.38
+18.6%
-5.4%$20.34B$5.59B26.3916,300Positive News
TS
Tenaris
3.8965 of 5 stars
$34.71
+1.9%
$46.50
+34.0%
-4.5%$20.18B$12.00B9.6122,800Positive News
TRMB
Trimble
4.5804 of 5 stars
$70.54
+3.6%
$86.00
+21.9%
+23.5%$16.83B$3.57B11.5811,800Positive News

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This page (NYSE:GPK) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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