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Graphic Packaging (GPK) Competitors

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$25.33 +0.16 (+0.64%)
As of 04/24/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

GPK vs. PKG, SON, SEE, UFPT, SW, IR, DOV, TS, HUBB, 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), Sonoco Products (SON), Sealed Air (SEE), UFP Technologies (UFPT), Smurfit Westrock (SW), Ingersoll Rand (IR), Dover (DOV), Tenaris (TS), Hubbell (HUBB), 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 better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and dividends.

Packaging Co. of America presently has a consensus price target of $231.60, indicating a potential upside of 22.44%. Graphic Packaging has a consensus price target of $30.89, indicating a potential upside of 21.93%. Given Packaging Co. of America's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Packaging Co. of America is more favorable than Graphic Packaging.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Packaging Co. of America
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Graphic Packaging
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57

Packaging Co. of America received 22 more outperform votes than Graphic Packaging when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.86% of users gave Graphic Packaging an outperform vote while only 59.38% of users gave Packaging Co. of America an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Packaging Co. of AmericaOutperform Votes
538
59.38%
Underperform Votes
368
40.62%
Graphic PackagingOutperform Votes
516
63.86%
Underperform Votes
292
36.14%

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 1.7%. Packaging Co. of America pays out 52.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Graphic Packaging pays out 20.4% 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.

Packaging Co. of America has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Graphic Packaging has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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%

89.8% of Packaging Co. of America shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.7% of Graphic Packaging shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Packaging Co. of America shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Graphic Packaging shares are held by 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 8 more articles in the media than Graphic Packaging. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Packaging Co. of America and 24 mentions for Graphic Packaging. Graphic Packaging's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Packaging Co. of America's score of 0.92 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
14 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Graphic Packaging
15 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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$8.38B2.03$805.10M$9.5619.79
Graphic Packaging$8.81B0.87$658M$2.1611.73

Summary

Packaging Co. of America beats Graphic Packaging on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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GPK vs. The Competition

MetricGraphic PackagingPaperboard containers & boxes IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$7.64B$10.26B$7.09B$18.86B
Dividend Yield1.80%3.33%3.59%4.15%
P/E Ratio11.7327.6520.3932.40
Price / Sales0.871.0176.3028.58
Price / Cash6.159.6726.9417.53
Price / Book2.522.023.674.44
Net Income$658M$439.29M$807.45M$1.02B
7 Day Performance3.41%2.06%1.49%3.35%
1 Month Performance0.32%-2.65%-2.66%-5.48%
1 Year Performance-7.22%-4.69%12.01%4.28%

Graphic Packaging Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GPK
Graphic Packaging
4.0887 of 5 stars
$25.33
+0.6%
$30.89
+21.9%
-7.6%$7.64B$8.81B11.7324,000Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Positive News
PKG
Packaging Co. of America
4.1805 of 5 stars
$182.08
-2.7%
$237.80
+30.6%
+8.8%$16.37B$8.38B20.3915,100Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
SON
Sonoco Products
4.2351 of 5 stars
$43.46
-1.0%
$58.50
+34.6%
-18.0%$4.29B$5.31B26.3420,500Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
SEE
Sealed Air
4.8513 of 5 stars
$26.07
-1.3%
$39.42
+51.2%
-12.5%$3.80B$5.39B9.5816,300Analyst Forecast
UFPT
UFP Technologies
2.0453 of 5 stars
$210.63
-0.2%
$392.00
+86.1%
-3.5%$1.62B$504.42M30.052,020Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
SW
Smurfit Westrock
3.996 of 5 stars
$40.89
-1.1%
$60.00
+46.7%
N/A$21.34B$21.11B74.3556,100Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
IR
Ingersoll Rand
4.4891 of 5 stars
$69.77
-3.2%
$100.36
+43.8%
-18.1%$28.12B$7.24B33.8717,000Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
Positive News
DOV
Dover
4.8488 of 5 stars
$158.04
-1.9%
$208.17
+31.7%
-1.1%$21.66B$7.75B8.1325,000Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
TS
Tenaris
4.2016 of 5 stars
$32.66
-1.8%
$47.00
+43.9%
-10.5%$18.99B$12.52B9.0522,800Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Positive News
HUBB
Hubbell
3.5435 of 5 stars
$329.12
-2.9%
$449.38
+36.5%
-9.4%$17.66B$5.63B22.9216,300Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
TRMB
Trimble
4.5499 of 5 stars
$56.22
-3.5%
$86.00
+53.0%
+3.6%$13.82B$3.68B9.2311,800Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage

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