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: $22.13 to $22.42
• 50-Day Range: $21.01 to $23.54
• 52-Week Range: $20.86 to $30.70
• Volume: 2.06 million shs
• Average Volume: 3.09 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $6.58 billion
• P/E Ratio: 12.55
• Dividend Yield: 1.98%
• Price Target: $26.38
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Graphic Packaging Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Graphic Packaging scored higher than 93% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 22nd out of 179 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 6 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 12.53, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 28.65.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Graphic Packaging is 12.53, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 25.98.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Graphic Packaging has a PEG Ratio of 7.62. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Graphic Packaging has a P/B Ratio of 2.04. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

7.98% 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 6.9.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Graphic Packaging has recently decreased by 0.47%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Graphic Packaging pays a meaningful dividend of 1.96%, 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 24.86%. 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

7.98% 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 6.9.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Graphic Packaging has recently decreased by 0.47%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.35

News Sentiment

Graphic Packaging has a news sentiment score of 1.35. 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 is a higher news sentiment than the 0.81 average news sentiment score of Industrials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 11 news articles for Graphic Packaging this week, compared to 10 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Graphic Packaging insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $2,073,663.00 in 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 at the start of the year. Since then, GPK shares have decreased by 18.2% and is now trading at $22.2250.

How were Graphic Packaging's earnings last quarter?

Graphic Packaging Holding Company (NYSE:GPK) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July, 29th. The industrial products company reported $0.42 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.40 by $0.02. The industrial products company had revenue of $2.20 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.13 billion. Graphic Packaging had a net margin of 6.18% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 21.13%.
Read the conference call transcript.

Is Graphic Packaging buying back stock?

Graphic Packaging's board authorized a share repurchase plan on Thursday, May 1st 2025, which allows the company to buy back $1,500,000,000 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This means that the company could buy up to 23.3% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are often an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Does Graphic Packaging have any subsidiaries?

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

Who are Graphic Packaging's major shareholders?

Top institutional investors of Graphic Packaging include American Century Companies Inc. (7.43%), Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (5.84%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (3.91%) and State Street Corp (3.31%). Insiders that own company stock include Michael P Doss, Stephen R Scherger, Joseph P Yost, Michael James Farrell, Charles D Lischer and Philip R Martens.
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

• Ex-Dividend for 7/5 Dividend: 6/13/2025
• Record date for 7/5 Dividend: 6/15/2025
• Dividend Payable: 7/05/2025
• Last Earnings: 7/29/2025
• Today: 8/29/2025
• Record date for 10/8 Dividend: 9/15/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 10/8 Dividend: 9/15/2025
• Dividend Payable: 10/08/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/04/2025
• 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: +18.5%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.44
• Research Coverage: 9 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.77
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 12.58
• Forward P/E Ratio: 9.01
• P/E Growth: 7.62
• Net Income: $658 million
• Net Margins: 6.18%
• Pretax Margin: 8.26%
• Return on Equity: 21.13%
• Return on Assets: 5.74%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.68
• Current Ratio: 1.43
• Quick Ratio: 0.56

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $8.81 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.75
• Cash Flow: $4.37 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 5.09
• Book Value: $10.87 per share
• Price / Book: 2.05

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 296,250,000
• Free Float: 292,072,000
• Market Cap: $6.60 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.73