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: $28.11 to $28.42
• 50-Day Range: $27.80 to $30.50
• 52-Week Range: $22.04 to $30.70
• Volume: 1.85 million shs
• Average Volume: 2.56 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $8.51 billion
• P/E Ratio: 12.12
• Dividend Yield: 1.41%
• Price Target: $31.53
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Graphic Packaging Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Graphic Packaging scored higher than 81% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 50th out of 178 stocks in the industrial products sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Graphic Packaging has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.43, and is based on 4 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Graphic Packaging has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 5.56%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Graphic Packaging are expected to grow by 5.56% in the coming year, from $2.52 to $2.66 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Graphic Packaging is 12.12, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 122.85.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Graphic Packaging is 12.12, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Industrial Products sector average P/E ratio of about 22.13.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Graphic Packaging has a PEG Ratio of 10.98. 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 2.83. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

5.85% of the outstanding shares of Graphic Packaging have been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Graphic Packaging has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 7.6.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Graphic Packaging has recently increased by 3.11%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Graphic Packaging pays a meaningful dividend of 1.41%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Graphic Packaging does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Graphic Packaging is 17.09%. 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 15.04% 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

5.85% of the outstanding shares of Graphic Packaging have been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Graphic Packaging has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 7.6.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Graphic Packaging has recently increased by 3.11%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.4 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.06

News Sentiment

Graphic Packaging has a news sentiment score of 1.06. 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 0.72 average news sentiment score of Industrial Products companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 10 news articles for Graphic Packaging this week, compared to 6 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

7 people have searched for GPK on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 250% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 2 people have added Graphic Packaging to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

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 $750,841.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 1.20% 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 $24.65 at the beginning of the year. Since then, GPK shares have increased by 15.0% and is now trading at $28.35.
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How were Graphic Packaging's earnings last quarter?

Graphic Packaging Holding (NYSE:GPK) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October, 29th. The industrial products company reported $0.64 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.68 by $0.04. The company's revenue was down 5.7% on a year-over-year basis.

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 more.

Who are Graphic Packaging's major shareholders?

Top institutional investors of Graphic Packaging include FMR LLC (6.82%), Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (4.82%), Wellington Management Group LLP (3.50%) and State Street Corp (3.21%). Insiders that own company stock include Michael P Doss, Stephen R Scherger, Joseph P Yost, Michael James Farrell and Jean Francois Roche.
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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.
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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 AUO (AUOTY).

Company Calendar

• Ex-Dividend for 10/5 Dividend: 9/13/2024
• Dividend Payable: 10/05/2024
• Last Earnings: 10/29/2024
• Today: 11/18/2024
• Ex-Dividend for 1/5 Dividend: 12/13/2024
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2024
• Dividend Payable: 1/05/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 2/18/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Industrial Products
• Industry: Paperboard containers & boxes
• Sub-Industry: Paper Packaging
• Current Symbol: NYSE:GPK
• CUSIP: 38868910
• CIK: 1408075
• Web: www.graphicpkg.com
• Phone: (770) 240-7200
• Fax: 770-644-2962
• Employees: 23,500
• Year Founded: 1978

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $31.53
• High Stock Price Target: $36.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $24.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +11.2%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.43
• Research Coverage: 7 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $2.34
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 12.12
• Forward P/E Ratio: 11.25
• P/E Growth: 10.98
• Net Income: $723 million
• Net Margins: 7.99%
• Pretax Margin: 10.39%
• Return on Equity: 28.26%
• Return on Assets: 7.27%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.78
• Current Ratio: 1.73
• Quick Ratio: 0.72

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $8.96 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.95
• Cash Flow: $5.00 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 5.67
• Book Value: $10.03 per share
• Price / Book: 2.83

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 300,140,000
• Free Float: 296,538,000
• Market Cap: $8.51 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.83