Graphic Packaging (NYSE:GPK) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Graphic Packaging (NYSE:GPK) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 2.480-2.730 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 2.690. The company issued revenue guidance of $8.6 billion-$8.8 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $8.9 billion. Graphic Packaging also updated its FY25 guidance to $2.53-2.78 EPS.

Graphic Packaging Stock Performance

NYSE GPK opened at $26.43 on Thursday. The company has a market cap of $7.93 billion, a P/E ratio of 11.29 and a beta of 0.85. Graphic Packaging has a fifty-two week low of $23.47 and a fifty-two week high of $30.70. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $27.93 and its 200-day moving average price is $28.63. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.78, a quick ratio of 0.72 and a current ratio of 1.73.

Graphic Packaging (NYSE:GPK) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, February 4th. The industrial products company reported $0.59 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.63 by ($0.04). Graphic Packaging had a return on equity of 28.26% and a net margin of 7.99%. The company had revenue of $2.10 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.15 billion. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.75 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was down 6.8% compared to the same quarter last year. Sell-side analysts predict that Graphic Packaging will post 2.53 earnings per share for the current year.

Graphic Packaging Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Saturday, April 5th. Shareholders of record on Saturday, March 15th will be issued a $0.11 dividend. This is a boost from Graphic Packaging’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.10. This represents a $0.44 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.67%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 14th. Graphic Packaging’s dividend payout ratio is presently 17.09%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several analysts recently issued reports on GPK shares. Wells Fargo & Company upgraded shares of Graphic Packaging from an “underweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and boosted their price objective for the company from $24.00 to $27.00 in a report on Monday, January 6th. StockNews.com lowered shares of Graphic Packaging from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 30th. Truist Financial boosted their target price on Graphic Packaging from $30.00 to $32.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, January 6th. Robert W. Baird cut their price target on shares of Graphic Packaging from $36.00 to $32.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday. Finally, Citigroup reissued a “neutral” rating and issued a $30.00 price objective (down previously from $33.00) on shares of Graphic Packaging in a research note on Monday, January 6th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $31.70.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Graphic Packaging news, CAO Charles D. Lischer sold 12,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, November 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $29.65, for a total transaction of $355,800.00. Following the transaction, the chief accounting officer now directly owns 49,849 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,478,022.85. This trade represents a 19.40 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. 1.20% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Graphic Packaging Company Profile

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.