Graphic Packaging (NYSE:GPK) Releases FY25 Earnings Guidance

Graphic Packaging (NYSE:GPK) issued an update on its FY25 earnings guidance on Tuesday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.53-2.78 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $2.68. The company issued revenue guidance of $8.7-8.9 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $8.93 billion. Graphic Packaging also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 2.480-2.730 EPS.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research firms recently commented on GPK. StockNews.com cut Graphic Packaging from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 30th. Citigroup reiterated 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. Robert W. Baird cut their target price on shares of Graphic Packaging from $36.00 to $32.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday. Wells Fargo & Company upgraded shares of Graphic Packaging from an “underweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and increased their price target for the stock from $24.00 to $27.00 in a research report on Monday, January 6th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada cut their price objective on shares of Graphic Packaging from $35.00 to $34.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, October 17th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Graphic Packaging has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $31.70.

Graphic Packaging Price Performance

Shares of NYSE GPK traded up $0.35 during midday trading on Wednesday, reaching $26.89. The stock had a trading volume of 2,750,114 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,375,922. The company has a market capitalization of $8.07 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.51 and a beta of 0.85. Graphic Packaging has a 12-month low of $23.47 and a 12-month high of $30.70. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $28.00 and a 200-day moving average of $28.64. 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 posted its quarterly 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 net margin of 7.99% and a return on equity of 28.26%. The business had revenue of $2.10 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.15 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.75 earnings per share. Graphic Packaging’s revenue was down 6.8% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, research analysts anticipate that Graphic Packaging will post 2.53 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Graphic Packaging Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Sunday, January 5th. Shareholders of record on Sunday, December 15th were issued a dividend of $0.10 per share. This represents a $0.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.49%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, December 13th. Graphic Packaging’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 17.09%.

Insider Transactions at Graphic Packaging

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

About Graphic Packaging

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.