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After finishing at $19.08 in the prior trading day, Graphic Packaging Holding Co (NYSE: GPK) closed at $18.98, down -0.52%. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.52 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.7 million shares were traded. GPK stock price reached its highest trading level at $19.375 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $18.905.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of GPK by taking a closer look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.56 and its Current Ratio is at 1.43. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.81 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.68.
On June 04, 2025, UBS started tracking the stock assigning a Neutral rating and target price of $24.
Wells Fargo Upgraded its Underweight to Equal Weight on January 06, 2025, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $24 to $27.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Aug 25 ’25 when Yost Joseph P sold 30,000 shares for $22.72 per share. The transaction valued at 681,600 led to the insider holds 255,203 shares of the business.
Yost Joseph P bought 30,000 shares of GPK for $681,544 on Aug 25 ’25. On Aug 01 ’25, another insider, MARTENS PHILIP R, who serves as the Director of the company, sold 56,737 shares for $21.84 each. As a result, the insider received 1,239,136 and left with 33,826 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, GPK now has a Market Capitalization of 5622800384 and an Enterprise Value of 11374800896. As of this moment, Graphic’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 10.75, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 8.49. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 19.54. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.65 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.75. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.317 whereas that against EBITDA is 7.32.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for GPK is 0.74, which has changed by -0.34097224 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.15927899 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, GPK has reached a high of $30.70, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $18.92. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -10.52%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -20.46%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 3.65M shares per day over the past 3-months and 2873660 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 297.07M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 291.87M. Insiders hold about 1.48% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 110.39% stake in the company. Shares short for GPK as of 1757894400 were 24927392 with a Short Ratio of 6.83, compared to 1755216000 on 22165936. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 24927392 and a Short% of Float of 10.82.
Dividends & Splits
In the trailing 12 months, GPK’s forward annual dividend rate was 0.42, compared to 0.43 this year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.022012578. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 1.58. The current Payout Ratio is 18.55% for GPK, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-09-15 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-09-15. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2000-01-03 when the company split stock in a 9:5 ratio.
