Market Insight: Graphic Packaging Holding Co (GPK)’s Notable Drop, Closing at 27.80

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In the latest session, Graphic Packaging Holding Co (NYSE: GPK) closed at $27.80 down -1.70% from its previous closing price of $28.28. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.70 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.48 million shares were traded. GPK stock price reached its highest trading level at $28.63 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $27.78.

Ratios:

For a deeper understanding of Graphic Packaging Holding Co’s stock, let’s take a closer look at its various ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.72 and its Current Ratio is at 1.73. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.80 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.79.

Upgrades & Downgrades

On July 09, 2024, Stifel started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $35.20.

Insider Transactions:

Additionally, insider trades can be beneficial to investors who want to learn what the management thinks about stock prices in the future. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Aug 08 ’24 when DOSS MICHAEL P sold 164,443 shares for $28.21 per share. The transaction valued at 4,638,937 led to the insider holds 1,958,759 shares of the business.

DOSS MICHAEL P sold 86,374 shares of GPK for $2,422,791 on Aug 07 ’24. The President and CEO now owns 2,123,202 shares after completing the transaction at $28.05 per share. On Aug 09 ’24, another insider, DOSS MICHAEL P, who serves as the President and CEO of the company, sold 49,183 shares for $27.91 each. As a result, the insider received 1,372,698 and left with 1,909,576 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 8343891968 and an Enterprise Value of 13622895616. As of this moment, Graphic’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 11.91, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 10.43. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.19. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.93 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.77. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.52 whereas that against EBITDA is 7.798.

Stock Price History:

Over the past 52 weeks, GPK has reached a high of $30.70, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $21.25. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -5.20%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 0.13%.

Shares Statistics:

For the past three months, GPK has traded an average of 2.31M shares per day and 4247950 over the past ten days. A total of 306.06M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 296.36M. Insiders hold about 1.26% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 107.11% stake in the company. Shares short for GPK as of 1728950400 were 17019481 with a Short Ratio of 7.38, compared to 1726185600 on 16851811. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 17019481 and a Short% of Float of 7.26.

Dividends & Splits

According to the company, the forward annual dividend rate for GPK is 0.40, from 0.4 in the trailing year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.014144272The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 1.65.

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