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Graphic Packaging Holding Co (NYSE: GPK) closed the day trading at $26.25 up 0.23% from the previous closing price of $26.19. In other words, the price has increased by $0.23 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.74 million shares were traded. GPK stock price reached its highest trading level at $26.35 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $26.06.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of GPK, let’s look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.54 and its Current Ratio is at 1.46. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.81 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.78.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for the company, Wells Fargo on January 06, 2025, Upgraded its rating to Equal Weight and sets its target price to $27 from $24 previously.
On January 06, 2025, Citigroup Downgraded its rating to Neutral which previously was Buy and also lowered its target price recommendation from $33 to $30.
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 Nov 25 ’24 when Lischer Charles D sold 12,000 shares for $29.65 per share. The transaction valued at 355,800 led to the insider holds 49,849 shares of the business.
Lischer Charles D bought 12,000 shares of GPK for $355,748 on Nov 25 ’24. On Nov 06 ’24, another insider, Farrell Michael James, who serves as the EVP, Mills Division of the company, sold 25,900 shares for $28.99 each. As a result, the insider received 750,841 and left with 81,026 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 7880617984 and an Enterprise Value of 13180630016. As of this moment, Graphic’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 12.19, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 9.43. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 2.09. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.89 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.62. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.497 whereas that against EBITDA is 7.832.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for GPK is 0.81, which has changed by -0.037403762 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.07465422 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 $25.12. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -2.55%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -6.59%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, GPK traded about 2.44M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, GPK traded about 3246910 shares per day. A total of 300.16M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 295.94M. Insiders hold about 1.42% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 107.48% stake in the company. Shares short for GPK as of 1740700800 were 21050377 with a Short Ratio of 8.63, compared to 1738281600 on 17781825. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 21050377 and a Short% of Float of 8.979999.
Dividends & Splits
GPK’s forward annual dividend rate is 0.41, up from 0.4 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.015273005The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 1.62. The current Payout Ratio is 18.55% for GPK, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-03-14 with an ex-dividend date of 1741910400. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2000-01-03 when the company split stock in a 9:5 ratio.
