Graphic Packaging (NYSE:GPK) Issues 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.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities research analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Wells Fargo & Company raised shares of Graphic Packaging from an “underweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and upped their price objective for the stock from $24.00 to $27.00 in a research report on Monday, January 6th. Royal Bank of Canada decreased their target price on shares of Graphic Packaging from $35.00 to $34.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, October 17th. Truist Financial increased their price target on Graphic Packaging from $30.00 to $32.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, January 6th. StockNews.com cut Graphic Packaging from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 30th. Finally, Citigroup restated a “neutral” rating and set a $30.00 price target (down from $33.00) on shares of Graphic Packaging in a report on Monday, January 6th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $32.37.

Graphic Packaging Trading Down 2.3 %

GPK stock traded down $0.64 during trading on Tuesday, hitting $26.59. The company had a trading volume of 3,200,844 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,264,533. The stock has a market cap of $7.98 billion, a PE ratio of 11.33 and a beta of 0.85. Graphic Packaging has a one year low of $23.47 and a one year high of $30.70. The company has a current ratio of 1.73, a quick ratio of 0.72 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.78. The business has a 50-day moving average of $28.06 and a 200-day moving average of $28.65.

Graphic Packaging (NYSE:GPK) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, February 4th. The industrial products company reported $0.59 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.63 by ($0.04). Graphic Packaging had a net margin of 7.99% and a return on equity of 28.26%. The firm had revenue of $2.10 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.15 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.75 EPS. Graphic Packaging’s quarterly revenue was down 6.8% on a year-over-year basis. Research analysts predict that Graphic Packaging will post 2.53 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Graphic Packaging Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Sunday, January 5th. Shareholders of record on Sunday, December 15th were issued a $0.10 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, December 13th. This represents a $0.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.50%. Graphic Packaging’s payout ratio is currently 17.09%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CAO Charles D. Lischer sold 12,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 25th. The stock was 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 represents a 19.40 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, EVP Michael James Farrell sold 25,900 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, November 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $28.99, for a total value of $750,841.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president now owns 81,026 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,348,943.74. This represents a 24.22 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Company 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.