Graphic Packaging stock analysis
Graphic Packaging (4W8) Stock Price & Analysis
4W8 Stock Chart & Stats
- Day’s Range
- EUR 9.65 - EUR 9.75
- 52-Week Range
- EUR 7.20 - EUR 14.07
- Previous Close
- EUR 9.65
- Volume
- N/A
- Average Volume (3M)
- 266
- Market Cap
- EUR 2.92B
- Enterprise Value
- EUR 7.85B
- Total Cash (Recent Filing)
- EUR 337.00M
- Total Debt (Recent Filing)
- EUR 5.50B
- Price to Earnings (P/E)
- 43.5
- Beta
- 0.83
- Next Earnings
- Feb 09, 2027 (Est.)
- EPS Estimate
- 0.18
- Next Dividend Ex-Date
- N/A
- Dividend Yield
- 3.83%
Bulls Say, Bears Say
Bulls Say
Improved Cash Generation
The sharp improvement in cash generation strengthens liquidity and gives management greater capacity to fund operations internally. If sustained, this cash flow can support planned debt reduction, preserve the dividend, and reduce reliance on external financing over the next several quarters.
Structural Cost Savings And Margin Recovery
Structural savings can provide more durable margin support than temporary cost cuts because they improve the underlying cost base. Combined with two consecutive quarters of sequential margin expansion, the initiatives could help offset inflation and rebuild earnings power over time.
Recycled Paperboard Growth Platform
The Waco recycled-paperboard platform expands Graphic Packaging’s ability to serve folding cartons, industrial applications, and sustainability-focused customers. Rising planned volumes and reported customer interest create a multi-year growth avenue that can broaden the mix beyond established packaging products.
Bears Say
Elevated Leverage
High leverage limits financial flexibility while the company is operating with compressed profitability. A large debt burden increases interest and covenant sensitivity, leaving less capacity for investment or shareholder returns if cash generation weakens or the recovery takes longer.
Sharp Profitability Pressure
The year-over-year EBITDA decline shows that sequential improvement has not yet restored the prior earnings base. Persistent inflation, maintenance costs, and inventory actions are absorbing savings, which may keep margins and cash available for deleveraging under pressure in coming quarters.
End-Market Demand Weakness
Weakness across several customer categories can constrain packaging volumes and make pricing recovery more difficult. Consumer trade-down, lower restaurant traffic, and private-label price gaps may keep demand uneven, limiting the company’s ability to convert its broad market presence into consistent growth.
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Company Description
Graphic Packaging
Graphic Packaging Holding Company, along with its subsidiaries, provides extensive fiber-based packaging solutions for clients across the food, beverage, foodservice, and broader consumer product industries. The company's operations are divided into three principal segments: Paperboard Mills, Americas Paperboard Packaging, and Europe Paperboard Packaging. It supplies key paperboard grades like coated unbleached kraft (CUK), coated recycled paperboard (CRB), and solid bleached sulfate paperboard (SBS) to various paperboard packaging converters and brokers. Furthermore, it produces ready-to-use paperboard packaging products such as folding cartons, cups, lids, and food containers, primarily serving consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies, quick-service restaurants, and other foodservice providers. A notable offering includes barrier packaging designed to protect contents from adverse factors like moisture, temperature fluctuations, grease, oil, oxygen, sunlight, and pests. The firm also develops intricate laminated, coated, and printed packaging structures, utilizing its CUK, CRB, and SBS materials alongside other paperboard grades obtained from third-party suppliers. Beyond materials and finished goods, Graphic Packaging designs and manufactures specialized machinery for packaging bottles, cans, and various non-beverage consumer items. This comprehensive service includes installing these machines at customer sites and providing continuous support, maintenance, and performance monitoring. The company distributes its products globally, reaching the Americas, Europe, and the Asia Pacific through its sales offices and established broker networks. Graphic Packaging Holding Company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
- Sector
- Consumercyclical
- Industry
- Packaging & Containers
- CEO
- Robbert E. Rietbroek
- Employees
- 23,000
- Website
- www.graphicpkg.com
- Address
- 1500 Riveredge Parkway, Atlanta, GA, 30328, US
Graphic Packaging (4W8) Earnings & Revenues
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4W8 Earnings Call
Earnings Call SentimentPositive
The call had a positive but qualified tone. Management emphasized two consecutive quarters of sequential margin expansion, strong year-to-date cash flow improvement, higher cost-savings expectations, maintained full-year guidance, progress at Waco, and continued pricing and debt-reduction actions. These positives were tempered by a roughly 25% year-over-year decline in quarterly adjusted EBITDA, $83 million of quarterly inflation, elevated leverage, pricing headwinds, and ongoing weakness in foodservice, household, selected international food categories, and mass-market beauty. Overall, the highlights significantly outweighed the lowlights because management described tangible progress against its turnaround priorities and maintained its 2026 outlook.
View all DE:4W8 earnings summaries4W8 Net sales Breakdown
- 65.76% Americas Paperboard Packaging
- 21.47% Europe Paperboard Packaging
- 10.84% Paperboard Mills
4W8 Stock 12 Month Forecast
Average Price Target
Technical Analysis
Overall Consensus
| Indicator | Bullish | Neutral | Bearish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall Consensus | 13 | 6 | 3 |
| Technical Analysis | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| Moving Averages | 10 | 0 | 2 |










