Graphic Packaging Holding (GPK)
NYSE:GPK
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Rating:53Neutral
Price Target:
$10.50
▲(6.71% Upside)
Action:Reiterated
Date:05/27/26
The score is held back primarily by weakened profitability, inconsistent free cash flow, and a leveraged balance sheet. Offsetting factors include reaffirmed full-year guidance with a credible plan to improve cash generation and reduce debt, a neutral technical setup after a short-term rebound, and supportive shareholder return via a ~4.33% dividend yield.
Positive Factors
Vertical integration
Owning upstream paperboard production reduces input reliance, helps margin resilience and secures supply for high-volume CPG and foodservice contracts. Over months this structural integration supports cost control, capacity alignment and competitive offering differentiation versus pure converters.
Negative Factors
High leverage
Material leverage limits financial flexibility and raises refinancing and interest-rate sensitivity. With leverage near 4x, cash flows must consistently improve to fund capex, dividends and debt paydown; failure to sustain FCF targets could prolong balance sheet stress and constrain strategic options.
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Positive Factors
Negative Factors
Vertical integration
Owning upstream paperboard production reduces input reliance, helps margin resilience and secures supply for high-volume CPG and foodservice contracts. Over months this structural integration supports cost control, capacity alignment and competitive offering differentiation versus pure converters.
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Graphic Packaging Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Any
Revenue by Segment
Shows how much sales come from each of the company’s business lines (for example consumer packaging, foodservice, beverage and any specialty segments). Helps investors see where growth and risk are concentrated, whether the company is diversified across end markets, and which segments are driving margin and pricing power — important for evaluating demand sensitivity to consumer trends and commodity cycles.
Shows how much sales come from each of the company’s business lines (for example consumer packaging, foodservice, beverage and any specialty segments). Helps investors see where growth and risk are concentrated, whether the company is diversified across end markets, and which segments are driving margin and pricing power — important for evaluating demand sensitivity to consumer trends and commodity cycles.
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Market Cap
$3.15B
Dividend Yield2.91%
Average Volume (3M)7.87M
Price to Earnings (P/E)11.4
Beta (1Y)0.78
Revenue Growth-0.17%
EPS Growth-55.17%
CountryUS
Employees23,000
SectorConsumer Cyclical
Sector Strength84
IndustryPackaging & Containers
Share Statistics
EPS (TTM)0.93
Shares Outstanding295,887,400
10 Day Avg. Volume7,355,935
30 Day Avg. Volume7,868,748
Financial Highlights & Ratios
PEG Ratio-0.32
Price to Book (P/B)1.34
Price to Sales (P/S)0.52
P/FCF Ratio-55.15
Enterprise Value/Market Cap2.83
Enterprise Value/Revenue1.03
Enterprise Value/Gross Profit6.07
Enterprise Value/Ebitda7.31
Forecast
1Y Price Target
$10.80Price Target Upside9.76% Upside
Rating ConsensusHold
Number of Analyst Covering8
EPS Forecast (FY)0.85
Revenue Forecast (FY)$8.58B
Graphic Packaging Business Overview & Revenue Model
Company Description
Graphic Packaging Holding Company, together with its subsidiaries, provides fiber-based packaging solutions to food, beverage, foodservice, and other consumer products companies. It operates through three segments: Paperboard Mills, Americas Paper...
How the Company Makes Money
Graphic Packaging primarily makes money by manufacturing and selling fiber-based packaging products to brand owners, retailers, and foodservice operators. Its core revenue stream comes from the sale of paperboard packaging—especially folding carto...
Graphic Packaging Earnings Call Summary
Earnings Call Date:May 05, 2026
(Q1-2026)
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Next Earnings Date:Aug 04, 2026
Earnings Call Sentiment Neutral
The call balanced clear strategic progress and several tangible positives (modest top-line growth, stronger innovation and sustainability momentum, Waco mill ramp, disciplined capital re-prioritization, delivery of initial cost savings and materially improved cash flow versus prior year) with meaningful near-term headwinds (a large YoY EBITDA decline, margin pressure from competitive pricing and commodity inflation, operational disruptions and one-time charges, and elevated leverage). Management reaffirmed full-year guidance and outlined a credible execution plan to improve profitability and generate substantial free cash flow, but the immediate quarter showed pronounced execution and cost/inflation challenges that must be addressed to realize the expected recovery.Positive Updates
Top-Line Growth
Net sales increased 2% year-over-year to $2.2 billion in Q1 2026, with volumes up 1% (+1% YoY) and a $50 million benefit from favorable foreign exchange.
Negative Updates
Year-over-Year EBITDA Decline
Adjusted EBITDA of $232 million represented a $133 million decline versus Q1 2025, driven by price, volume/mix headwinds and unfavorable net performance items.
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Q1-2026 Updates
Positive
Negative
Top-Line Growth
Net sales increased 2% year-over-year to $2.2 billion in Q1 2026, with volumes up 1% (+1% YoY) and a $50 million benefit from favorable foreign exchange.
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Company Guidance
Graphic Packaging reaffirmed 2026 guidance with adjusted EBITDA of $1.05–$1.25 billion and adjusted free cash flow of $700–$800 million, while targeting ~ $450 million of capital expenditures, reducing capex to ~5% of sales or less, paying down about $500 million of debt and maintaining the dividend. Near-term, Q2 adjusted EBITDA is now expected to be $230–$250 million with volumes in Q2 and the full year seen roughly down 1% to up 1% and pricing “similar to Q1”; management called out incremental inflation of ~$10 million in Q1 and another ~$10 million in Q2 ( ~$30 million higher in H1 vs original expectations) and ~$60–$65 million of incremental inflation for the full year versus prior plans. Q1 results included sales of $2.2 billion (up 2% y/y), volumes up 1%, adjusted EBITDA $232 million, adjusted EPS $0.09, adjusted cash flow of negative $183 million (vs negative $442 million a year ago), ending net debt of $5.6 billion (4.4x leverage), an expected full-year tax rate of ~25%, a $60/ton cup-stock price increase effective May 8, a $60 million cost‑savings program ( ~$10 million realized in Q1), an inventory target of 17–18% of sales this year (down from 20.5% at end-2025) toward a 15–16% longer‑term goal, and one-time actions (≈$40 million noncash write-off) that avoid roughly $200 million of future capex.Graphic Packaging Financial Statement Overview
Summary
Income Statement
58
Neutral
Balance Sheet
49
Neutral
Cash Flow
41
Neutral
| Breakdown | TTM | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Income Statement | ||||||
| Total Revenue | 8.65B | 8.62B | 8.81B | 9.43B | 9.44B | 7.16B |
| Gross Profit | 1.47B | 1.61B | 2.00B | 2.19B | 1.82B | 1.08B |
| EBITDA | 1.22B | 1.34B | 1.67B | 1.79B | 1.47B | 895.00M |
| Net Income | 274.00M | 444.00M | 658.00M | 723.00M | 522.00M | 204.00M |
Balance Sheet | ||||||
| Total Assets | 11.69B | 11.78B | 11.14B | 11.18B | 10.33B | 10.46B |
| Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments | 189.00M | 261.00M | 157.00M | 162.00M | 150.00M | 172.00M |
| Total Debt | 5.75B | 5.57B | 5.46B | 5.62B | 5.50B | 6.06B |
| Total Liabilities | 8.44B | 8.44B | 8.13B | 8.39B | 8.18B | 8.56B |
| Stockholders Equity | 3.25B | 3.34B | 3.01B | 2.78B | 2.15B | 1.89B |
Cash Flow | ||||||
| Free Cash Flow | 153.00M | -81.00M | -363.00M | 340.00M | 541.00M | -193.00M |
| Operating Cash Flow | 915.00M | 854.00M | 840.00M | 1.14B | 1.09B | 609.00M |
| Investing Cash Flow | -544.00M | -745.00M | -342.00M | -1.02B | -435.00M | -2.39B |
| Financing Cash Flow | -319.00M | -18.00M | -489.00M | -106.00M | -666.00M | 1.78B |
Graphic Packaging Technical Analysis
Neutral
9.84
Price Trends
9.97
Positive
11.21
Negative
14.31
Negative
Market Momentum
0.25
Negative
53.60
Neutral
54.86
Neutral
Evaluating momentum and price trends is crucial in stock analysis to make informed investment decisions. For GPK, the sentiment is Neutral. The current price of 9.84 is below the 20-day moving average (MA) of 10.41, below the 50-day MA of 9.97, and below the 200-day MA of 14.31, indicating a neutral trend. The MACD of 0.25 indicates Negative momentum. The RSI at 53.60 is Neutral, neither overbought nor oversold. The STOCH value of 54.86 is Neutral, not indicating any strong overbought or oversold conditions. Overall, these indicators collectively point to a Neutral sentiment for GPK.
Graphic Packaging Risk Analysis
Graphic Packaging disclosed 14 risk factors in its most recent earnings report. Graphic Packaging reported the most risks in the "Macro & Political" category.
Finance & Corporate - Financial and accounting risks. Risks related to the execution of corporate activity and strategy
Latest Risks Added 0 New Risks
Graphic Packaging Peers Comparison
UnderperformOutperform
Sector (61)
Name | Overall Rating | Market Cap | P/E Ratio | ROE | Dividend Yield | Revenue Growth | EPS Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
69 Neutral | $19.99B | 26.84 | 15.95% | 2.42% | 7.86% | -13.88% | |
65 Neutral | $4.73B | 4.57 | 30.14% | 4.33% | 17.41% | 167.71% | |
63 Neutral | $3.83B | 13.65 | 12.47% | 1.97% | 9.55% | -1.62% | |
61 Neutral | $18.38B | 12.79 | -2.54% | 3.03% | 1.52% | -15.83% | |
53 Neutral | $3.15B | 11.41 | 8.38% | 2.91% | -0.17% | -55.17% | |
42 Neutral | $1.23B | -6.49 | -14.49% | ― | -1.61% | 3.42% |
* Consumer Cyclical Sector Average
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Graphic Packaging Corporate Events
Business Operations and StrategyPrivate Placements and Financing
Graphic Packaging Secures Long-Term Tax-Exempt Green Bond Financing
Positive
May 26, 2026
On May 19, 2026, Graphic Packaging International entered into a loan agreement with the Mission Economic Development Corporation tied to MEDC’s issuance of about $141.4 million in tax‑exempt green bonds due 2064, with a mandatory purch...
Executive/Board ChangesRegulatory Filings and Compliance
Graphic Packaging Appoints Jeffrey Stafeil to Board of Directors
Neutral
Mar 12, 2026
Effective March 8, 2026, Graphic Packaging Holding Company appointed Jeffrey M. Stafeil to its Board of Directors as an independent Class I director, with a term expiring in 2026. Stafeil has not yet been assigned to any board committee, and the c...
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