On Friday, Graphic Packaging Holding Co (NYSE: GPK) opened lower -2.04% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $26.99. Price fluctuations for GPK have ranged from $23.47 to $30.70 over the past 52 weeks.
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During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Consumer Cyclical Sector giant was 8.16%. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted 3.18% at the time writing. With a float of $295.66 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $300.16 million.
Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 23500 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 40.92%, operating margin of 13.04%, and the pretax margin is 10.06%.
Graphic Packaging Holding Co (GPK) Insider Activity
A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the Packaging & Containers industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of Graphic Packaging Holding Co is 1.18%, while institutional ownership is 106.58%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Nov 25 ’24, was worth 355,800. In this transaction SVP & CAO of this company sold 12,000 shares at a rate of $29.65, taking the stock ownership to the 49,849 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Nov 25 ’24, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 12,000 for $29.65, making the entire transaction worth $355,748.
Graphic Packaging Holding Co (GPK) Earnings and Forecasts
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.61 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 3.18% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 5.16% during the next five years compared to 25.22% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Graphic Packaging Holding Co (NYSE: GPK) Trading Performance Indicators
Check out the current performance indicators for Graphic Packaging Holding Co (GPK). In the past quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 0.54. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.90.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 2.15, a number that is poised to hit 0.59 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 2.81 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Graphic Packaging Holding Co (GPK)
Looking closely at Graphic Packaging Holding Co (NYSE: GPK), its last 5-days average volume was 4.16 million, which is a jump from its year-to-date volume of 2.6 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 21.77%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.71.
During the past 100 days, Graphic Packaging Holding Co’s (GPK) raw stochastic average was set at 9.36%, which indicates a significant decrease from 11.74% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 22.38% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 23.36% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $27.99, while its 200-day Moving Average is $28.21. However, in the short run, Graphic Packaging Holding Co’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $26.86. Second resistance stands at $27.28. The third major resistance level sits at $27.58. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $26.14, it is likely to go to the next support level at $25.84. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $25.42.
Graphic Packaging Holding Co (NYSE: GPK) Key Stats
There are currently 300,140K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 7.94 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 9,428 M according to its annual income of 723,000 K. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 2,216 M and its income totaled 165,000 K.
