An overall feel about Graphic Packaging Holding Company (NYSE: GPK) stock in the current moment?
Graphic Packaging Holding Company’s stock closed at $23.76 last night, down -0.08% from its previous close of $23.78. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.02 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2263574 shares were traded. GPK stock price reached its highest trading level at $23.83 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $23.49.
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To gain a deeper understanding of GPK’s stock, we examine its various ratios. It provided that its share price-to-cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) stands at 89.07, while its price-to-free cash flow (P/FKF) for the term is 11, 08 is. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio was recorded at 0.50 and its current ratio is at 1.30. Meanwhile, its debt-to-equity ratio is 2.81, while the long-term debt/equity ratio is at 2.66.
Upgrades and Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes to them give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for the company, BMO Capital Markets on May 27, 2022 upgraded its rating to Outperform and set its target price to $25 from $20 previously.
On May 10, 2022, Exane BNP Paribas upgraded its rating to outperform from previously neutral, but kept the price unchanged at $26.
KeyBanc Capital Markets downgraded its sector weight to underweight on January 18, 2022, while maintaining the target price for the stock at $17.
Insider dealings:
Investing in insider trading can also give an investor insight into how management views future stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock took place on November 17th when Wentworth Lynn A sold 24,200 shares for $22.46 per share. The transaction valued at 543,532 resulted in the insider holding 92,021 shares of the company.
Farrell Michael James sold 12,779 shares of GPK stock worth $298,390 on August 17. The EVP, Mills division now owns 44,902 shares after the transaction was completed at $23.35 per share. On August 1, another insider, Roche Jean Francois, who serves as the company’s SVP and president, EMEA, sold 46,898 shares at $22.50 each. As a result, the insider received 1,055,205 and left with 84 shares of the company.
Valuation measures:
As of this moment, Graphic’s P/E ratio for their current fiscal year is 18.17, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 9.29. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.61. For the stock, TTM Price-to-Sales (P/S) ratio is 0.81 while its Price-to-Book (P/E) ratio in mkv is 3.75.
Share Price History:
Over the past 52 weeks, GPK reached a high of $24.07 while dropping to a 52-week low of $17.99. The 50-day moving average of the stock is 22.39, while the 200-day moving average is calculated at 21.80.
Stock Statistics:
It appears that GPK traded an average of 2.96M shares per day over the past three months and 3.18M shares per day over the past ten days. A total of 308.80M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 303.65M. Insiders hold about 0.10% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 94.10% interest in the company. Shares short for GPK as of October 13, 2022 was 8.17 million with a short ratio of 6.28 million, compared to 8.39 million on September 14, 2022. Therefore, this implies a Short % of Outstanding Shares of 2.65% and a Short% of Float of 2.68%.
Dividends and distributions
With its trailing 12-month dividend yield of 0.30, GPK has a forward annual dividend yield of 0.40. Against an Annual Dividend Yield of 1.26%, this implies an Annual Forward Dividend Yield of 1.73%. The stock’s 5-year average dividend yield is 1.93. The current payout ratio is 22.90% for GPK, which recently paid a dividend on January 4, 2023 with an ex-dividend date of December 13, 2022. Stock splits for the company last occurred on January 02, 2000, when the company split shares. . A 9:5 ratio.
Earnings estimates
As of now, 0 analysts have given their recommendation on the shares of the company. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0, with high estimates of $0 and low estimates of $0.
Analysts are recommending EPS of between $0 and $0 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $0. EPS for the next year is $0, with 0 analysts recommending between $0 and $0.
