# Graphic Packaging Holding Company (GPK) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-11-04. NYSE, United States. Sector: Basic Materials / Packaging. Price $11.31, market value $3.3 billion.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 45.2×** (5-yr avg 14.1×, 3-yr avg 10.6×). Graphic Packaging Holding Company trades at 45.2× trailing earnings, well above its own five-year average of 14.1×: investors are paying up relative to the company's past. The Basic Materials median in the September 2026 study was 19.0×. Forward P/E is 11.6×, lower than trailing, so analysts expect earnings to grow.
- **Price / sales: 0.4×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 0.4×, a low multiple typical of thin-margin businesses or out-of-favour stocks.
- **Price / book: 1.0×**. The shares trade at 1.0× book value; book value is a meaningful part of the valuation.
- **EV / EBITDA: 8.1×**. Enterprise value is 8.1× operating earnings before depreciation, the multiple that ignores how the company is financed.
- **Earnings yield: 2.2%**. The inverse of the P/E: 2.2% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Operating margin: 5.9%**. 5.9% of revenue is left after running the business.
- **Net margin: 5.2%**. 5.2% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: 13.3%**. 13.3% on shareholders' equity is solid.
- **Return on invested capital: 4.6%**. Return on all capital, debt included, is 4.6%: close to or below the cost of capital, so growth may not create value.
- **Return on assets: 1.6%**. Each dollar of assets produces 1.6% of profit.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): -2.2%** (3-yr -3.0%/yr, 5-yr 5.6%/yr). Revenue fell 2.2% over the last year, against 5.6% a year compounded over five years: growth is slowing.
- **EPS growth (1 yr): -31.5%** (3-yr -4.3%/yr, 5-yr 19.8%/yr). Earnings per share fell 31.5%, slower than revenue, so margins compressed.

## Financial health
- **Debt to equity: 1.67**. Debt is 1.67 times equity, a leveraged balance sheet that needs steady cash flow to service.
- **Net debt / EBITDA: 5.0×**. It would take 5.0 years of operating earnings to repay net borrowings, above the 3× level most lenders treat as comfortable.
- **Current ratio: 1.30** (quick 1.30). Current assets cover the next year's liabilities 1.30 times.
- **Piotroski F-score: 5/9**. 5 of 9 checks pass: mixed.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 3.89%** ($0.44 per share, trailing). Graphic Packaging Holding Company yields 3.89%, an income-level yield.
- **Payout ratio: 29%**. 29% of earnings goes out as dividends, leaving room to keep raising it.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 7**. 7 straight years of increases.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): 8.0%/yr** (1-yr 10.0%). The dividend has grown 8.0% a year over five years.

## Analyst view
- **Analyst consensus: hold** (10 analysts). 10 analysts cover Graphic Packaging Holding Company; the consensus is hold, with an average price target of $10.95 (-3% from the current price). Analyst opinion is shown for context; it is not part of the Fundamental Score.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): -40.0%** (YTD -36.7%, 3-mo -17.8%). The shares are down 40.0% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -34.3%** (38.8% above the low). Trading 34% below its 52-week high, deep in a drawdown.
- **200-day average: below**. The price sits below its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of a downtrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 58**. An RSI of 58 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.82** (volatility 47%). Beta of 0.82 against the S&P 500: the shares move roughly with the market.

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