Graphic Packaging Holding Company

Description

Graphic Packaging Holding Company, together with its subsidiaries, designs, produces, and sells consumer packaging products to brands in food, beverage, foodservice, household, and other consumer products. It operates through three segments: Paperboard Manufacturing, Americas Paperboard Packaging, and Europe Paperboard Packaging. The company offers unbleached, bleached, and recycled paperboard to various paperboard packaging converters and brokers. It also provides paperboard packaging products for consumer packaged goods companies; and cups, lids, and food containers for foodservice companies and quick-service restaurants serving the food, beverage, and consumer product markets, including healthcare and beauty. The company also designs, manufactures, and installs specialized packaging machines. The company sells its products through sales offices, as well as through broker arrangements with third parties in the Americas, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. Graphic Packaging Holding Company was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

About

CEO
Mr. Michael P. Doss
Employees
23,500
Instrument type
Common Stock
Sector
Consumer Cyclical
Industry
Packaging & Containers
MIC code
XNYS
Address
1500 Riveredge Parkway, Atlanta, GA 30328, United States
Phone
770 240 7200
Website
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Earnings

Date Estimate EPS Actual EPS Difference % Surprise
Oct 27, 2025
Jul 28, 2025
Apr 28, 2025
Feb 19, 2025

Earnings estimate

Next Quarter
(Mar 2025)
Next Year
(Dec 2025)
Number of analysts 7 10
Average estimate 0.62 2.69
Low estimate 0.55 2.60
High estimate 0.66 2.79
Last year EPS 0.66 2.52
[stock_revenue_estimate]

Growth estimates

Current qtr
-16.130%
Next qtr. (Mar 2025)
-6.710%
Current year
-13.280%
Next year (Dec 2025)
6.560%
Next 5 years (per annum)
Past 5 years (per annum)

Analyst Ratings

Date Firm Action Rating Price Target
Jan 6, 2025
Truist Securities
Michael Roxland
Maintains Hold ▲ Raises $30 → $32
Jan 6, 2025
Citigroup
Anthony Pettinari
Downgrade Neutral ▼ Lowers $33 → $30
Jan 6, 2025
Wells Fargo
Gabe Hajde
Upgrade Equal-Weight ▲ Raises $24 → $27
Oct 30, 2024
Truist Securities
Michael Roxland
Downgrade Hold ▼ Lowers $32 → $30
Oct 17, 2024
RBC Capital
Arun Viswanathan
Maintains Outperform ▼ Lowers $35 → $34
Oct 15, 2024
Truist Securities
Michael Roxland
Maintains Buy ▼ Lowers $35 → $32
Sep 4, 2024
RBC Capital
Arun Viswanathan
Reiterates Outperform Maintains $35
Jul 31, 2024
Truist Securities
Michael Roxland
Reiterates Buy ▲ Raises $33 → $35
Jul 31, 2024
Wells Fargo
Gabe Hajde
Maintains Underweight ▲ Raises $21 → $24
Jul 31, 2024
RBC Capital
Arun Viswanathan
Maintains Outperform ▲ Raises $33 → $35
Jul 31, 2024
Baird
Ghansham Panjabi
Maintains Outperform ▲ Raises $30 → $36
Jul 16, 2024
Truist Securities
Michael Roxland
Maintains Buy ▲ Raises $31 → $33
Jul 9, 2024
Stifel
Lars Kjellberg
Initiates Buy Announces $35.2
Jul 8, 2024
Citigroup
Anthony Pettinari
Maintains Buy ▼ Lowers $31 → $30
Apr 4, 2024
Citigroup
Anthony Pettinari
Maintains Buy ▲ Raises $32 → $34
Apr 1, 2024
Wells Fargo
Gabe Hajde
Maintains Underweight Maintains $21
Feb 23, 2024
Citigroup
Anthony Pettinari
Maintains Buy ▲ Raises $29 → $32
Feb 22, 2024
Baird
Ghansham Panjabi
Maintains Outperform ▲ Raises $28 → $30
Feb 22, 2024
Wells Fargo
Gabe Hajde
Maintains Underweight ▲ Raises $20 → $21
Nov 27, 2023
Raymond James
Matt Roberts
Downgrade Market Perform
Oct 20, 2023
Raymond James
Matt Roberts
Assumes Strong Buy Announces $30
Oct 19, 2023
Wells Fargo
Gabe Hajde
Downgrade Underweight ▼ Lowers $26 → $19
Oct 18, 2023
Jefferies
Daniel Rizzo
Maintains Hold ▼ Lowers $26 → $24
Oct 13, 2023
Citigroup
Anthony Pettinari
Maintains Buy ▼ Lowers $26 → $25
Sep 5, 2023
Truist Securities
Michael Roxland
Reiterates Buy Maintains $31
Aug 2, 2023
Truist Securities
Maintains Buy
Aug 2, 2023
Wells Fargo
Maintains Overweight
Jul 18, 2023
Truist Securities
Maintains Buy
Jul 11, 2023
Citigroup
Anthony Pettinari
Maintains Buy ▼ Lowers $30 → $28
Jul 10, 2023
B of A Securities
George Staphos
Downgrade Neutral ▼ Lowers $35 → $29

Income statement

2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
Fiscal date 2023-12-31 2022-12-31 2021-12-31 2020-12-31 2019-12-31
Total reported revenue 9.43B 9.44B 7.16B 6.56B 6.16B
Cost of revenue 7.31B 7.61B 6.09B 5.46B 5.07B
Gross profit 2.12B 1.83B 1.07B 1.10B 1.09B
Operating expense
Research & development
Selling general and admin 805.00M 774.00M 528.00M 513.00M 512.00M
Other operating expenses 64.00M 19.00M -2.00M 2.00M 8.00M
Operating income 1.25B 1.04B 545.00M 585.00M 572.00M
Non operating interest income
Income
Expense 239.00M 197.00M 123.00M 129.00M 141.00M
Other income expense -77.00M -124.00M -133.00M -212.00M -77.00M
Pretax income 932.00M 716.00M 289.00M 244.00M 354.00M
Tax provision 210.00M 194.00M 74.00M 42.00M 76.00M
Net income 723.00M 522.00M 216.00M 203.00M 278.00M
Basic EPS 2.35 1.69 0.69 0.60 0.70
Diluted EPS 2.34 1.69 0.68 0.60 0.70
Basic average shares 308.20M 308.80M 297.10M 278.80M 294.10M
Diluted average shares 308.20M 308.80M 297.10M 278.80M 294.10M
EBITDA 1.86B 1.60B 1.04B 910.00M 980.00M
Net income from continuing op. 723.00M 522.00M 216.00M 203.00M 278.00M
Minority interests -12.00M -36.00M -71.00M
Preferred stock dividends

Balance sheet

2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
Fiscal date 2023-12-31 2022-12-31 2021-12-31 2020-12-31 2019-12-31
Total assets 11.18B 10.33B 10.46B 7.81B 7.29B
Current assets
Cash
Cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents 162.00M 150.00M 172.00M 179.00M 152.90M
Other short term investments
Accounts receivable 716.00M 804.00M 785.00M 597.00M 451.20M
Other receivables 119.00M 75.00M 74.00M 57.00M 53.30M
Inventory 1.75B 1.61B 1.39B 1.13B 1.10B
Prepaid assets 41.20M
Restricted cash
Assets held for sale
Hedging assets
Other current assets 94.00M 71.00M 84.00M 59.00M 52.30M
Non current assets
Properties 202.80M
Land and improvements 195.00M 187.00M 175.00M 137.00M 130.40M
Machinery furniture equipment 7.69B 7.38B 6.75B 6.08B 5.83B
Construction in progress 657.00M 234.00M 882.00M 478.00M 202.60M
Leases
Accumulated depreciation -4.67B -4.29B -4.04B -3.81B -3.57B
Goodwill 5.03B 4.68B 4.90B 3.39B 3.43B
Investment properties
Financial assets
Intangible assets 820.00M 717.00M 868.00M 437.00M 477.30M
Investments and advances
Other non current assets 415.00M 347.00M 395.00M 310.00M 297.00M
Total liabilities 8.39B 8.18B 8.56B 5.97B 4.93B
Current liabilities
Accounts payable 1.09B 1.12B 1.13B 825.00M 716.10M
Accrued expenses 191.00M 194.00M 193.00M 112.00M 93.70M
Short term debt 826.00M 119.00M 352.00M 558.00M 105.20M
Deferred revenue 30.00M 32.00M 29.00M 21.00M 15.20M
Tax payable 64.00M 58.00M 50.00M 57.00M 38.40M
Pensions 279.00M 298.00M 221.00M 216.00M 168.40M
Other current liabilities 13.00M 12.00M 9.00M 8.50M
Non current liabilities
Long term debt 4.80B 5.38B 5.71B 3.30B 2.96B
Provision for risks and charges
Deferred liabilities 731.00M 668.00M 579.00M 540.00M 511.80M
Derivative product liabilities 400,000 3.00M
Other non current liabilities 108.00M 29.00M 33.00M 83.00M 54.60M
Shareholders equity
Common stock 3.00M 3.00M 3.00M 3.00M 2.90M
Retained earnings 1.03B 469.00M 66.00M -48.00M 56.40M
Other shareholders equity -313.00M -377.00M -224.00M -246.00M -365.80M
Total shareholders equity 2.78B 2.15B 1.89B 1.84B 2.36B
Additional paid in capital 2.06B 2.05B 2.05B 1.72B 1.88B
Treasury stock
Minority interest 1.00M 1.00M 2.00M 416.00M 792.10M

Cash flow statement

202320222021202020192018201720162015201420132012201120102009200820072006200520042003200220012000199919981997199619951994199319921991
Operating Activities
Net Income723.00M522.00M216.00M203.00M278.00M294.00M300.20M228.00M230.10M89.00M146.70M120.10M275.20M10.70M56.40M-99.70M-74.60M-100.50M-91.10M-60.90M-82.90M-11.20M-65.60M-7.00M27.59M21.30M27.70M-92.00M23.90M20.20M13.00M-21.30M1.30M
Depreciation619.00M553.00M489.00M476.00M447.00M430.60M330.30M299.30M280.50M270.00M277.40M266.80M278.40M288.70M305.40M264.30M201.70M204.80M213.60M237.60M168.00M140.70M144.70M91.96M81.44M57.50M42.70M49.50M49.90M46.10M41.60M39.40M35.50M
Deferred Taxes22.00M131.00M55.00M-1.00M53.00M26.00M-54.00M76.70M110.00M33.10M62.70M76.00M-238.40M21.60M19.60M28.00M19.00M19.50M24.50M23.60M-2.80M-10.70M-700,00011.68M-908,0007.30M12.30M-6.10M700,0002.30M6.20M-23.50M2.20M
Stock-Based Compensation
Other Non-Cash Items64.00M24.00M102.00M19.00M20.00M39.70M7.10M30.20M25.10M35.80M26.50M23.70M26.80M16.00M200,0002.70M28.10M3.90M100,0001.60M-100,0002.80M-12.40M100,000
Accounts Receivable-39.00M-184.00M-106.00M-216.00M-108.00M-1.16B-658.80M-541.90M-1.50M-25.50M49.30M7.30M700,0005.00M-6.50M16.50M-4.40M-1.00M-9.50M-7.70M26.50M-9.60M17.30M-3.27M3.76M2.90M11.60M10.90M5.30M-20.20M-8.40M-800,0004.60M
Accounts Payable-140.00M132.00M77.00M71.00M-9.00M76.20M27.00M4.30M12.70M13.30M-13.90M6.80M27.50M6.00M19.40M-21.40M
Other Assets & Liabilities-119.00M-171.00M-207.00M89.00M-70.00M-46.60M-18.50M-9.10M-25.30M-19.10M-67.10M-7.40M-39.00M27.00M108.70M5.00M-36.10M12.20M-4.60M18.30M-34.40M-12.11M-11.65M-11.58M8.77M-8.10M1.90M-36.50M11.40M-5.50M-24.90M11.50M4.30M
Operating Cash Flow1.13B1.01B626.00M641.00M611.00M-338.20M-66.70M87.50M631.60M396.60M481.60M493.30M331.20M375.00M503.20M195.40M133.70M138.90M132.90M210.90M74.40M97.09M84.05M81.79M120.66M81.00M97.80M-74.20M91.10M45.70M27.50M-7.10M48.00M
Investing Activities
Capital Expenditures-23.00M-27.00M-27.00M-30.00M-22.00M-16.40M-19.20M-16.00M-15.20M-14.30M2.30M9.80M20.30M-86.40M-89.00M-109.70M-137.30M-136.60M-56.00M-57.30M12.65M79.07M-247.30M-42.60M-48.70M-46.70M-38.20M-27.10M-47.90M-112.40M
Net Intangibles
Net Acquisitions-361.00M-1.70B-121.00M-55.00M-89.40M-189.40M-332.70M-163.20M-173.80M-105.00M-51.90M29.90M-93.90M-905.07M
Purchase of Investments
Sale of Investments
Investing Cash Flow-383.00M-32.00M-1.74B-159.00M-82.00M-63.30M-199.70M-353.90M-170.90M3.90M64.80M-90.70M-49.40M100,0005.20M39.50M-90.80M-90.40M-114.20M-143.30M-220.90M-58.70M-90.00M212.65M-812.20M-247.70M-91.60M-84.30M-47.00M-56.70M-29.00M-52.80M-118.80M
Financing Activities
Long-Term Debt Issuance2.97B3.41B2.80B1.88B1.20B1.50B903.00M2.21B2.15B2.67B92.10M169.40M423.80M1.20B
Long-Term Debt Payments-4.34B-4.46B-5.29B-2.63B-2.90B-1.94B-1.12B-1.26B-978.80M-2.47B-2.23B-2.74B-338.80M-386.10M-973.10M-2.05B
Other Financing Charges-16.00M2.00M-274.00M-504.00M-11.00M-13.30M8.80M-1.70M-1.30M-27.50M-19.80M-14.50M-300,000-10.70M-16.10M-16.70M-7.10M-700,000-3.70M-500,000-86.00M-12.30M-19.00M-6.31M100,0002.20M1.10M38.50M10.00M
Financing Cash Flow-4.40B-4.84B-1.86B-126.00M-724.00M-217.00M52.50M-27.60M-240.20M-348.40M-308.70M-52.90M49.90M-228.30M-707.80M-733.60M-7.10M-700,000-3.70M-100,000-86.80M-21.41M-31.18M92.60M10.50M500,0007.90M1.20M4.60M2.20M1.10M29.70M800,000
Other Cash Details
End Cash Position162.00M150.00M172.00M179.00M153.00M70.50M67.40M59.10M54.90M81.60M52.20M51.50M271.80M138.70M149.80M170.10M9.30M7.30M12.70M7.30M17.50M13.80M7.40M4.01M15.90M26.20M49.40M
Income Tax Paid157.00M43.00M25.00M27.20M25.80M25.80M15.90M-14.50M11.20M
Interest Paid221.00M176.00M116.00M119.50M126.80M125.00M81.80M-64.90M60.90M
Free Cash Flow340.00M541.00M-193.00M179.00M313.00M-769.00M-452.60M-220.60M345.10M325.20M248.80M265.30M227.70M215.30M373.60M900,00045.80M46.80M58.30M116.50M20.20M31.50M30.40M32.37M43.68M-281.90M61.20M-11.30M37.20M2.10M-4.40M-38.90M-70.40M

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Graphic Packaging Holding Company (GPK) Q4 2024 Earnings Call Transcript Article
Graphic Packaging Holding Company (GPK) Q4 2024 Earnings Call Transcript
Graphic Packaging Holding Company (NYSE:GPK ) Q4 2024 Earnings Conference Call February 4, 2024 10:00 AM ET Company Participants Melanie Skijus - VP, IR Michael Doss - President and CEO Stephen Scherger - EVP and CFO Conference Call Participants Lewis Merrick - BNP Paribas Exane Anthony Pettinari - Citi Phil Ng - Jefferies Gabe Hajde - Wells Fargo Securities Ghansham Panjabi - Baird Matt Roberts - Raymond James George Staphos - Bank of America Arun Viswanathan - RBC Capital Market Operator Greetings. Welcome to the Graphic Packaging Holding Company Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2024 Conference Call.
Seeking Alpha Neutral
Feb 4, 2025
Graphic Packaging (GPK) Misses Q4 Earnings and Revenue Estimates Article
Graphic Packaging (GPK) Misses Q4 Earnings and Revenue Estimates
Graphic Packaging (GPK) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.59 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.63 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.75 per share a year ago.
Zacks Investment Research Negative
Feb 4, 2025
Graphic Packaging Holding Company Reports Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2024 Results Article
Graphic Packaging Holding Company Reports Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2024 Results
Full-Year 2024 Highlights Launched Vision 2030 Delivered Adjusted EBITDA margin of 19.1% Returned to positive packaging volume growth in second half of the year Achieved Innovation Sales Growth of $205 million Executed Virtual Power Purchase Agreement to increase renewable energy use in Europe Repurchased 2% of common shares outstanding; returned $322 million of capital to stockholders Full-Year 2024 Financial Results Net Sales $8,807 million, versus $9,428 million in 2023 Net Income $658 million, versus $723 million in 2023 Adjusted EBITDA $1,682 million, versus $1,876 million in 2023 Adjusted EBITDA Margin 19.1%, versus 19.9% in 2023 Earnings per Diluted Share $2.16, versus $2.34 in 2023 Adjusted Earnings per Diluted Share $2.49, versus $2.91 in 2023 Net Leverage 3.0x, versus 2.8x at prior year-end ATLANTA , Feb. 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Graphic Packaging Holding Company (NYSE: GPK) ("Graphic Packaging" or the "Company"), a global leader in sustainable consumer packaging, today reported fourth quarter and full-year 2024 results. Net Income for fourth quarter 2024 was $138 million, or $0.46 per share, based upon 302.7 million weighted average diluted shares.
PRNewsWire Neutral
Feb 4, 2025
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