Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Graphic Packaging Holding Co shares valued at $681,600 were sold by Yost Joseph P on Aug 25 ’25. At $22.72 per share, Yost Joseph P sold 30,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 255,203 shares worth approximately $4.41 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Yost Joseph P purchased 30,000 shares, netting a total of over 681,544 in proceeds.
Before that, MARTENS PHILIP R had sold 56,737 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $1,239,136, the Director traded Graphic Packaging Holding Co shares for $21.84 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 56,737 shares, worth approximately $0.58 million.
As published in a research note from RBC Capital Mkts on October 09, 2025, Graphic Packaging Holding Co [GPK] has been rated down from an Outperform to a Sector perform and the price target has been revised to $21. Analysts at BofA Securities downgraded the stock from ‘”a Buy”‘ to ‘”a Neutral”‘ outlook in a report released in early October. As of June 25, 2025, BNP Paribas Exane has decreased its “an Outperform” rating to a “Neutral” for GPK. Earlier on June 04, 2025, UBS initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “a Neutral” for GPK stock.
Analyzing GPK Stock Performance
On last trading session, Graphic Packaging Holding Co [NYSE: GPK] plunged -1.31% to $17.29. The stock’s lowest price that day was $17.2, but it reached a high of $17.64 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -7.98%. Over the course of the year, Graphic Packaging Holding Co shares have dropped approximately -40.60%.
Is Graphic Packaging Holding Co subject to short interest?
Stocks of Graphic Packaging Holding Co saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-09-30 jumping by 1.36 million shares to 23.94 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-08-29 was 22.58 million shares. A jump of 5.68% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 5.86 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 5.86.
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In terms of Graphic Packaging Holding Co share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 20 in the next 12 months, up nearly 14.16% from the previous closing price of $17.52. Analysts anticipate Graphic Packaging Holding Co stock to reach 21 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 20. In spite of this, 8 analysts ranked Graphic Packaging Holding Co stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On January 06, 2025, Wells Fargo assigned a price target of “an Equal weight” to the stock and upgraded coverage with a $27.
