Positive sentiment towards GPK reflected by a fall of -3.79% in short interest

Anna Perez

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 $4.1 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 $0.54 million.

As published in a research note from Raymond James on October 17, 2025, Graphic Packaging Holding Co [GPK] has been rated down from an Outperform to a Mkt perform. Analysts at RBC Capital Mkts downgraded the stock from ‘”an Outperform”‘ to ‘”a Sector perform”‘ outlook in a report released in early October. As of October 09, 2025, BofA Securities has decreased its “Buy” rating to a “Neutral” for GPK. Earlier on June 25, 2025, BNP Paribas Exane downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Neutral” for GPK stock which previously was a “an Outperform”.

Analyzing GPK Stock Performance

On last trading session, Graphic Packaging Holding Co [NYSE: GPK] plunged -1.29% to $16.07. The stock’s lowest price that day was $15.98, but it reached a high of $16.285 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -9.11%. Over the course of the year, Graphic Packaging Holding Co shares have dropped approximately -47.05%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $28.62 on 01/21/25 and a 52-week low of $15.98 on 10/30/25.

Support And Resistance Levels for Graphic Packaging Holding Co (GPK)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 15.94, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 15.80. In the upper region, resistance lies at 16.24. The next price resistance is at 16.42. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 20.82 on the 14-day chart, showing oversold technical sentiment.

Is Graphic Packaging Holding Co subject to short interest?

Stocks of Graphic Packaging Holding Co saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-10-15 dropping by -0.91 million shares to 24.02 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-09-15 was 24.93 million shares. A decline of -3.79% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 6.58 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 6.58.

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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 22.85% from the previous closing price of $16.28. 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 June 04, 2025, UBS assigned a price target of “a Neutral” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $24.

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