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 $1,128,692 were purchased by Stephen R. Scherger on Dec 11 ’25. At $14.88 per share, Stephen R. Scherger acquired 75,853 shares.
Also, Yost Joseph P sold 30,000 shares, netting a total of over 681,600 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $22.72 each, the insider now holds 255,203 shares.
Before that, Yost Joseph P had added 30,000 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $681,544, the Officer bought Graphic Packaging Holding Co shares for $22.72 each.
As published in a research note from Robert W. Baird on January 07, 2026, Graphic Packaging Holding Co [GPK] has been rated down from an Outperform to a Neutral and the price target has been revised to $18. Analysts at Wells Fargo downgraded the stock from ‘”an Equal weight”‘ to ‘”an Underweight”‘ outlook in a report released in early January. As of October 17, 2025, Raymond James has decreased its “an Outperform” rating to a “Mkt perform” for GPK. Earlier on October 09, 2025, RBC Capital Mkts downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Sector perform” for GPK stock which previously was a “an Outperform”.
Analyzing GPK Stock Performance
On last trading session, Graphic Packaging Holding Co [NYSE: GPK] plunged -0.45% to $15.48. The stock’s lowest price that day was $15.4323, but it reached a high of $15.77 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 2.72%. Over the course of the year, Graphic Packaging Holding Co shares have dropped approximately -42.30%.
Is Graphic Packaging Holding Co subject to short interest?
Stocks of Graphic Packaging Holding Co saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-12-31 jumping by 2.03 million shares to 28.79 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-28 was 26.75 million shares. A jump of 7.07% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 5.49 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 5.49.
Which companies own the most shares of Graphic Packaging Holding Co (GPK)?
In terms of Graphic Packaging Holding Co share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 17 in the next 12 months, up nearly 9.32% from the previous closing price of $15.55. Analysts anticipate Graphic Packaging Holding Co stock to reach 18 by 2026, with the lowest price target being 12. In spite of this, 8 analysts ranked Graphic Packaging Holding Co stock as Buy at the end of 2026. On October 09, 2025, BofA Securities assigned a price target of “a Neutral” to the stock and downgraded coverage with a $24.
