The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Graphic Packaging Holding Co shares valued at $1,239,136 were sold by MARTENS PHILIP R on Aug 01 ’25. At $21.84 per share, MARTENS PHILIP R sold 56,737 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 33,826 shares worth approximately $0.77 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, MARTENS PHILIP R sold 7,015 shares, netting a total of over 152,927 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $21.80 each, the insider now holds 26,811 shares.
Before that, Lischer Charles D had sold 12,000 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $355,800, the SVP & CAO traded Graphic Packaging Holding Co shares for $29.65 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 12,000 shares, worth approximately $1.14 million.
As published in a research note from BNP Paribas Exane on June 25, 2025, Graphic Packaging Holding Co [GPK] has been rated down from an Outperform to a Neutral. Analysts at UBS started covering the stock with ‘”a Neutral”‘ outlook in a report released in early June. As of January 06, 2025, Wells Fargo has increased its “an Underweight” rating to a “an Equal weight” for GPK. Earlier on January 06, 2025, Citigroup downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Neutral” for GPK stock which previously was a “a Buy”.
Analyzing GPK Stock Performance
On last trading session, Graphic Packaging Holding Co [NYSE: GPK] rose 4.24% to $22.84. The stock’s lowest price that day was $22.045, but it reached a high of $22.915 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 2.15%. Over the course of the year, Graphic Packaging Holding Co shares have dropped approximately -18.02%.
Is Graphic Packaging Holding Co subject to short interest?
Stocks of Graphic Packaging Holding Co saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-07-15 jumping by 0.25 million shares to 23.43 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-06-13 was 23.18 million shares. A jump of 1.06% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 7.22 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 7.22.
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 28 in the next 12 months, up nearly 27.8% from the previous closing price of $21.91. Analysts anticipate Graphic Packaging Holding Co stock to reach 28 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 28. In spite of this, 8 analysts ranked Graphic Packaging Holding Co stock as Buy at the end of 2025.
