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 $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 $5.33 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 $0.71 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] plunged -0.05% to $20.9. The stock’s lowest price that day was $20.715, but it reached a high of $20.965 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -6.82%. Over the course of the year, Graphic Packaging Holding Co shares have dropped approximately -30.17%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $28.62 on 01/21/25 and a 52-week low of $20.65 on 09/03/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for Graphic Packaging Holding Co (GPK)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 20.75, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 20.61. In the upper region, resistance lies at 21.00. The next price resistance is at 21.11. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 33.45 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral 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 2025-08-15 dropping by -1.26 million shares to 22.17 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-07-15 was 23.43 million shares. A decline of -5.68% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 5.73 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 5.73.
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 33.91% from the previous closing price of $20.91. 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.
