Why is GPK up?
Up 21% on Nov 3 while the S&P 500 rose 0.3%.
- Its Nov 3 results:
GPK's Quality Score rose 2 points on Wed, Nov 4, to 7.
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Up 21% on Nov 3 while the S&P 500 rose 0.3%.
| Since its 2024 high | Down 63% |
| Its score | Up:Up to Average for the first time since Mar 2025 |
| Latest filing | 8-K, Nov 3 |
ReportYesterday morning: sales of $2.2B; a profit of $0.07 a share. Kept its outlook for the year. Past reports ›
After its last 4 reports it closed +5.6% on average, higher 3 of 4 times.
Averagefor quality, not price, 5 of 14 chart checks firingWhat the Quality Score means
GPK is #2 of 4 by Quality Score among Paperboard Containers & Boxes.
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Net income over four quarters: GPK $194M, SW $497M.
Expected to report Tue Feb 9, before the open (in 97 days). Expected.
What an earnings report is: every 3 months, a company tells everyone how much it sold and earned. We read the figures, the outlook, and how the stock moved after.
Sales of $2.2B, about the same as a year ago; a profit of $0.07 a share, from $0.48.
“The $2 million increase in Net Sales was driven by a 1% increase, or $19 million, in volume/mix, partially offset by a 1% decrease, or $15 million, of price and $2 million of unfavorable foreign exchange/other impact.”
GPK's results filing gives no sales by line in a table we read.
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Net sales | about $8.6B |
“The $94 million decline in Adjusted EBITDA was driven by $83 million of increased commodity input and operating cost inflation, $15 million of unfavorable price impact, $3 million of lower volume/mix, partially offset by positive $2 million of Net Performance and $5 million of favorable foreign exchange.”
From its results filing (SEC filing · Nov 3)
Sales grew 5.6% a year over 5 years, fiscal 2020 to 2025.
Pays $0.44 a share a year.
| Reported | Gap | Reaction | 5 sessions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 3, 2026 | +14.4% | +21.2% | open |
| Aug 4, 2026 | +0.4% | +4.8% | +4.9% |
| May 5, 2026 | +13.7% | +12.2% | +6.9% |
Sales grew in four of the last seven years, to $8.6B in 2025. It made a profit in each of the eight years.
One insider bought $154K across 1 filing in the last 6 months. No open-market sales on record. The newest:
4 trades disclosed in the last six months. The newest:
Officers and directors with a Form 4 in the last 12 months.
In ETFs: GPK is under 0.1% of VYM and under 0.1% of VTI, the most of the 24 funds Breakaway covers, by each fund's latest filing, Jun 30 to Jul 31, 2026.
Graphic Packaging Holding Co is a holding company that manufactures and sells a variety of paper-based consumer packaging products through its subsidiaries. The company's reportable segments are; Americas Paperboard Packaging, and International Paperboard Packaging. The majority of the revenue is generated from its Americas Paperboard Packaging segment which includes paperboard packaging sold predominantly to consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies and cups, lids and food containers sold to foodservice companies and quick-service restaurants (QSR) serving the food, beverage, and consumer product markets in the Americas. Geographically, the company operates in Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific regions.
“Although a relatively small number of large competitors hold a significant portion of the paperboard packaging market, the Company's business is subject to strong competition within paperboard packaging, and from plastic and other packaging materials.”
GPK scores 7 today, which Breakaway calls Average. It is #2 of 4 in Paperboard Containers & Boxes by Quality Score, with 5 of 14 chart checks firing. Up 21% on Nov 3 while the S&P 500 rose 0.3%. Breakaway does not say whether to buy any stock: the score does not know your situation, and it is not a recommendation to buy or sell anything. Please do your own research.
GPK scores 7 today, which Breakaway calls Average (6 to 10). That is #2 of 4 in Paperboard Containers & Boxes by Quality Score. The score adds up the chart checks, the trend, the company's filed sales, its profits, the news, insider trades, and Congress trades. The section above lists the lines behind GPK's 7.
One insider bought $154K across 1 filing in the last 6 months. No open-market sales on record. The newest is Robert Hagemann, Director, who bought $154K on May 8.
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