What Happened?
Shares of consumer packaging solutions provider Graphic Packaging Holding (NYSE:GPK) fell 15.8% in the afternoon session after the company reported weak first-quarter 2025 results, which included a significant miss in full-year revenue guidance and full-year EBITDA guidance falling short of Wall Street's estimates. Sales for the quarter fell 6% year over year, weighed down by the divestiture of the Augusta facility, lower open market sales, and modest price pressure, though international volume showed some growth. Overall, this quarter could have been better.
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What The Market Is Telling Us
Graphic Packaging Holding’s shares are not very volatile and have only had 1 move greater than 5% over the last year. Moves this big are rare for Graphic Packaging Holding and indicate this news significantly impacted the market’s perception of the business.
Graphic Packaging Holding is down 21% since the beginning of the year, and at $21.16 per share, it is trading 30.6% below its 52-week high of $30.50 from September 2024. Investors who bought $1,000 worth of Graphic Packaging Holding’s shares 5 years ago would now be looking at an investment worth $1,607.
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