Price Target Analysis of Graphic Packaging Holding Company (GPK)

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14 September, 2017

Graphic Packaging Holding Company has a 12 month low of $12.00 and a 12 month high of $14.19. Jul 31, 2017 is the announcement. Thanks to a rise of nearly 1.88% in the past five days, the stock price is now up 8.42% so far on the year - still in strong territory. Moreover, Morgan Stanley has 0.01% invested in Graphic Packaging Holding Company (NYSE:GPK) for 1.41M shares. It has underperformed by 13.85% the S&P500.

Among 28 analysts covering Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS), 15 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 13 Hold. Therefore 40% are positive.

The stock of Timberland Bancorp, Inc. Vining Sparks maintained Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) on Friday, April 21 with "Strong-Buy" rating. Zacks downgraded the shares of MS in report on Thursday, August 20 to "Buy" rating.

Graphic Packaging Holding Company (NYSE:GPK) is expected to pay $0.08 on Oct 5, 2017. As per Wednesday, March 30, the company rating was maintained by Credit Suisse. Barrington Research maintained Koppers Holdings Inc. Barrington Research has "Outperform" rating and $55 target.

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of GPK. The firm has a market cap of $4.08 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.43 and a beta of 1.15. The Company's segments include Paperboard Mills, Americas Paperboard Packaging, Europe Paperboard Packaging, Flexible Packaging, and Corporate and Other. Now has a PEG ratio of 5.10 where as its P/E ratio is 76.54. The Paperboard Mills segment includes the Company's North American paperboard mills, which produce primarily coated unbleached kraft and coated recycled board.

Investors sentiment increased to 1.17 in 2016 Q4. Its down 0.21, from 1.09 in 2016Q3. Zacks Investment Research cut shares of Graphic Packaging Holding from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating in a research note on Friday, July 14th. 36 funds opened positions while 94 raised stakes. Volume on the day was 2.93 million shares.

MiMedx Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:MDXG) closed at $14.16 by scoring -1.26%. Hsbc Public Ltd reported 774,575 shares.

Graphic Packaging Holding Company (NYSE:GPK) declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, July 31st, Wall Street Journal reports. Stifel Fincl holds 324,425 shares or 0.02% of its portfolio. (The) lowered shares of Graphic Packaging Holding Company from a "conviction-buy" rating to a "buy" rating and set a $15.50 price objective for the company.in a report on Friday, January 27th. First Manhattan owns 0% invested in IEC Electronics Corp (NYSEMKT:IEC) for 3,100 shares. Zurcher Kantonalbank (Zurich Cantonalbank) holds 10,695 shares. The Royal Bank Of Scotland Group Plc holds 318,097 shares with $13.44M value, up from 306,624 last quarter. Great West Life Assurance Can holds 0% or 33,796 shares in its portfolio. Millennium Management Ltd Liability Com accumulated 1.67 million shares or 0.04% of the stock. Brown Advisory holds 0% of its portfolio in Graphic Packaging Holding Company (NYSE:GPK) for 34,583 shares.

Graphic Packaging Holding Company (NYSE:GPK) in the last month has decreased -3.94%. Therefore 82% are positive. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eight have assigned a buy rating to the stock. The company presently has a consensus rating of "Buy" and a consensus price target of $15.60. As per Friday, September 8, the company rating was maintained by RBC Capital Markets.

For the Current Quarter, the growth estimate for Graphic Packaging Holding Company is -10%, while for the Next Quarter the stock growth estimate is 50%. As per Wednesday, September 2, the company rating was initiated by Vertical Research. As per Wednesday, August 30, the company rating was maintained by KeyBanc Capital Markets. Its up 0.24, from 0.93 in 2016Q3. 5 funds opened positions while 7 raised stakes. Louisiana State Employees Retirement Sys reported 8,300 shares.

Timberland Bancorp, Inc.is the holding firm for Timberland Savings Bank, SSB. (NYSE:KOP) for 67,967 shares. This represents a $0.30 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.28%. Wilbanks Smith Thomas Asset Mgmt Lc holds 0.23% or 60,241 shares. Menta Lc, California-based fund reported 192,050 shares. (NYSE:KOP) or 720,000 shares. Keybank Natl Association Oh holds 116,294 shares or 0.01% of its portfolio. Bronfman E.L. Rothschild L.P. lifted its stake in Graphic Packaging Holding by 0.8% during the second quarter. (NYSE:KOP) for 46,171 shares. Skba Capital Mngmt Limited Liability holds 1.44% or 289,700 shares. Given that liquidity is king in short-term, TSRO is a stock with 53.11 million shares outstanding that normally trades 17.55% of its float. Daiwa Secs Gru has invested 0.02% in Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS).

Koppers Holdings Inc.is a global integrated well-known provider of treated wood products, wood treatment chemicals and carbon compounds. The Firm operates through three divisions: Railroad and Utility Products and Services, Carbon Materials and Chemicals (CMC) and Performance Chemicals (PC). It has a 15.94 P/E ratio. Volume in the last session has decreased compared with FHN's average trading volume. The overall volume in the last trading session was 2,141,580 shares. (NYSE:KOP) has risen 55.42% since September 13, 2016 and is uptrending.

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