Consumer packaging solutions provider Graphic Packaging Holding (NYSE: GPK) will be reporting earnings this Tuesday before the bell. Here’s what you need to know.
Graphic Packaging Holding met analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $2.12 billion, down 6.2% year on year. It was a softer quarter for the company, with full-year revenue guidance missing analysts’ expectations significantly and full-year EBITDA guidance missing analysts’ expectations significantly.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Graphic Packaging Holding’s revenue to decline 3.5% year on year to $2.16 billion, improving from the 6.5% decrease it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.40 per share.

Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings.
Looking at Graphic Packaging Holding’s peers in the industrial packaging segment, some have already reported their Q2 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Crown Holdings delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 3.6%, beating analysts’ expectations by 0.9%, and Avery Dennison reported flat revenue, falling short of estimates by 0.9%. Crown Holdings’s stock price was unchanged after the resultsand Avery Dennison’s price followed a similar reaction.
Read our full analysis of Crown Holdings’s results here and Avery Dennison’s results here.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the industrial packaging segment, with share prices up 6.8% on average over the last month. Graphic Packaging Holding is up 10.7% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $25.63 (compared to the current share price of $23.32).
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