
Consumer packaging solutions provider Graphic Packaging Holding (NYSE: GPK) will be announcing earnings results this Tuesday before market hours. Here’s what to expect.
Graphic Packaging Holding beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 1.3% last quarter, reporting revenues of $2.19 billion, down 1.2% year on year. It was a mixed quarter for the company, with an impressive beat of analysts’ sales volume estimates but a significant miss of analysts’ adjusted operating income estimates.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Graphic Packaging Holding’s revenue to decline 3% year on year to $2.03 billion, improving from the 6.8% decrease it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.34 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. Graphic Packaging Holding has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates six times over the last two years.
Looking at Graphic Packaging Holding’s peers in the industrials segment, some have already reported their Q4 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. International Paper delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 31.1%, beating analysts’ expectations by 1.9%, and Packaging Corporation of America reported revenues up 10.1%, falling short of estimates by 2.9%. International Paper traded down 2.8% following the results while Packaging Corporation of America was also down 2.7%.
Read our full analysis of International Paper’s results here and Packaging Corporation of America’s results here.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the industrials segment, with share prices up 5.1% on average over the last month. Graphic Packaging Holding is down 7.1% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $17.17 (compared to the current share price of $14.64).
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