Graphic Packaging Holding Company (GPK) — chart, structure and Closelook read

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Company snapshot — Graphic Packaging Holding Company

GPK in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Graphic Packaging designs, produces and sells paperboard packaging and food-service items such as cups, lids and containers to food, beverage and household-product brands. It operates through an Americas segment and an International segment, and also builds the machinery that fills and forms its packaging. The company is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
Where it sits in the stack
Graphic Packaging carries no seat in our Rubin AI-build-out index; it sits instead in the broader universe's Packaging & Containers sleeve, within the Consumer Cyclical sector, as a Russell 1000 constituent.
Who it is priced against
There is no formal peer group set for it in our records, but the market commonly weighs it against other paperboard and container makers such as International Paper, WestRock and Sonoco.
Why Closelook tracks it
It holds a seat in the Russell 1000 but has no Rubin index membership, no Closelook score yet built, no peer group on file and no quotes or edition mentions recorded.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether the shares recover from their recent weakness against both moving averages and their distance from the 52-week high, as a read on demand for paperboard packaging.

Graphic Packaging Holding Company (GPK) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for GPK, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Packaging & Containers · United States · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Packaging & Containers · United States

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against GPK on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 4.47%, quarterly · last 0.11 USD on 2026-09-15

Dividends and capital return

What GPK pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 0.44 USD per share · a 4.47% yield on the 2026-09-17 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-17
  • Change on the year +2.3% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 0.43 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.11 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-09-15
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.0999 USD (partial) · 2024: 0.40 USD · 2025: 0.44 USD · 2026: 0.33 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-12-14

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 55/100 · S&P 500 fund at 58, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-17
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 94th percentile of the window, +2.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-17
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.00 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-17

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-18

Quick answers

What is Graphic Packaging Holding Company (GPK)?

Graphic Packaging Holding Company trades as GPK on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is GPK in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Graphic Packaging Holding Company is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-18.

Where does GPK trade against its moving averages?

Downtrend stack: Trades -10% vs the 50-day and -15.5% vs the 200-day average, 50.9% below the 52-week high and +11.9% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-17 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Graphic Packaging Holding Company do?

Graphic Packaging designs, produces and sells paperboard packaging and food-service items such as cups, lids and containers to food, beverage and household-product brands. It operates through an Americas segment and an International segment, and also builds the machinery that fills and forms its packaging. The company is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. There is no formal peer group set for it in our records, but the market commonly weighs it against other paperboard and container makers such as International Paper, WestRock and Sonoco.

Where does Graphic Packaging Holding Company sit in the AI build-out?

Graphic Packaging carries no seat in our Rubin AI-build-out index; it sits instead in the broader universe's Packaging & Containers sleeve, within the Consumer Cyclical sector, as a Russell 1000 constituent. It holds a seat in the Russell 1000 but has no Rubin index membership, no Closelook score yet built, no peer group on file and no quotes or edition mentions recorded.

Does Graphic Packaging Holding Company pay a dividend?

Graphic Packaging Holding Company has paid 0.44 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 4.47% on the 2026-09-17 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.11 USD on 2026-09-15. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for GPK, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Packaging & Containers. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.