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Graphic Packaging Holding Co (Graphic Packaging Holding Co) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 9.00% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Graphic Packaging Holding Co's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $13,007 Mil. Graphic Packaging Holding Co's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,171 Mil. Graphic Packaging Holding Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 9.00%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Graphic Packaging Holding Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

GPK' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.01   Med: 5.7   Max: 9.8
Current: 8.47

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Graphic Packaging Holding Co was 9.80%. The lowest was 3.01%. And the median was 5.70%.

GPK's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
66.42% of 402 companies
in the Packaging & Containers industry
Industry Median: 5.695 vs GPK: 8.47

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. Graphic Packaging Holding Co's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 16.81%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past seven years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.


Graphic Packaging Holding Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Graphic Packaging Holding Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Graphic Packaging Holding Co Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.80 4.32 3.47 7.49 9.00

Graphic Packaging Holding Co Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.49 7.91 9.09 9.38 9.00

Competitive Comparison

For the Packaging & Containers subindustry, Graphic Packaging Holding Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Graphic Packaging Holding Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

For the Packaging & Containers industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Graphic Packaging Holding Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Graphic Packaging Holding Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Graphic Packaging Holding Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation

In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.

Graphic Packaging Holding Cos Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=1171/13007.35435
=9.00 %

Graphic Packaging Holding Co's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $1,171 Mil.



Graphic Packaging Holding Co  (NYSE:GPK) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation

Joel Greenblatt defines the earnings yield using the above equation because it more accurately reflects the company's profitability relative to its stock price. Items like interest payment and tax etc. are not directly related to the company's operational profitability.

Enterprise Value instead of market cap (share price) is used in the calculation because it is the real price stock and bond investors together pay for the company.


Be Aware

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % based on Don Yacktman's definition is a better measure of the expected rate of return for a stock.


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Graphic Packaging Holding Co (Graphic Packaging Holding Co) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1500 Riveredge Parkway, Suite 100, Atlanta, GA, USA, 30328
Graphic Packaging Holding Co is a holding company that manufactures and sells a variety of paper-based consumer packaging products through its subsidiaries. The company's two primary functions include the sale of paperboard packaging and the operation of paperboard mills. The paperboard packaging business includes packaging for beverages, including beer and soft drinks as well as food, including cereal, frozen foods, and pet foods. The firm also sells paperboard packaging for household products, including dishwasher and laundry detergent and personal care products. Graphic Packaging operates papermills that sell laminated and coated packaging products to third parties. The majority of revenue comes from the Americas.
Executives
Stephen R. Scherger officer: SVP, Consumer Packaging Div. 3901 SULGRAVE ROAD, RICHMOND VA 23221
Lynn A Wentworth director CINCINNATI BELL INC, P O BOX 2301, CINCINNATI OH 45201
Michael James Farrell officer: EVP, Mills Division 1500 RIVEREDGE PARKWAY, SUITE 100, ATLANTA GA 30328
Jean Francois Roche officer: SVP and President, EMEA 1500 RIVEREDGE PARKWAY, SUITE 100, AT GA 30328
Elizabeth Spence officer: EVP, Human Resources 1500 RIVEREDGE PARKWAY, N.W., SUITE 100, ATLANTA GA 30328
Aziz Aghili director 5706 KIRKRIDGE TRAIL, ROCHESTER HILLS MI 48306
Margie Kay Bidlingmaier officer: EVP, President, Americas Busi 1500 RIVEREDGE PARKWAY, SUITE 100, ATLANTA GA 30328
Mary K Rhinehart director 821 17TH STREET, DENVER CO 80202
Joseph P Yost officer: SVP, Supply Chain 814 LIVINGSTON COURT, MARIETTA GA 30067
Larry M Venturelli director 2000 M-63N, BENTON HARBOR MI 49022
Charles D Lischer officer: SVP & CAO 2500 WINDY RIDGE PARKWAY, SUITE 700, ATLANTA GA 30339
Stacey J. Panayiotou officer: EVP, Human Resources 9200 W. 108TH CIRCLE, WESTMINSTER CO 80021
Robert Hagemann director 3 GIRALDA FARMS, MADISON NJ 07940
Laurie Brlas director C/O ALBEMARLE CORPORATION, 4250 CONGRESS ST STE 900, CHARLOTTE NC 28209
Dean A Scarborough director 150 N. ORANGE GROVE BLVD, PASADENA CA 91103