Graphic Packaging Holding Company logo GPK - Graphic Packaging Holding Company

Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
STRONG
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BUY 13
HOLD 11
SELL 3
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| PRICE TARGET: $12.20 DETAILS
HIGH: $14.00
LOW: $10.00
MEDIAN: $13.00
CONSENSUS: $12.20
UPSIDE: 19.96%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Cyclical & Capital-Intensive 80% confidence

Primary model: Normalized Earnings × Cycle Multiple

Valuation Signal Fair Value Mild
Trading 9.9% below fair value
Current Price $10.17
Bear Case $6.95 31.7% downside ($6.95 - $10.17) / $10.17 = -31.7% $1.69 × 7x + net cash
Fair Value $11.29 11.0% upside ($11.29 - $10.17) / $10.17 = 11.0% $1.69 × 10x + net cash
Bull Case $15.63 53.7% upside ($15.63 - $10.17) / $10.17 = 53.7% $1.69 × 12x + net cash

Adjust Assumptions

9.5x
1.69$

Key Value Driver

Through-cycle normalized EPS ($1.69)

Implied Market Multiple 6.0x

Plain-Language Summary

Our base-case estimate uses Normalized Earnings × Cycle Multiple. We then blend that result with the average analyst price target of $12.20 from 27 analysts, using a 25% weight on analyst consensus. That produces an estimated intrinsic value of $11.29 per share.

Warnings

This company has a built-in lending arm whose debt is mixed in with the main business. We capped the debt adjustment to avoid overstating what the core business owes.
Price-to-book value of 5.0x is above the normal range for this type of business (0.7x-2.0x). The stock may already price in a strong cycle.

Key Risks

  • Standard 10-year DCF produces unreliable terminal values for cyclicals
  • 'Cheap' P/E at cycle peak is the most common value trap — normalize first
  • Captive finance subsidiaries have different risk profiles from manufacturing