Graphic Packaging Holding (GPK) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026)
Graphic Packaging Holding's Operating Margin came in at 4.34% for Q2 2026, down 4.41 percentage points from 8.76% a year earlier but up 3.46 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Graphic Packaging Holding (GPK) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Jun 30, 2026, Graphic Packaging Holding reported Operating Margin of 5.84%, down 4.95 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at 9.33%, down 3.38 percentage points from FY2024.
- Operating Margin carries a five-year change of +1.34 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Operating Margin was 12.71% in FY2024 (+0.25 pp), 12.45% in FY2023 (+2.85 pp), 9.60% in FY2022 (+3.91 pp) and 5.69% in FY2021 (-2.30 pp).
- The five-year range for quarterly Operating Margin is 0.88% (Q1 2026) to 14.48% (Q2 2024).
- Year-over-year, Operating Margin has declined for seven consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -3.57 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Operating Margin over five years came in Q4 2022 (a gain of 7.06 percentage points), and the weakest in Q1 2026 (a drop of 9.54 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows GPK's Operating Margin at 0.88% (Q1 2026), 7.42% (Q4 2025) and 10.68% (Q3 2025) in the three quarters before Q2 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Operating Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smurfit Westrock | 23.65 Bn | 20.58 Bn | 1.40 Bn | 3.85% |
| 2 | International Paper | 21.34 Bn | 17.23 Bn | 1.66 Bn | 11.14% |
| 3 | Packaging Corp Of America | 20.88 Bn | 18.41 Bn | 512.50 Mn | 11.70% |
| 4 | Amcor | 19.78 Bn | 15.21 Bn | 1.34 Bn | 10.10% |
| 5 | Ball | 15.12 Bn | 12.14 Bn | 697.00 Mn | 9.63% |
| 6 | Crown Holdings | 11.68 Bn | 9.01 Bn | 748.00 Mn | 12.65% |
| 7 | Sonoco Products | 4.94 Bn | 3.94 Bn | 392.38 Mn | 10.23% |
| 8 | Silgan Holdings | 3.80 Bn | 1.54 Bn | 294.88 Mn | 9.12% |
| 9 | Graphic Packaging Holding | 2.74 Bn | 1.96 Bn | 292.00 Mn | 4.34% |
| 10 | Ardagh Metal Packaging | 2.63 Bn | 2.64 Bn | 238.00 Mn | 6.71% |
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 4.34% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 0.88% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 7.42% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 10.68% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 8.76% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 10.42% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 11.41% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 12.55% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 14.48% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 12.31% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 12.89% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 12.22% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 11.16% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 13.54% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 11.23% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 11.95% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 6.45% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 8.60% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 4.18% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 6.79% |
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Graphic Packaging Holding Operating Margin API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=GPK&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-margin", "ticker": "GPK", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=GPK&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();