FOCUS ON GRAPHIC PACKAGING HOLDING COMPANY (GPK), FEDEX CORPORATION (FDX)

Graphic Packaging Holding Company (NYSE:GPK) trade volume has increased by 30.03% as around 3,977,551 shares were sold when compared with its 50-day average volume of traded shares which is 3,058,846. At the moment, GPK is witnessing a downtrend, as it is trading -9.52% below its 20-day SMA, -10.63% below its 50-day SMA, and -14.99% below its 200-day SMA. The company runs an ROE of roughly 20.6%, with financial analysts predicting that their earnings per share growth will be around 23.68% per annum for the next five year. This will be compared to the 11.2% increase witnessed over the past five years.

The last few days have been rough for Graphic Packaging Holding Company (GPK), as its price has decreased by -8.13% during the week. It has also performed poorly over the past three months, as it lost around -14.17% while it has so far retreated around -10.72% during the course of a year. The price of the stock went down by -$0.07 now trading at $12.66. Their shares witnessed a 0.32% increase from the 52-week low price of $12.62 they recorded on 2018-10-12. Even though it is still -32.23% behind the $16.74 high touched on 2018-01-16. The stock of GPK recorded -18.06% downtrend from the beginning of this year till date. The 12-month potential price target for Graphic Packaging Holding Company is set at $18. This target means that the stock has an upside potential to increase by 42.18% from the current trading price.

When giving their opinion, around 78.57% of Wall Street analysts, which represents 11 out of 14 rated the stock as a Buy. 3 brokerage firms of the remaining 21.43% rated the stock as a Hold with 0 analyst rating it as a sell. Overall, the number of aggregate GPK shares held by institutional investors represents 0 of total shares. 40 institutions entered new Graphic Packaging Holding Company (NYSE:GPK) positions, 130 added to their existing positions in these shares, 140 lowered their positions, and 40 exited their positions entirely.

The first technical resistance point for Graphic Packaging Holding Company (NYSE:GPK) will likely come at $12.87, marking a 1.63% premium to the current level. The second resistance point is at $13.09, about 3.28% premium to its current market price. On the other hand, inability to breach the immediate hurdles can drag it down to $12.25, the lower end of the range. GPK’s 14-day MACD is -0.9 and this negative figure indicates a downward trading trend. The company’s 14-day RSI (relative strength index) score is 22.32, which shows that its stock has been oversold. The 20-day historical volatility for the stock stands at 21.81 percent, which is high when compared to that of the 50-day’s 19.78 percent.

The shares of FedEx Corporation (NYSE:FDX) has increased by 1.65%, and now trading at $221 on the Wall Street in the intra-day deal, with their shares traded now around 2,865,168. This is a rise of 1,231,958 shares over the average 1,633,210 shares that were traded daily over the last three months. The stock that is trading at $221 went higher by 3.19% from its 52-week low of $214.17 that it attained back on 2017-11-15. The stock recorded a 52-week high of $274.66 nearly 270 days ago on 2018-01-18.

FDX stock hasn’t performed well over the past 30 days, as it lost -12.71% while its price plunged by -11.44% year-to-date (YTD). Looking at the last few days, it has been tough for the stock, as it tumbled -6.38% over the last week. The stock’s 12-month potential target price is now at $290.37. This means that the stock price might likely increase by 31.39% from its current trading price.25 out of 30 Wall Street analysts which represents 83.33% rated the stock as a buy while the remaining 13.33 rated it as a hold, with 3.33 of analysts rating it as a sell.

FedEx Corporation (NYSE:FDX) has been utilizing an ROE that is roughly 25.8%, with stock analysts predicting that the company’s EPS for the next five years will go up by 12.88% per year, following the 4.8% raise that was witnessed during the past five years. The stock at the moment is on a downtrend, trading -7.8% below its 20-day SMA, -9.27% below its 50-day SMA, and -10.48% below its 200-day SMA. In percentage terms, the aggregate FedEx Corporation shares held by institutional investors is 74.9%. 110 institutions jumped in to acquire FedEx Corporation (FDX) fresh stake, 667 added to their current holdings in these shares, 585 lowered their positions, and 78 left no stake in the company.

The stock’s 9-day MACD is -11.12 and this negative figure indicates a downward trading trend. The company’s 9-day RSI score is 24.38, which shows that its stock has been oversold. The 20-day historical volatility for the shares stand at 20.93 percent, which is less when compared to that of the 50-day’s 21.75 percent. On the daily chart, we see that the stock could reach the first level of resistance at $224.62, sporting a 1.61% premium to the current level. The next resistance point is at $228.25, representing nearly 3.18% premium to the current market price of FedEx Corporation (FDX). On the other hand, failure to breach the immediate hurdles can drag it down to $214.03, the lower end of the range.

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