Seasonality
GPK seasonality — Graphic Packaging
Over the last 11 years, GPK's strongest month on average has been November (+4.3%) and its weakest September (-3.8%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +1.15% | +0.62% | 60% | +13.4% | -7.6% | 10 |
| Feb | -1.96% | -0.15% | 50% | +8.8% | -16.5% | 10 |
| Mar | +0.05% | -1.18% | 50% | +14.4% | -18.7% | 10 |
| Apr | +0.76% | -0.18% | 50% | +9.9% | -11.4% | 10 |
| May | +1.26% | +0.37% | 50% | +18.1% | -12.2% | 10 |
| Jun | -1.71% | -1.56% | 50% | +7.5% | -7.9% | 10 |
| Jul | +3.92% | +3.60% | 80% | +14.8% | -4.3% | 10 |
| Aug | -0.75% | -0.48% | 40% | +7.0% | -8.1% | 10 |
| Sep | -3.78% | -1.31% | 40% | +6.9% | -19.2% | 10 |
| Oct | -1.62% | -2.28% | 40% | +16.3% | -21.4% | 10 |
| Nov | +4.34% | +3.90% | 78% | +15.3% | -1.2% | 9 |
| Dec | -1.05% | -0.97% | 40% | +10.6% | -11.3% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — GPK
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -2.7 | -16.5 | -18.7 | -4.1 | 18.1 | -6.1 | 1.5 | 4.4 | -19.2 | -1.1 | 25.0 | -25.7% | |
| 2025 | 1.0 | -2.7 | -2.7 | -2.5 | -12.2 | -5.2 | 6.1 | -0.4 | -12.1 | -18.3 | 1.2 | -6.9 | -44.5% |
| 2024 | 3.5 | 1.7 | 12.4 | -11.4 | 9.6 | -7.5 | 14.8 | -0.6 | -1.1 | -4.5 | 6.5 | -9.7 | +10.2% |
| 2023 | 8.3 | -1.2 | 7.1 | -3.3 | -3.1 | 0.5 | 0.7 | -8.1 | 0.2 | -3.5 | 5.4 | 8.7 | +10.8% |
| 2022 | -3.0 | 8.8 | -2.6 | 8.8 | 2.1 | -7.9 | 8.5 | 0.1 | -11.4 | 16.3 | 0.1 | -3.2 | +14.1% |
| 2021 | -7.6 | 1.3 | 14.4 | 2.1 | -4.7 | 2.6 | 5.7 | 7.0 | -7.2 | 4.7 | -0.9 | -1.2 | +15.1% |
| 2020 | -6.1 | -13.5 | -9.8 | 9.4 | 8.4 | -3.3 | -0.4 | 0.3 | 0.8 | -5.7 | 15.3 | 10.6 | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 13.4 | 0.9 | 3.7 | 9.9 | -6.3 | 7.5 | 6.3 | -7.1 | 6.8 | 6.2 | 3.9 | 2.3 | +56.5% |
| 2018 | 4.5 | -5.2 | 0.3 | -6.8 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | -2.1 | -1.5 | -21.4 | 8.9 | -11.3 | -31.1% |
| 2017 | 0.2 | 6.7 | -3.6 | 5.5 | -0.5 | 2.0 | -4.3 | -1.1 | 6.9 | 11.0 | -1.2 | 0.9 | +23.8% |
| 2016 | -0.7 |