Shares of Graphic Packaging Holding Company (NYSE: GPK) tumbled 7.11% in pre-market trading on Thursday following the release of its first-quarter 2025 financial results, which fell short of analyst expectations. The packaging solutions provider reported weaker-than-anticipated earnings and revenue figures, prompting a selloff in early trading.

Graphic Packaging announced quarterly earnings of $0.51 per share, missing the analyst consensus estimate of $0.59 by 13.56%. This represents a significant 22.73% decrease from earnings of $0.66 per share in the same period last year. The company's quarterly sales also disappointed, coming in at $2.12 billion, slightly below the analyst consensus estimate of $2.14 billion and marking a 6.15% decrease from the $2.26 billion reported in the previous year.

Despite the negative market reaction, Graphic Packaging provided guidance for the full year 2025, projecting adjusted earnings per share in the range of $1.75 to $2.25 and revenue between $8.2 billion and $8.5 billion. Additionally, the company announced a new $1.5 billion share repurchase authorization, which may help support the stock price in the long term. However, investors seem to be primarily focused on the immediate disappointment of the Q1 results, as reflected in the pre-market stock price decline.