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$71.81 -0.35 (-0.49%)
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GEF.B vs. GEF, AMBP, JBDI, SW, BALL, ATR, GPK, SEE, SON, and UFPT

Should you be buying Greif Bros. stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Greif Bros. include Greif (GEF), Ardagh Metal Packaging (AMBP), JBDI (JBDI), Smurfit Westrock (SW), Ball (BALL), AptarGroup (ATR), Graphic Packaging (GPK), Sealed Air (SEE), Sonoco Products (SON), and UFP Technologies (UFPT).

Greif Bros. vs. Its Competitors

Greif Bros. (NYSE:GEF.B) and Greif (NYSE:GEF) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and profitability.

In the previous week, Greif had 20 more articles in the media than Greif Bros.. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Greif and 4 mentions for Greif Bros.. Greif's average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat Greif Bros.'s score of 0.00 indicating that Greif is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Greif Bros.
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Greif
10 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

5.1% of Greif Bros. shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.7% of Greif shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.2% of Greif Bros. shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.6% of Greif shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Greif Bros.3.74% 10.21% 3.23%
Greif 3.74%10.21%3.23%

Greif has a consensus price target of $74.17, indicating a potential upside of 8.69%. Given Greif's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Greif is more favorable than Greif Bros..

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Greif Bros.
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Greif
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57

Greif is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Greif Bros., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Greif Bros.$5.45B0.63$268.80M$3.6219.84
Greif$5.45B0.59$268.80M$3.5519.22

Greif Bros. pays an annual dividend of $3.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Greif pays an annual dividend of $2.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Greif Bros. pays out 89.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Greif pays out 60.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Greif has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years.

Greif Bros. has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Greif has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Greif beats Greif Bros. on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding GEF.B and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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GEF.B vs. The Competition

MetricGreif Bros.CONTNRS IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.42B$7.47B$7.49B$20.52B
Dividend Yield4.49%3.30%4.54%3.78%
P/E Ratio19.8418.0024.8227.79
Price / Sales0.631.49114.4740.41
Price / Cash6.679.9527.3122.26
Price / Book1.603.544.364.58
Net Income$268.80M$370.95M$790.28M$982.91M
7 Day Performance-0.98%-0.60%1.52%0.41%
1 Month Performance6.98%1.94%4.60%3.59%
1 Year Performance18.51%2.78%31.97%14.47%

Greif Bros. Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GEF.B
Greif Bros.
N/A$71.81
-0.5%
N/A+16.7%$3.42B$5.45B19.8412,000
GEF
Greif
3.0369 of 5 stars
$69.87
+7.5%
$74.17
+6.1%
+18.7%$3.08B$5.45B19.6814,000Insider Trade
High Trading Volume
AMBP
Ardagh Metal Packaging
1.3629 of 5 stars
$4.36
+1.9%
$3.64
-16.5%
+35.6%$2.56B$4.91B-109.006,300
JBDI
JBDI
N/A$1.02
-2.9%
N/AN/A$20.78M$9.39M0.00121Gap Up
SW
Smurfit Westrock
4.5376 of 5 stars
$45.82
+6.2%
$58.40
+27.5%
N/A$22.52B$21.11B37.56100,000News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
BALL
Ball
2.8747 of 5 stars
$57.79
+3.0%
$61.00
+5.6%
-1.9%$15.56B$11.80B34.4016,000Trending News
ATR
AptarGroup
4.7524 of 5 stars
$159.05
+1.7%
$178.60
+12.3%
+13.1%$10.33B$3.58B29.0213,500
GPK
Graphic Packaging
4.376 of 5 stars
$21.83
+3.6%
$28.40
+30.1%
-13.4%$6.36B$8.81B10.6524,000Positive News
Analyst Revision
SEE
Sealed Air
3.8853 of 5 stars
$31.99
+3.1%
$38.00
+18.8%
-7.3%$4.56B$5.39B15.8416,400News Coverage
SON
Sonoco Products
4.7277 of 5 stars
$45.70
+4.9%
$56.25
+23.1%
-5.0%$4.30B$5.31B29.6728,000News Coverage
High Trading Volume
UFPT
UFP Technologies
0.6081 of 5 stars
$252.36
+3.4%
$252.00
-0.1%
-18.7%$1.88B$504.42M30.894,335

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This page (NYSE:GEF.B) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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