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

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 media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Greif
10 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
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 pays an annual dividend of $2.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Greif Bros. pays an annual dividend of $3.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Greif pays out 60.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years.

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$5.45B0.59$268.80M$3.5519.22
Greif Bros.$5.45B0.63$268.80M$3.6219.84

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

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

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

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

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Greif3.74% 10.21% 3.23%
Greif Bros. 3.74%10.21%3.23%

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

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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$7.50B$20.52B
Dividend Yield4.49%3.30%4.54%3.78%
P/E Ratio19.8418.0024.7727.79
Price / Sales0.631.49116.0840.48
Price / Cash6.679.9527.3122.26
Price / Book1.603.544.354.58
Net Income$268.80M$370.95M$790.28M$982.91M
7 Day Performance-0.98%-0.60%1.56%0.41%
1 Month Performance6.98%1.94%4.65%3.59%
1 Year Performance18.51%2.78%31.98%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
3.033 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
1.361 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
4.5362 of 5 stars
$45.82
+6.2%
$58.40
+27.5%
N/A$22.52B$21.11B37.56100,000News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
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
4.7543 of 5 stars
$159.05
+1.7%
$178.60
+12.3%
+13.1%$10.33B$3.58B29.0213,500
GPK
Graphic Packaging
4.7403 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
3.8802 of 5 stars
$31.99
+3.1%
$38.00
+18.8%
-7.3%$4.56B$5.39B15.8416,400News Coverage
SON
Sonoco Products
4.725 of 5 stars
$45.70
+4.9%
$56.25
+23.1%
-5.0%$4.30B$5.31B29.6728,000High 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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