Greif (GEF.B) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, GPK or GEF.B?

Graphic Packaging has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Greif has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in GPK or GEF.B?

99.7% of Graphic Packaging shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.1% of Greif shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Graphic Packaging shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.2% of Greif shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GPK or GEF.B?

Graphic Packaging received 401 more outperform votes than Greif when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.57% of users gave Greif an outperform vote while only 63.93% of users gave Graphic Packaging an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Graphic Packaging	Outperform Votes 514 63.93%	Underperform Votes 290 36.07%
Greif	Outperform Votes 113 64.57%	Underperform Votes 62 35.43%

Is GPK or GEF.B a better dividend stock?

Graphic Packaging pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Greif pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Graphic Packaging pays out 17.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Greif pays out 62.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Is GPK or GEF.B more profitable?

Graphic Packaging has a net margin of 7.99% compared to Greif's net margin of 4.81%. Graphic Packaging's return on equity of 28.26% beat Greif's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Graphic Packaging	7.99%	28.26%	7.27%
Greif	4.81%	11.84%	3.74%

Does the media favor GPK or GEF.B?

In the previous week, Graphic Packaging had 5 more articles in the media than Greif. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Graphic Packaging and 0 mentions for Greif. Graphic Packaging's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Greif's score of 0.00 indicating that Graphic Packaging is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Graphic Packaging	Positive
Greif	Neutral

Do analysts rate GPK or GEF.B?

Graphic Packaging presently has a consensus target price of $32.37, suggesting a potential upside of 15.66%. Given Graphic Packaging's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Graphic Packaging is more favorable than Greif.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Graphic Packaging	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Greif	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, GPK or GEF.B?

Graphic Packaging has higher revenue and earnings than Greif. Graphic Packaging is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Greif, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Graphic Packaging	$8.96B	0.94	$723M	$2.34	11.96
Greif	$5.45B	0.56	$268.80M	$5.10	12.59

Summary

Graphic Packaging beats Greif on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.