Greif (GEF.B) Competitors

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

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, 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	0.97	$723M	$2.34	12.40
Greif	$5.45B	0.62	$262.10M	$5.10	14.12

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

Graphic Packaging has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Greif has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

99.7% of Graphic Packaging shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.1% of Greif shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Graphic Packaging shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.2% of Greif shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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%	11.85%	3.74%

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 $3.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Graphic Packaging pays out 17.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Greif pays out 63.5% 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.

Do analysts rate GPK or GEF.B?

Graphic Packaging presently has a consensus price target of $31.53, indicating a potential upside of 8.68%. Given Graphic Packaging's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities 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	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 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

Does the media refer more to GPK or GEF.B?

In the previous week, Graphic Packaging had 4 more articles in the media than Greif. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Graphic Packaging and 2 mentions for Greif. Graphic Packaging's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Greif's score of 0.00 indicating that Graphic Packaging is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Graphic Packaging	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Greif	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer 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 64.17% of users gave Graphic Packaging an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Graphic Packaging	Outperform Votes 514 64.17%	Underperform Votes 287 35.83%
Greif	Outperform Votes 113 64.57%	Underperform Votes 62 35.43%

Summary

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