Greif (GEF.B) Competitors

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

Is GPK or GEF.B a better dividend stock?

Graphic Packaging pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Greif pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Graphic Packaging pays out 20.4% 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.

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

Graphic Packaging has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Greif has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 16.2% of Greif shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend GPK or GEF.B?

Graphic Packaging presently has a consensus target price of $31.37, suggesting a potential upside of 26.20%. Given Graphic Packaging's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly 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

Is GPK or GEF.B more profitable?

Graphic Packaging has a net margin of 7.47% compared to Greif's net margin of 4.81%. Graphic Packaging's return on equity of 25.96% beat Greif's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Graphic Packaging	7.47%	25.96%	6.81%
Greif	4.81%	11.84%	3.74%

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

In the previous week, Graphic Packaging had 8 more articles in the media than Greif. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Graphic Packaging and 0 mentions for Greif. Graphic Packaging's average media sentiment score of 1.32 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

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

Graphic Packaging has higher revenue and earnings than Greif. Greif is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Graphic Packaging, 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	$8.81B	0.85	$658M	$2.16	11.51
Greif	$5.45B	0.48	$268.80M	$5.10	10.92

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GPK or GEF.B?

Graphic Packaging received 402 more outperform votes than Greif when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.57% of users gave Greif an outperform vote while only 63.90% of users gave Graphic Packaging an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Graphic Packaging	Outperform Votes 515 63.90%	Underperform Votes 291 36.10%
Greif	Outperform Votes 113 64.57%	Underperform Votes 62 35.43%

Summary

Graphic Packaging beats Greif on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.