GEF.B vs. GPK, SON, SW, PKG, LECO, RBC, CCK, AOS, ATR, and CNM
Should you be buying Greif stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Greif include Graphic Packaging (GPK), Sonoco Products (SON), Smurfit Westrock (SW), Packaging Co. of America (PKG), Lincoln Electric (LECO), RBC Bearings (RBC), Crown (CCK), A. O. Smith (AOS), AptarGroup (ATR), and Core & Main (CNM).
Greif vs.
Greif (NYSE:GEF.B) and Graphic Packaging (NYSE:GPK) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, dividends, profitability and media sentiment.
5.1% of Greif shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.7% of Graphic Packaging shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.2% of Greif shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Graphic Packaging shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Graphic Packaging has a consensus price target of $31.37, indicating a potential upside of 24.22%. Given Graphic Packaging's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Graphic Packaging is more favorable than Greif.
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.
Greif has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Graphic Packaging has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Greif pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Graphic Packaging pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Greif pays out 62.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Graphic Packaging pays out 20.4% 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.
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.
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.
In the previous week, Graphic Packaging had 18 more articles in the media than Greif. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Graphic Packaging and 1 mentions for Greif. Graphic Packaging's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Greif's score of 0.00 indicating that Graphic Packaging is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Graphic Packaging beats Greif on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:GEF.B) was last updated on 3/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
