Greif (GEF) Competitors

Greif (NYSE:GEF) and Crown (NYSE:CCK) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking and media sentiment.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GEF or CCK?

Crown received 318 more outperform votes than Greif when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.07% of users gave Crown an outperform vote while only 55.45% of users gave Greif an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Greif	Outperform Votes 290 55.45%	Underperform Votes 233 44.55%
Crown	Outperform Votes 608 64.07%	Underperform Votes 341 35.93%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, GEF or CCK?

Crown has higher revenue and earnings than Greif. Greif is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Crown, 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
Greif	$5.51B	0.48	$268.80M	$3.50	15.90
Crown	$11.80B	0.88	$424M	$3.56	24.86

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of GEF or CCK?

45.7% of Greif shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.9% of Crown shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.6% of Greif shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Crown shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is GEF or CCK more profitable?

Greif has a net margin of 4.81% compared to Crown's net margin of 3.59%. Crown's return on equity of 25.12% beat Greif's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Greif	4.81%	11.84%	3.74%
Crown	3.59%	25.12%	5.23%

Which has more risk & volatility, GEF or CCK?

Greif has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crown has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to GEF or CCK?

In the previous week, Crown had 10 more articles in the media than Greif. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Crown and 15 mentions for Greif. Crown's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Greif's score of 0.71 indicating that Crown is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Greif	6 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Crown	18 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate GEF or CCK?

Greif presently has a consensus target price of $77.00, indicating a potential upside of 38.40%. Crown has a consensus target price of $106.00, indicating a potential upside of 19.78%. Given Greif's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Greif is more favorable than Crown.

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
Crown	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Is GEF or CCK a better dividend stock?

Greif pays an annual dividend of $2.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Crown pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Greif pays out 61.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Crown pays out 29.2% 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.

Summary

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