GEF vs. JBT, REZI, BRC, YOU, CSTM, AIN, UNF, ESE, ATMU, and ATS
Should you be buying Greif stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Greif include John Bean Technologies (JBT), Resideo Technologies (REZI), Brady (BRC), Clear Secure (YOU), Constellium (CSTM), Albany International (AIN), UniFirst (UNF), ESCO Technologies (ESE), Atmus Filtration Technologies (ATMU), and ATS (ATS). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
John Bean Technologies (NYSE:JBT) and Greif (NYSE:GEF) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and profitability.
John Bean Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Greif pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. John Bean Technologies pays out 2.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Greif pays out 36.0% 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. Greif has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Greif is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, John Bean Technologies had 4 more articles in the media than Greif. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for John Bean Technologies and 1 mentions for Greif. John Bean Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Greif's score of -0.55 indicating that Greif is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
John Bean Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Greif. John Bean Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Greif, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
John Bean Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $121.00, suggesting a potential upside of 35.59%. Greif has a consensus target price of $77.25, suggesting a potential upside of 26.05%. Given Greif's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe John Bean Technologies is more favorable than Greif.
John Bean Technologies received 55 more outperform votes than Greif when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.74% of users gave John Bean Technologies an outperform vote while only 55.75% of users gave Greif an outperform vote.
98.9% of John Bean Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.7% of Greif shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of John Bean Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Greif shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
John Bean Technologies has a net margin of 33.53% compared to John Bean Technologies' net margin of 6.53%. John Bean Technologies' return on equity of 18.65% beat Greif's return on equity.
John Bean Technologies has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Greif has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
John Bean Technologies beats Greif on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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