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Greif (GEF) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$65.16 -1.85 (-2.75%)
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About Greif Stock (NYSE:GEF)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$65.04
$67.31
50-Day Range
$62.08
$69.87
52-Week Range
$48.23
$73.16
Volume
101,512 shs
Average Volume
186,685 shs
Market Capitalization
$3.09 billion
P/E Ratio
20.64
Dividend Yield
3.32%
Price Target
$74.00
Consensus Rating
Hold

Company Overview

Greif Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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74th Percentile Overall Score

GEF MarketRank™: 

Greif scored higher than 74% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 103rd out of 179 stocks in the industrials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Greif has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.33, and is based on 2 buy ratings, 4 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Greif has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

  • Read more about Greif's stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Greif are expected to grow by 27.01% in the coming year, from $4.11 to $5.22 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Greif is 20.84, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 28.65.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Greif is 20.84, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 26.01.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    Greif has a PEG Ratio of 1.44. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Greif has a P/B Ratio of 1.46. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    2.32% of the float of Greif has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Greif has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.8, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Greif has recently increased by 3.49%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.
  • Dividend Yield

    Greif pays a meaningful dividend of 3.28%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

  • Dividend Growth

    Greif has only been increasing its dividend for 4 years.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of Greif is 60.85%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

  • Dividend Sustainability

    Based on earnings estimates, Greif will have a dividend payout ratio of 41.38% next year. This indicates that Greif will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

  • Read more about Greif's dividend.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    2.32% of the float of Greif has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Greif has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.8, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Greif has recently increased by 3.49%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.
  • News Sentiment

    Greif has a news sentiment score of 0.79. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Industrials companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 19 news articles for Greif this week, compared to 5 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    Only 2 people have searched for GEF on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    Only 1 people have added Greif to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Greif insiders have sold 8,513.17% more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $74,865.00 in company stock and sold $6,448,252.00 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    Only 7.60% of the stock of Greif is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    45.74% of the stock of Greif is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about Greif's insider trading history.
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GEF Stock News Headlines

Greif, Inc. Reports Q3 2025 Financial Results
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GEF Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Greif's stock was trading at $61.12 at the beginning of the year. Since then, GEF stock has increased by 7.4% and is now trading at $65.65.

Greif, Inc. (NYSE:GEF) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August, 27th. The industrial products company reported $1.03 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.81 by $0.22. Greif's revenue was down 2.6% compared to the same quarter last year.
Read the conference call transcript
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Greif subsidiaries include these companies: Caraustar Industries Inc., pack2pack Group N.V., Storsack Group, Hannells AS, Ennis Containers Inc., Petro-Summit Mechanical Co. Ltd., Delta Petroleum Company, and more.

Greif's top institutional investors include Thrivent Financial for Lutherans (1.77%), LSV Asset Management (0.83%), William Blair Investment Management LLC (0.71%) and Systematic Financial Management LP (0.66%). Insiders that own company stock include Nicholas Joseph Petitti, Lawrence A Hilsheimer, Ole G Rosgaard, Timothy Bergwall, Gary R Martz, Mark A Emkes, Vicki L Avril-Groves, David C Lloyd, Bala Sathyanarayanan, Patrick Gerard Mullaney, Kimberly Anne Kellermann, B Andrew Rose, Anthony John Krabill, Tina R Schoner and Frank Calhoun V Miller.
View institutional ownership trends
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Shares of GEF stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Greif investors own include JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Meta Platforms (META), Tesla (TSLA), NVIDIA (NVDA), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Walmart (WMT) and Netflix (NFLX).

Company Calendar

Record date for 7/1 Dividend
6/17/2025
Ex-Dividend for 7/1 Dividend
6/17/2025
Dividend Payable
7/01/2025
Last Earnings
8/27/2025
Today
8/29/2025
Record date for 10/1 Dividend
9/16/2025
Ex-Dividend for 10/1 Dividend
9/16/2025
Dividend Payable
10/01/2025
Fiscal Year End
10/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NYSE
Industry
CONTNRS - PPR/PLS
Sub-Industry
Metal & Glass Containers
Current Symbol
NYSE:GEF
CIK
43920
Employees
14,000
Year Founded
1877

Price Target and Rating

High Price Target
$93.00
Low Price Target
$56.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+10.1%
Consensus Rating
Hold
Rating Score (0-4)
2.33
Research Coverage
6 Analysts

Profitability

EPS (Trailing Twelve Months)
$3.55
Trailing P/E Ratio
21.35
Forward P/E Ratio
16.36
P/E Growth
1.44
Net Income
$268.80 million
Net Margins
3.52%
Pretax Margin
5.82%
Return on Equity
10.22%
Return on Assets
3.26%

Debt

Debt-to-Equity Ratio
1.07
Current Ratio
1.27
Quick Ratio
0.96

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$5.45 billion
Price / Sales
0.59
Cash Flow
$11.06 per share
Price / Cash Flow
6.08
Book Value
$44.88 per share
Price / Book
1.50

Miscellaneous

Outstanding Shares
47,460,000
Free Float
43,854,000
Market Cap
$3.19 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
1.00

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This page (NYSE:GEF) was last updated on 8/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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