Zacks Research Issues Optimistic Forecast for Greif Earnings

Greif, Inc. (NYSE:GEF - Free Report) - Stock analysts at Zacks Research lifted their FY2025 EPS estimates for Greif in a note issued to investors on Wednesday, June 25th. Zacks Research analyst M. Das now forecasts that the industrial products company will earn $3.82 per share for the year, up from their prior estimate of $3.70. The consensus estimate for Greif's current full-year earnings is $4.11 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Greif's Q3 2026 earnings at $1.67 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $4.98 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $5.39 EPS.

A number of other equities research analysts have also recently commented on the stock. Wells Fargo & Company cut their price target on shares of Greif from $75.00 to $67.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, June 3rd. Truist Financial lowered their price objective on Greif from $65.00 to $56.00 and set a "hold" rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, April 22nd. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $74.17.

Greif Price Performance

Shares of GEF opened at $65.07 on Monday. The stock has a market cap of $3.09 billion, a PE ratio of 18.33, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.63 and a beta of 0.95. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.07, a quick ratio of 0.96 and a current ratio of 1.27. Greif has a fifty-two week low of $48.23 and a fifty-two week high of $73.16. The firm's 50-day simple moving average is $58.04 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $58.17.

Greif (NYSE:GEF - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, June 4th. The industrial products company reported $1.19 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.08 by $0.11. The business had revenue of $1.39 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.43 billion. Greif had a net margin of 3.74% and a return on equity of 10.21%. The business's revenue was up 1.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.82 earnings per share.

Greif Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, July 1st. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, June 17th will be issued a $0.54 dividend. This represents a $2.16 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.32%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, June 17th. Greif's payout ratio is 60.85%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CEO Ole G. Rosgaard sold 30,000 shares of Greif stock in a transaction on Monday, June 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $65.75, for a total value of $1,972,500.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 97,464 shares of the company's stock, valued at $6,408,258. The trade was a 23.54% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Corporate insiders own 7.60% of the company's stock.

Institutional Trading of Greif

Large investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Summit Securities Group LLC bought a new stake in shares of Greif in the first quarter worth $37,000. Parallel Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of Greif by 104.9% in the first quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 838 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $46,000 after acquiring an additional 429 shares during the period. Quarry LP bought a new stake in shares of Greif in the fourth quarter worth $53,000. PharVision Advisers LLC bought a new stake in shares of Greif in the fourth quarter worth $207,000. Finally, Nomura Holdings Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Greif in the fourth quarter worth $209,000. Institutional investors own 45.74% of the company's stock.

About Greif

Greif, Inc engages in the production and sale of industrial packaging products and services worldwide. The company operates through Global Industrial Packaging; Paper Packaging & Services; and Land Management segments. The Global Industrial Packaging segment produces and sells industrial packaging products, including steel, fiber, and plastic drums; rigid and flexible intermediate bulk containers; closure systems for industrial packaging products; transit protection products; water bottles, and remanufactured and reconditioned industrial containers; and various services, such as container life cycle management, filling, logistics, warehousing, and other packaging services to chemicals, paints and pigments, food and beverage, petroleum, industrial coatings, agriculture, pharmaceuticals, mineral product, and other industries.

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