AMBP vs. GEF.B, JBDI, SW, BALL, ESAB, CENX, TRS, KALU, NWPX, and EAF
Should you be buying Ardagh Metal Packaging stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ardagh Metal Packaging include Greif Bros. (GEF.B), JBDI (JBDI), Smurfit Westrock (SW), Ball (BALL), ESAB (ESAB), Century Aluminum (CENX), TriMas (TRS), Kaiser Aluminum (KALU), NWPX Infrastructure (NWPX), and GrafTech International (EAF).
Ardagh Metal Packaging vs. Its Competitors
Ardagh Metal Packaging (NYSE:AMBP) and Greif Bros. (NYSE:GEF.B) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment and risk.
In the previous week, Ardagh Metal Packaging had 4 more articles in the media than Greif Bros.. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Ardagh Metal Packaging and 2 mentions for Greif Bros.. Ardagh Metal Packaging's average media sentiment score of 1.68 beat Greif Bros.'s score of 0.35 indicating that Ardagh Metal Packaging is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ardagh Metal Packaging has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Greif Bros. has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Ardagh Metal Packaging pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.2%. Greif Bros. pays an annual dividend of $3.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Ardagh Metal Packaging pays out -1,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Greif Bros. pays out 89.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ardagh Metal Packaging is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Greif Bros. has higher revenue and earnings than Ardagh Metal Packaging. Ardagh Metal Packaging is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Greif Bros., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Greif Bros. has a net margin of 3.52% compared to Ardagh Metal Packaging's net margin of 0.13%. Greif Bros.'s return on equity of 10.09% beat Ardagh Metal Packaging's return on equity.
Ardagh Metal Packaging currently has a consensus price target of $4.32, indicating a potential upside of 20.84%. Given Ardagh Metal Packaging's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Ardagh Metal Packaging is more favorable than Greif Bros..
16.9% of Ardagh Metal Packaging shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.1% of Greif Bros. shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Ardagh Metal Packaging shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.2% of Greif Bros. shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Greif Bros. beats Ardagh Metal Packaging on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:AMBP) was last updated on 9/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
