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
Greif Bros. (NYSE:GEF.B) and Ardagh Metal Packaging (NYSE:AMBP) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.
Ardagh Metal Packaging has a consensus price target of $4.27, suggesting a potential upside of 15.09%. Given Ardagh Metal Packaging's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ardagh Metal Packaging is more favorable than Greif Bros..
In the previous week, Ardagh Metal Packaging had 4 more articles in the media than Greif Bros.. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Ardagh Metal Packaging and 1 mentions for Greif Bros.. Greif Bros.'s average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Ardagh Metal Packaging's score of 0.27 indicating that Greif Bros. is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Greif Bros. pays an annual dividend of $3.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Ardagh Metal Packaging pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.8%. Greif Bros. pays out 92.8% 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 pays out -1,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ardagh Metal Packaging is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
5.1% of Greif Bros. shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.9% of Ardagh Metal Packaging shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.2% of Greif Bros. shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Ardagh Metal Packaging shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Greif Bros. has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ardagh Metal Packaging has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Summary
Greif Bros. beats Ardagh Metal Packaging on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:AMBP) was last updated on 10/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
