AMBP vs. GEF.B, JBDI, SW, BALL, MLI, ESAB, CENX, KALU, TRS, and NWPX
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), Mueller Industries (MLI), ESAB (ESAB), Century Aluminum (CENX), Kaiser Aluminum (KALU), TriMas (TRS), and Northwest Pipe (NWPX).
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 better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and dividends.
In the previous week, Ardagh Metal Packaging had 3 more articles in the media than Greif Bros.. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Ardagh Metal Packaging and 4 mentions for Greif Bros.. Ardagh Metal Packaging's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Greif Bros.'s score of 0.00 indicating that Ardagh Metal Packaging is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Greif Bros. has a net margin of 3.74% compared to Ardagh Metal Packaging's net margin of 0.08%. Greif Bros.'s return on equity of 10.21% beat Ardagh Metal Packaging's return on equity.
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. pays an annual dividend of $3.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Ardagh Metal Packaging pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.8%. 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 pays out -1,000.0% 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.
Ardagh Metal Packaging has a consensus target price of $3.84, suggesting a potential downside of 15.14%. Given Ardagh Metal Packaging's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ardagh Metal Packaging is more favorable than Greif Bros..
Greif Bros. has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ardagh Metal Packaging has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Ardagh Metal Packaging shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company 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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This page (NYSE:AMBP) was last updated on 7/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
