GEF.B vs. AMBP, JBDI, SW, BALL, GPK, SON, PKG, LECO, ATR, and CR
Should you be buying Greif stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Greif include Ardagh Metal Packaging (AMBP), JBDI Holdings Limited Ordinary Shares (JBDI), Smurfit Westrock (SW), Ball (BALL), Graphic Packaging (GPK), Sonoco Products (SON), Packaging Co. of America (PKG), Lincoln Electric (LECO), AptarGroup (ATR), and Crane (CR).
Greif vs. Its Competitors
Greif (NYSE:GEF.B) and Ardagh Metal Packaging (NYSE:AMBP) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking and risk.
In the previous week, Ardagh Metal Packaging had 7 more articles in the media than Greif. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Ardagh Metal Packaging and 0 mentions for Greif. Ardagh Metal Packaging's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Greif's score of 0.20 indicating that Ardagh Metal Packaging is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Greif has higher revenue and earnings than Ardagh Metal Packaging. Ardagh Metal Packaging is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Greif, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Greif has a net margin of 4.81% compared to Ardagh Metal Packaging's net margin of -0.99%. Ardagh Metal Packaging's return on equity of 1,760.00% beat Greif's return on equity.
Greif has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ardagh Metal Packaging has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Ardagh Metal Packaging has a consensus price target of $3.44, indicating a potential downside of 16.71%. Given Ardagh Metal Packaging's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ardagh Metal Packaging is more favorable than Greif.
5.1% of Greif shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.9% of Ardagh Metal Packaging shares are held by institutional investors. 16.2% of Greif shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Ardagh Metal Packaging shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Greif pays an annual dividend of $3.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Ardagh Metal Packaging pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.7%. Greif 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.
Greif received 92 more outperform votes than Ardagh Metal Packaging when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.57% of users gave Greif an outperform vote while only 28.00% of users gave Ardagh Metal Packaging an outperform vote.
Summary
Greif beats Ardagh Metal Packaging on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:GEF.B) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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