GEF.B vs. GEF, AMBP, JBDI, SW, BALL, ATR, GPK, SEE, SON, and UFPT
Should you be buying Greif Bros. stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Greif Bros. include Greif (GEF), Ardagh Metal Packaging (AMBP), JBDI (JBDI), Smurfit Westrock (SW), Ball (BALL), AptarGroup (ATR), Graphic Packaging (GPK), Sealed Air (SEE), Sonoco Products (SON), and UFP Technologies (UFPT).
Greif Bros. vs. Its Competitors
Greif Bros. (NYSE:GEF.B) and Greif (NYSE:GEF) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
Greif Bros. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Greif, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Greif Bros. has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Greif has a beta of 1, meaning that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
Greif Bros. pays an annual dividend of $3.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Greif pays an annual dividend of $2.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. 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. Greif pays out 71.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Greif has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years.
5.1% of Greif Bros. shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.7% of Greif shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.2% of Greif Bros. shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.6% of Greif shares are owned by 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.
In the previous week, Greif had 6 more articles in the media than Greif Bros.. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Greif and 0 mentions for Greif Bros.. Greif's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Greif Bros.'s score of 0.00 indicating that Greif is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Greif has a consensus price target of $74.00, indicating a potential upside of 26.14%. Given Greif's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Greif is more favorable than Greif Bros..
Summary
Greif beats Greif Bros. on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:GEF.B) was last updated on 10/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
