GEF.B vs. AMBP, JBDI, SW, BALL, GPK, SON, PKG, CCK, LECO, and CNM
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), Crown (CCK), Lincoln Electric (LECO), and Core & Main (CNM).
Greif vs.
Greif (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 businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and earnings.
Greif has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ardagh Metal Packaging has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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 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.
Greif pays an annual dividend of $3.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Ardagh Metal Packaging pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.6%. Greif pays out 90.8% 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 -1,000.0% 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.
In the previous week, Ardagh Metal Packaging had 1 more articles in the media than Greif. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Ardagh Metal Packaging and 1 mentions for Greif. Ardagh Metal Packaging's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Greif's score of 0.75 indicating that Ardagh Metal Packaging is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
5.1% of Greif shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.9% of Ardagh Metal Packaging shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.2% of Greif 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, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Ardagh Metal Packaging has a consensus price target of $3.44, indicating a potential downside of 8.66%. Given Ardagh Metal Packaging's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ardagh Metal Packaging is more favorable than Greif.
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 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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