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 (NYSE:GEF) and Greif Bros. (NYSE:GEF.B) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and dividends.
Greif presently has a consensus target price of $75.80, suggesting a potential upside of 28.55%. Given Greif's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Greif is more favorable than Greif Bros..
45.7% of Greif shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.1% of Greif Bros. shares are held by institutional investors. 7.6% of Greif shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.2% of Greif Bros. shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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 pays an annual dividend of $2.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Greif Bros. pays an annual dividend of $3.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Greif pays out 71.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years.
In the previous week, Greif had 15 more articles in the media than Greif Bros.. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Greif and 0 mentions for Greif Bros.. Greif's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Greif Bros.'s score of 0.00 indicating that Greif is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Greif has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Greif Bros. has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Greif beats Greif Bros. on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:GEF.B) was last updated on 9/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
