Greif (GEF.B) Competitors

Greif (NYSE:GEF.B) and Graphic Packaging (NYSE:GPK) 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, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and community ranking.

Is GEF.B or GPK more profitable?

Graphic Packaging has a net margin of 7.47% compared to Greif's net margin of 4.81%. Graphic Packaging's return on equity of 25.96% beat Greif's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Greif	4.81%	11.84%	3.74%
Graphic Packaging	7.47%	25.96%	6.81%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, GEF.B or GPK?

Graphic Packaging has higher revenue and earnings than Greif. Graphic Packaging is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Greif, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Greif	$5.51B	0.51	$268.80M	$3.57	16.66
Graphic Packaging	$8.67B	0.78	$658M	$2.05	10.90

Is GEF.B or GPK a better dividend stock?

Greif pays an annual dividend of $3.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Graphic Packaging pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. 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. Graphic Packaging pays out 21.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Graphic Packaging has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in GEF.B or GPK?

5.1% of Greif shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.7% of Graphic Packaging shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.2% of Greif shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Graphic Packaging shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, GEF.B or GPK?

Greif has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Graphic Packaging has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer GEF.B or GPK?

In the previous week, Graphic Packaging had 24 more articles in the media than Greif. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Graphic Packaging and 0 mentions for Greif. Graphic Packaging's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Greif's score of 0.00 indicating that Graphic Packaging is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Greif	Neutral
Graphic Packaging	Neutral

Do analysts rate GEF.B or GPK?

Graphic Packaging has a consensus price target of $29.17, indicating a potential upside of 30.49%. Given Graphic Packaging's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Graphic Packaging is more favorable than Greif.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Greif	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Graphic Packaging	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GEF.B or GPK?

Graphic Packaging received 405 more outperform votes than Greif when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.57% of users gave Greif an outperform vote while only 63.95% of users gave Graphic Packaging an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Greif	Outperform Votes 113 64.57%	Underperform Votes 62 35.43%
Graphic Packaging	Outperform Votes 518 63.95%	Underperform Votes 292 36.05%

Summary

Graphic Packaging beats Greif on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.