NYSE:GEFGreif Stock Price, Forecast & News

Greif's stock was trading at $27.71 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, GEF stock has increased by 34.5% and is now trading at $37.26.
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4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Greif in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."
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Greif is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 26th 2020.
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Greif will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, August 26th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Greif, Inc. (NYSE:GEF) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, June, 3rd. The industrial products company reported $0.95 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.75 by $0.20. The industrial products company earned $1.16 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.15 billion. Greif had a net margin of 3.60% and a return on equity of 20.53%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 4.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.81 earnings per share.
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Greif declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, June 3rd. Investors of record on Thursday, June 18th will be given a dividend of $0.44 per share on Wednesday, July 1st. This represents a $1.76 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.72%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, June 17th.
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4 analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Greif's stock. Their forecasts range from $26.00 to $46.00. On average, they anticipate Greif's share price to reach $36.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.4%.
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Media coverage about GEF stock has trended positive on Friday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Greif earned a daily sentiment score of 2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the industrial products company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days.
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Greif saw a drop in short interest in June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 1,450,000 shares, a drop of 6.5% from the June 15th total of 1,550,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 247,100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 5.9 days. Approximately 5.7% of the company's stock are short sold.
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Some companies that are related to Greif include Ball (BLL), Crown (CCK), AptarGroup (ATR), Berry Global Group (BERY), Silgan (SLGN), Owens-Illinois (OI) and Myers Industries (MYE).
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Greif investors own include Bank of America (BAC), Intelsat (I), Fossil Group (FOSL), AbbVie (ABBV), AMC Entertainment (AMC), Comcast (CMCSA), American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Apollo Global Management (APO) and Antero Resources (AR).

Greif trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "GEF."

Greif's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include LSV Asset Management (4.86%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (0.19%), Denali Advisors LLC (0.17%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.11%), First Trust Advisors LP (0.09%) and Ziegler Capital Management LLC (0.06%). Company insiders that own Greif stock include Gary R Martz, Hari K Kumar, Lawrence A Hilsheimer, Mark A Emkes, Ole G Rosgaard, Peter G Watson and Timothy Bergwall.
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GEF stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including First Trust Advisors LP, Hancock Whitney Corp, Comerica Bank, and Texas Permanent School Fund.
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GEF stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including LSV Asset Management, Denali Advisors LLC, Ziegler Capital Management LLC, Hussman Strategic Advisors Inc., Principal Financial Group Inc., Quantitative Systematic Strategies LLC, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System. Company insiders that have bought Greif stock in the last two years include Gary R Martz, Hari K Kumar, Lawrence A Hilsheimer, Mark A Emkes, Ole G Rosgaard, Peter G Watson, and Timothy Bergwall.
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Shares of GEF can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of GEF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $37.26.

Greif has a market capitalization of $1.81 billion and generates $4.60 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $171 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.96 on an earnings per share basis. Greif employs 17,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for Greif is www.greif.com.

Greif's mailing address is 425 WINTER ROAD, DELAWARE OH, 43015. The industrial products company can be reached via phone at 740-549-6000 or via email at [email protected]