Greif Stock Forecast, Price & News

5 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Greif in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 1 hold rating and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" Greif stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in GEF, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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Greif is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 25th 2021.
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Greif, Inc. (NYSE:GEF) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, June, 8th. The industrial products company reported $1.13 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.06 by $0.07. The industrial products company had revenue of $1.34 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.26 billion. Greif had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 15.71% and a net margin of 5.04%. The firm's revenue was up 15.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.95 earnings per share.
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Greif's stock was trading at $27.71 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, GEF shares have increased by 131.5% and is now trading at $64.16.
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Greif announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, June 9th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 21st will be given a dividend of $0.44 per share on Thursday, July 1st. This represents a $1.76 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.74%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 18th.
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Greif pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.74%. Greif does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Greif is 54.66%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Greif will have a dividend payout ratio of 42.82% next year. This indicates that Greif will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Greif updated its FY21 earnings guidance on Wednesday, June, 9th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $4.55-4.85 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $3.78.

5 brokers have issued 12-month price objectives for Greif's stock. Their forecasts range from $45.00 to $77.00. On average, they anticipate Greif's share price to reach $60.40 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.9%.
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8 employees have rated Greif CEO Peter Watson on Glassdoor.com. Peter Watson has an approval rating of 100% among Greif's employees. This puts Peter Watson in the top 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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

Greif's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include LSV Asset Management (4.27%), Investment Counselors of Maryland LLC (1.54%), Rubric Capital Management LP (1.24%), Gamco Investors INC. ET AL (1.22%), AQR Capital Management LLC (0.94%) and Private Management Group Inc. (0.85%). Company insiders that own Greif stock include Gary R Martz, 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 LSV Asset Management, Gamco Investors INC. ET AL, Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co. LLC, Prudential Financial Inc., Acadian Asset Management LLC, Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC, Credit Suisse AG, and Mondrian Investment Partners LTD. Company insiders that have sold Greif company stock in the last year include Gary R Martz, and Timothy Bergwall.
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GEF stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Budros Ruhlin & Roe Inc., AQR Capital Management LLC, Victory Capital Management Inc., Investment Counselors of Maryland LLC, Jackson Creek Investment Advisors LLC, Rubric Capital Management LP, Voloridge Investment Management LLC, and Principal Financial Group Inc.. Company insiders that have bought Greif stock in the last two years include Gary R Martz, 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 WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of GEF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $64.16.

Greif has a market capitalization of $3.11 billion and generates $4.52 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $108.80 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.22 on an earnings per share basis.

Greif employs 16,000 workers across the globe.

Greif was founded in 1877.

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

Greif is headquartered at 425 WINTER ROAD, DELAWARE OH, 43015.

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]