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Greif (GEF) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$67.52 -0.69 (-1.01%)
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About Greif Stock (NYSE:GEF)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$67.36
$68.35
50-Day Range
$52.43
$69.87
52-Week Range
$48.23
$73.16
Volume
95,142 shs
Average Volume
178,479 shs
Market Capitalization
$3.20 billion
P/E Ratio
19.02
Dividend Yield
3.20%
Price Target
$74.83
Consensus Rating
Hold

Company Overview

Greif Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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60th Percentile Overall Score

GEF MarketRank™: 

Greif scored higher than 60% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 94th out of 182 stocks in the industrials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Greif has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.43, and is based on 3 buy ratings, 4 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Greif has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

  • Read more about Greif's stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Greif are expected to grow by 27.01% in the coming year, from $4.11 to $5.22 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Greif is 19.24, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 26.05.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Greif is 19.24, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 24.89.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    Greif has a PEG Ratio of 1.73. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Greif has a P/B Ratio of 1.52. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Read more about Greif's valuation and earnings.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    2.19% of the float of Greif has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Greif has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.2, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Greif has recently increased by 7.86%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • Dividend Yield

    Greif pays a meaningful dividend of 3.14%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

  • Dividend Growth

    Greif has only been increasing its dividend for 4 years.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of Greif is 60.85%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

  • Dividend Sustainability

    Based on earnings estimates, Greif will have a dividend payout ratio of 41.38% next year. This indicates that Greif will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

  • Read more about Greif's dividend.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    2.19% of the float of Greif has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Greif has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.2, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Greif has recently increased by 7.86%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • News Sentiment

    Greif has a news sentiment score of 0.28. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.52 average news sentiment score of Industrials companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 27 news articles for Greif this week, compared to 5 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    Only 3 people have searched for GEF on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -40% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    1 people have added Greif to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Greif insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $4,224,010.00 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    Only 7.60% of the stock of Greif is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    45.74% of the stock of Greif is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about Greif's insider trading history.
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GEF Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Greif's stock was trading at $61.12 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, GEF shares have increased by 11.8% and is now trading at $68.31.

Greif, Inc. (NYSE:GEF) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, June, 4th. The industrial products company reported $1.19 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.08 by $0.11. The company's quarterly revenue was up 1.1% on a year-over-year basis.
Read the conference call transcript
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Greif subsidiaries include these companies: Caraustar Industries Inc., pack2pack Group N.V., Storsack Group, Hannells AS, Ennis Containers Inc., Petro-Summit Mechanical Co. Ltd., Delta Petroleum Company, and more.

Shares of GEF stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Greif investors own include JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Meta Platforms (META), Tesla (TSLA), NVIDIA (NVDA), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Walmart (WMT) and Netflix (NFLX).

Company Calendar

Last Earnings
6/04/2025
Record date for 7/1 Dividend
6/17/2025
Ex-Dividend for 7/1 Dividend
6/17/2025
Dividend Payable
7/01/2025
Today
7/09/2025
Next Earnings (Estimated)
8/27/2025
Fiscal Year End
10/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NYSE
Industry
CONTNRS - PPR/PLS
Sub-Industry
Metal & Glass Containers
Current Symbol
NYSE:GEF
CIK
43920
Employees
14,000
Year Founded
1877

Price Target and Rating

High Price Target
$93.00
Low Price Target
$56.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+8.7%
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
2.57
Research Coverage
7 Analysts

Profitability

Trailing P/E Ratio
19.22
Forward P/E Ratio
16.60
P/E Growth
1.73
Net Income
$268.80 million
Pretax Margin
5.82%

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$5.45 billion
Cash Flow
$10.75 per share
Price / Cash Flow
6.35
Book Value
$44.88 per share
Price / Book
1.52

Miscellaneous

Free Float
43,854,000
Market Cap
$3.24 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
0.99

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This page (NYSE:GEF) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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