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GEF vs. GEF.B, CCK, ATR, SLGN, OI, MYE, GPK, SON, SEE, and UFPT

Should you be buying Greif stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Greif include Greif Bros. (GEF.B), Crown (CCK), AptarGroup (ATR), Silgan (SLGN), O-I Glass (OI), Myers Industries (MYE), Graphic Packaging (GPK), Sonoco Products (SON), Sealed Air (SEE), and UFP Technologies (UFPT). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.

Greif vs. Its Competitors

Greif Bros. (NYSE:GEF.B) and Greif (NYSE:GEF) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Greif Bros. pays an annual dividend of $3.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Greif pays an annual dividend of $2.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Greif Bros. pays out 89.5% 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 pays out 60.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Greif has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years.

Greif is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Greif Bros., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Greif Bros.$5.45B0.61$268.80M$3.6219.23
Greif$5.45B0.58$268.80M$3.5518.75

Greif Bros. has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Greif has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Greif has a consensus target price of $74.83, suggesting a potential upside of 12.45%. Given Greif's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Greif is more favorable than Greif Bros..

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Greif Bros.
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Greif
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Greif Bros.3.74% 10.21% 3.23%
Greif 3.74%10.21%3.23%

5.1% of Greif Bros. shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.7% of Greif shares are held by institutional investors. 16.2% of Greif Bros. shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.6% of Greif shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Greif had 2 more articles in the media than Greif Bros.. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Greif and 2 mentions for Greif Bros.. Greif's average media sentiment score of 1.61 beat Greif Bros.'s score of 1.21 indicating that Greif is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Greif Bros.
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Greif
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Summary

Greif beats Greif Bros. on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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GEF vs. The Competition

MetricGreifCONTNRS IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.18B$7.58B$7.88B$21.11B
Dividend Yield3.22%3.30%4.55%3.60%
P/E Ratio18.7516.0825.5628.44
Price / Sales0.581.49101.4058.65
Price / Cash6.1910.0227.9222.92
Price / Book1.483.494.464.69
Net Income$268.80M$370.95M$795.63M$995.51M
7 Day Performance1.12%4.63%1.41%1.65%
1 Month Performance0.65%5.76%5.66%4.54%
1 Year Performance1.93%-2.33%31.95%9.99%

Greif Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GEF
Greif
4.1555 of 5 stars
$66.55
-0.7%
$74.83
+12.5%
+3.3%$3.18B$5.45B18.7514,000
GEF.B
Greif Bros.
N/A$68.54
+0.2%
N/A+1.6%$3.25B$5.52B18.9312,000News Coverage
CCK
Crown
4.424 of 5 stars
$104.71
-1.4%
$119.45
+14.1%
+21.3%$12.19B$11.90B22.5223,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
ATR
AptarGroup
4.534 of 5 stars
$155.41
-0.6%
$180.60
+16.2%
+13.7%$10.26B$3.55B28.3613,500Upcoming Earnings
SLGN
Silgan
4.623 of 5 stars
$54.97
-0.4%
$63.78
+16.0%
+18.5%$5.88B$6.00B20.4312,800Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
OI
O-I Glass
4.3484 of 5 stars
$14.36
+0.2%
$17.20
+19.8%
+28.9%$2.22B$6.53B-11.3921,000Upcoming Earnings
Options Volume
MYE
Myers Industries
4.3815 of 5 stars
$14.53
-0.6%
$21.00
+44.6%
+3.7%$542.98M$836.28M51.882,700News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
GPK
Graphic Packaging
4.2578 of 5 stars
$22.45
+0.0%
$26.38
+17.5%
-14.5%$6.78B$8.67B10.9523,000Upcoming Earnings
SON
Sonoco Products
4.7396 of 5 stars
$46.01
+0.3%
$56.75
+23.4%
-6.7%$4.54B$5.31B29.8728,000News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
SEE
Sealed Air
4.6597 of 5 stars
$30.72
-1.5%
$38.27
+24.6%
-15.0%$4.52B$5.34B15.2116,400Positive News
UFPT
UFP Technologies
0.8786 of 5 stars
$226.83
-0.5%
$252.00
+11.1%
-22.9%$1.75B$547.56M27.764,335Positive News
Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NYSE:GEF) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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