GEF vs. UNF, JBT, YOU, ATS, CSTM, REZI, BRC, AIN, HI, and ATMU
Should you be buying Greif stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Greif include UniFirst (UNF), John Bean Technologies (JBT), Clear Secure (YOU), ATS (ATS), Constellium (CSTM), Resideo Technologies (REZI), Brady (BRC), Albany International (AIN), Hillenbrand (HI), and Atmus Filtration Technologies (ATMU). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Greif (NYSE:GEF) and UniFirst (NYSE:UNF) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, risk and profitability.
Greif received 52 more outperform votes than UniFirst when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.86% of users gave Greif an outperform vote while only 53.13% of users gave UniFirst an outperform vote.
Greif has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UniFirst has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Greif has higher revenue and earnings than UniFirst. Greif is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than UniFirst, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Greif pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. UniFirst pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Greif pays out 36.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. UniFirst pays out 21.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
45.7% of Greif shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.2% of UniFirst shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of Greif shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of UniFirst shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Greif had 1 more articles in the media than UniFirst. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Greif and 4 mentions for UniFirst. Greif's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat UniFirst's score of 0.96 indicating that Greif is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Greif presently has a consensus target price of $79.33, suggesting a potential upside of 25.67%. UniFirst has a consensus target price of $177.75, suggesting a potential upside of 11.06%. Given Greif's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Greif is more favorable than UniFirst.
Greif has a net margin of 6.53% compared to UniFirst's net margin of 4.92%. Greif's return on equity of 18.65% beat UniFirst's return on equity.
Summary
Greif beats UniFirst on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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