Zacks Research Has Pessimistic View of Greif FY2025 Earnings

Greif, Inc. (NYSE:GEF) – Zacks Research dropped their FY2025 earnings estimates for Greif in a report released on Wednesday, November 27th. Zacks Research analyst M. Das now expects that the industrial products company will earn $4.76 per share for the year, down from their previous estimate of $4.77. The consensus estimate for Greif’s current full-year earnings is $4.20 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Greif’s Q4 2025 earnings at $1.41 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.47 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.37 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $5.20 EPS.

Other equities analysts have also recently issued reports about the company. Wells Fargo & Company reduced their target price on Greif from $80.00 to $76.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, August 26th. Sidoti assumed coverage on shares of Greif in a research note on Wednesday, November 20th. They set a “buy” rating and a $93.00 target price on the stock. Truist Financial reissued a “hold” rating and issued a $67.00 price target (down from $69.00) on shares of Greif in a research note on Friday, August 30th. Stifel Nicolaus reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $88.00 price objective on shares of Greif in a research report on Monday, August 26th. Finally, Bank of America decreased their target price on Greif from $77.00 to $73.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, August 30th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $79.40.

Greif Stock Up 0.5 %

NYSE GEF opened at $71.42 on Monday. Greif has a 1 year low of $55.95 and a 1 year high of $73.16. The stock has a market capitalization of $3.37 billion, a PE ratio of 15.44 and a beta of 0.91. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.35, a current ratio of 1.70 and a quick ratio of 1.28. The business’s 50-day moving average is $65.06 and its 200 day moving average is $62.86.

Institutional Trading of Greif

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in GEF. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD grew its stake in shares of Greif by 5.4% during the 1st quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 17,151 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $1,185,000 after purchasing an additional 886 shares during the period. Twelve Points Wealth Management LLC grew its position in Greif by 11.9% during the second quarter. Twelve Points Wealth Management LLC now owns 24,132 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $1,387,000 after buying an additional 2,559 shares during the period. Wedge Capital Management L L P NC increased its holdings in Greif by 22.8% during the second quarter. Wedge Capital Management L L P NC now owns 17,727 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $1,019,000 after buying an additional 3,291 shares during the last quarter. Summit Global Investments raised its position in Greif by 75.3% in the second quarter. Summit Global Investments now owns 8,221 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $472,000 after acquiring an additional 3,531 shares during the period. Finally, Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC boosted its stake in shares of Greif by 770.7% during the 2nd quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 1,933 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $111,000 after acquiring an additional 1,711 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 45.74% of the company’s stock.

Greif Company Profile

Greif, Inc engages in the production and sale of industrial packaging products and services worldwide. The company operates through Global Industrial Packaging; Paper Packaging & Services; and Land Management segments. The Global Industrial Packaging segment produces and sells industrial packaging products, including steel, fiber, and plastic drums; rigid and flexible intermediate bulk containers; closure systems for industrial packaging products; transit protection products; water bottles, and remanufactured and reconditioned industrial containers; and various services, such as container life cycle management, filling, logistics, warehousing, and other packaging services to chemicals, paints and pigments, food and beverage, petroleum, industrial coatings, agriculture, pharmaceuticals, mineral product, and other industries.