At the time of writing, Greif Inc [GEF] stock is trading at $63.68, up 15.63%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The GEF shares have gain 13.75% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 18.61%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Greif Inc [NYSE: GEF] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on November 20, 2024, when Sidoti initiated its Buy rating and assigned the stock a price target of $93. On June 17, 2024, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Buy and revised its price target to $77 on the stock. Truist started tracking the stock assigning a Hold rating and suggested a price target of $71 on April 18, 2024. Wells Fargo upgraded its rating to a Overweight and raised its price target to $75 on January 11, 2024. BofA Securities upgraded its rating to Neutral for this stock on July 10, 2023. In a note dated October 31, 2022, BMO Capital Markets downgraded an Underperform rating on this stock and revised its target price from $72 to $62.
For the past year, the stock price of Greif Inc fluctuated between $48.23 and $73.16. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $68 within the next 12 months. Greif Inc [NYSE: GEF] shares were valued at $63.68 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 6.78% based on the average GEF price forecast.
Analyzing the GEF fundamentals
According to Greif Inc [NYSE:GEF], the company’s sales were 5.52B for trailing twelve months, which represents an 1.07% jump. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.2% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.08%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.06%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.04%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.03, Equity is 0.1 and Total Capital is 0.09. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 1.54.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 60.81 points at the first support level, and at 57.93 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 65.44, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 67.19.
Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that Greif Inc [NYSE:GEF] has a current ratio of 1.27. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.96. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.56, the price to book ratio is 1.81 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 17.94.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Miller Frank Calhoun V, Director, that happened on Mar 11 ’25 when 1000.0 shares were purchased. Director, Emkes Mark A completed a deal on Mar 06 ’25 to buy 3000.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director ROSE B ANDREW bought 1500.0 shares on Mar 05 ’25.
