Greif Inc [GEF] stock is trading at $69.8, up 7.40%. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The GEF shares have gain 5.73% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 25.54%, 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.
Greif Inc [GEF] stock has fluctuated between $48.23 and $73.16 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $68 within the next 12 months. Greif Inc [NYSE: GEF] shares were valued at $69.8 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -2.58% based on the average GEF price forecast.
Analyzing the GEF fundamentals
Greif Inc [NYSE:GEF] reported sales of 5.52B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 1.07%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.21% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.09%, 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 1.44.
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 66.50 points at the first support level, and at 63.20 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 71.55, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 73.30.
Greif Inc [GEF] reported earnings per share of $0.85 for its fiscal quarter that ended on 10/31/2024. Based on the Wall Street analysts’ estimates, the company was expected to report earnings of $1.1/share, meaning a difference of $-0.25 and a surprise factor of -22.42%. By comparison, the stated earnings for the previous quarter ended on 7/31/2024 were $1.03 per share as compared to estimates of $1.14 per share, a difference of $-0.11 representing a surprise of -9.38%.
Ratios To Look Out For
For context, Greif Inc’s Current Ratio is 1.27. In addition, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.96 and the Cash Ratio stands at 0.18. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.61, the price to book ratio is 1.90 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 19.67.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Rosgaard Ole G, Officer, that happened on Jul 01 ’25 when 19248.0 shares were purchased. Officer, Kellermann Kimberly Anne completed a deal on Jul 01 ’25 to buy 9000.0 shares. Meanwhile, President and CEO Rosgaard Ole G sold 30000.0 shares on Jun 09 ’25.
