Zacks Research Has Bearish Estimate for Greif Q2 Earnings

Greif, Inc. (NYSE:GEF) – Stock analysts at Zacks Research reduced their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Greif in a research report issued on Tuesday, January 7th. Zacks Research analyst M. Das now expects that the industrial products company will earn $1.18 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $1.19. The consensus estimate for Greif’s current full-year earnings is $4.38 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Greif’s Q3 2025 earnings at $1.32 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.39 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.32 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $7.20 EPS.

Greif (NYSE:GEF) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, December 4th. The industrial products company reported $0.85 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.08 by ($0.23). The firm had revenue of $1.42 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.41 billion. Greif had a return on equity of 11.85% and a net margin of 4.81%. The business’s revenue was up 8.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.56 earnings per share.

Other equities analysts have also issued research reports about the stock. Sidoti began coverage on shares of Greif in a report on Wednesday, November 20th. They set a “buy” rating and a $93.00 target price on the stock. Truist Financial boosted their price objective on Greif from $67.00 to $71.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday. Robert W. Baird upped their target price on Greif from $70.00 to $75.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, December 6th. Finally, Bank of America dropped their target price on Greif from $79.00 to $73.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Monday. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Greif presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $79.33.

Greif Trading Up 0.3 %

NYSE GEF opened at $59.64 on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.81 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.19, a PEG ratio of 1.19 and a beta of 0.95. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.24, a quick ratio of 1.14 and a current ratio of 1.53. Greif has a one year low of $55.95 and a one year high of $73.16. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $65.73 and its 200 day moving average price is $63.04.

Greif Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, January 1st. Investors of record on Monday, December 16th were paid a $0.54 dividend. This represents a $2.16 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.62%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, December 16th. Greif’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 47.79%.

Insider Activity at Greif

In other news, Director B Andrew Rose purchased 3,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 20th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of $70.20 per share, for a total transaction of $245,700.00. Following the completion of the purchase, the director now owns 3,500 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $245,700. This trade represents a ∞ increase in their ownership of the stock. The purchase was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CFO Lawrence A. Hilsheimer acquired 550 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, December 20th. The shares were purchased at an average price of $67.88 per share, for a total transaction of $37,334.00. Following the purchase, the chief financial officer now directly owns 162,151 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $11,006,809.88. This represents a 0.34 % increase in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this purchase can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders acquired 6,225 shares of company stock valued at $431,731. Insiders own 3.07% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in GEF. Quarry LP grew its position in shares of Greif by 71.9% during the 2nd quarter. Quarry LP now owns 545 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $31,000 after buying an additional 228 shares during the last quarter. DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale raised its position in shares of Greif by 80.5% during the 2nd quarter. DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale now owns 1,258 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $73,000 after purchasing an additional 561 shares during the period. Quest Partners LLC raised its position in shares of Greif by 27,766.7% during the 2nd quarter. Quest Partners LLC now owns 1,672 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $96,000 after purchasing an additional 1,666 shares during the period. nVerses Capital LLC raised its position in shares of Greif by 50.0% during the 3rd quarter. nVerses Capital LLC now owns 2,100 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $132,000 after purchasing an additional 700 shares during the period. Finally, State of Alaska Department of Revenue boosted its position in Greif by 7.0% during the 3rd quarter. State of Alaska Department of Revenue now owns 3,068 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $192,000 after purchasing an additional 200 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 45.74% of the company’s stock.

About Greif

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.