Overview
Greif, Inc., headquartered in Delaware, Ohio, USA, is a global leader in industrial packaging products and services. The corporation, firmly established in the packaging industry since 1877, excels in manufacturing steel, plastic, and fiber drums, along with intermediate bulk containers. Greif's operation extends across over 40 countries, making it a prominent player with a broad international reach. The company's strategic emphasis includes enhancing its product portfolio through innovations suited to sustainable and efficient packaging solutions, as well as pursuing aggressive global expansion tactics. Key projects focus on improving product environmental footprint and recycling capabilities, aligning with global sustainability trends. This strong commitment to environmental stewardship and global presence underscore Greif's influence and reputation in the industrial packaging sector.
Basic Stats
The share price of Greif, Inc. as of September 5, 2025 is $61.41 / share. This is a decrease of -5.97% from the prior week. The market cap (or net worth) of Greif, Inc. as of September 5, 2025 is $2,988.29 MM.
The Factor Analysis chart (below right) shows a view of Greif, Inc. from a variety of lenses. Each factor shows how well the company ranks against all other companies in the Fintel global investing universe. Factor scores range from zero to 100, with 100 being most desirable, and 50 being average.
For example, a company with a Value Score of 100 would be the most undervalued company in our database. A company with a Value Score of zero would be the most overvalued.
| Market Cap | 2,988.29 MM |
| EV | 5,555.39 MM |
| Shares Out. | 47.40 MM |
| Earnings Date | |
| EPS (TTM) | 4.01 |
| Dividend Yield | 3.39 % |
| Ex-Dividend Date | 2025-09-16 |
| Borrow Rate | 0.25 |
| Short Shares Avail. | 0.45 MM |
| Short Interest | 0.66 MM |
| Short Float | 2.60 % |
| Days to Cover | 3.41 days |
| Risk Free Rate | 4.17 % |
| Price Change (1 yr) | 1.81 % |
| Volatility (1 yr) | 0.33 |
| Beta | 0.96 |
| Sharpe Ratio (1 yr) | -0.07 |
| Sortino Ratio (1 yr) | -0.14 |
| PE Ratio | 15.73 |
| Price/Book | 1.28 |
| Price/TBV | -8.42 |
| Book/Market | 0.78 |
| EBIT/EV | 0.04 |
| EBIT(3yr avg)/EV | 0.06 |
| ROA | 0.03 |
| ROE | 0.09 |
| ROIC | 0.04 |
| CROIC | 0.02 |
| OCROIC | 0.09 |
| Implied Volatility | 27.17 % |
| Put/Call OI Ratio | 0.98 |
Factor Scores range from 0 to 100, with 100 being most desirable. Larger circles are better. In situations where we have no data (e.g. no insider trades), we plot the score at 50 to avoid penalizing companies. However, a company that does not pay dividends will get a Dividend Score of Zero. Additionally, we inverted volatility to create a "stability" metric which is better when higher.
Price Target
The average one-year price target for Greif, Inc. is $78.74. The forecasts range from a low of $68.68 to a high of $97.65. A stock’s price target is the price at which analysts consider it fairly valued with respect to its projected earnings and historical earnings. Analysts typically set price targets that correspond to their buy or sell recommendations.
Update Frequency: Monthly
Stock Upgrades/Downgrades
This card shows analyst upgrades/downgrades for Greif, Inc.. An analyst rating is a classification that gives investors a sense of analyst sentiment about the direction and performance of an equity - usually a stock - over a period of time, typically 12 months.
The standard analyst ratings are generally as follows:
- Buy/Overweight/Outperform - Any of these ratings conveys an analyst’s belief that the stock is likely to outperform a market index (e.g. the S&P 500).
- Hold/Equal-Weight/Market Perform - Any of these ratings conveys an analyst’s belief that the stock is likely to perform in line with a market index.
- Sell/Underweight/Underperform - Any of these ratings suggest that an analyst believes the stock is likely to underperform a market index.
When an analyst upgrades a stock, they are signaling that the company’s fundamentals are being undervalued by investors. It could also mean they believe the market is underestimating the company’s potential. The opposite is true when a stock receives a downgrade.
The average rating of each individual analyst’s rating is the consensus rating for a stock. This gives investors a broader sense of the overall sentiment for that stock.
| Date | Analyst | Prior | Latest Recommendation |
Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-11-30 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2022-10-31 | BMO Capital | Market Perform | Underperform | Downgrade |
| 2022-10-13 | B of A Securities | Buy | Underperform | Downgrade |
| 2022-10-06 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2022-09-06 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | Equal-Weight | Downgrade |
| 2022-09-06 | BMO Capital | Underperform | Market Perform | Upgrade |
| 2022-09-02 | Stifel | Buy | Initiate | |
| 2022-06-13 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2022-02-15 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | Overweight | Upgrade |
| 2022-01-12 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2021-12-15 | B of A Securities | Neutral | Underperform | Downgrade |
| 2021-12-10 | Keybanc | Underweight | Maintains | |
| 2021-11-29 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | Equal-Weight | Downgrade |
| 2021-11-12 | BMO Capital | Outperform | Market Perform | Downgrade |
| 2021-10-14 | B of A Securities | Buy | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2021-09-03 | Keybanc | Underweight | Maintains | |
| 2021-08-16 | Keybanc | Underweight | Maintains | |
| 2021-04-05 | Keybanc | Underweight | Maintains | |
| 2020-10-12 | BMO Capital | Market Perform | Outperform | Upgrade |
| 2020-09-23 | BMO Capital | Underperform | Market Perform | Upgrade |
| 2020-09-21 | B of A Securities | Underperform | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2020-06-05 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2020-05-08 | KeyBanc | Underweight | Maintains | |
| 2020-04-09 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2020-04-09 | KeyBanc | Underweight | Maintains | |
| 2020-02-28 | Baird | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2020-01-14 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | Overweight | Upgrade |
| 2019-12-12 | BMO Capital | Underperform | Maintains | |
| 2019-12-06 | Wells Fargo | Market Perform | Maintains | |
| 2019-12-06 | Baird | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2018-12-21 | Wells Fargo | Outperform | Market Perform | Downgrade |
| 2018-12-21 | KeyBanc | Underweight | Underweight | Maintains |
| 2018-12-21 | BMO Capital | Outperform | Underperform | Downgrade |
| 2018-12-21 | Baird | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2018-12-07 | Wells Fargo | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2018-07-16 | Bank of America | Neutral | Underperform | Downgrade |
| 2018-05-22 | Bank of America | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2018-04-02 | BMO Capital | Market Perform | Outperform | Upgrade |
| 2018-04-02 | Bank of America | Buy | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2018-03-13 | Bank of America | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2018-01-02 | Bank of America | Neutral | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2017-12-07 | DA Davidson | Neutral | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2017-09-01 | Bank of America | Buy | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2017-03-09 | BMO Capital | Underperform | Market Perform | Upgrade |
| 2017-03-06 | Wells Fargo | Market Perform | Outperform | Upgrade |
| 2017-03-03 | DA Davidson | Underperform | Neutral | Upgrade |
| 2017-01-27 | Bank of America | Neutral | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2017-01-04 | Baird | Neutral | Outperform | Upgrade |
| 2016-12-22 | BMO Capital | Market Perform | Underperform | Downgrade |
| 2016-11-29 | KeyBanc | Hold | Underweight | Downgrade |
| 2016-11-22 | Bank of America | Buy | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2016-11-21 | Wells Fargo | Outperform | Market Perform | Downgrade |
| 2016-11-21 | DA Davidson | Neutral | Underperform | Downgrade |
| 2016-09-06 | Bank of America | Neutral | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2016-09-02 | DA Davidson | Buy | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2016-06-09 | BMO Capital | Outperform | Market Perform | Downgrade |
| 2016-05-25 | BMO Capital | Outperform | Market Perform | Downgrade |
| 2016-03-09 | Baird | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2015-09-02 | BMO Capital | Market Perform | Outperform | Upgrade |
| 2015-08-18 | DA Davidson | Neutral | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2015-06-10 | Bank of America | Underperform | Maintains | |
| 2015-06-08 | BMO Capital | Underperform | Market Perform | Upgrade |
| 2015-05-29 | Bank of America | Neutral | Underperform | Downgrade |
| 2015-05-27 | DA Davidson | Buy | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2015-01-16 | BMO Capital | Market Perform | Underperform | Downgrade |
| 2015-01-15 | Bank of America | Buy | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2014-10-08 | Wells Fargo | Outperform | Upgrade | |
| 2014-09-04 | BMO Capital | Market Perform | Initiate | |
| 2014-06-13 | Bank of America | Underperform | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2013-08-16 | Bank of America | Underperform | Maintains | |
| 2013-06-18 | Longbow Research | Neutral | Initiate | |
| 2013-03-04 | Bank of America | Underperform | Maintains | |
| 2013-03-01 | DA Davidson | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2012-11-29 | JP Morgan | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2012-11-29 | Bank of America | Underperform | Maintains | |
| 2012-11-20 | Wells Fargo | Outperform | Market Perform | Downgrade |
| 2012-08-30 | JP Morgan | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2012-08-30 | Barrington Research | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2012-08-30 | Bank of America | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2012-08-15 | JP Morgan | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2012-07-17 | Bank of America | Neutral | Initiate | |
| 2012-06-25 | JP Morgan | Overweight | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2012-04-11 | KeyBanc | Hold | Initiate | |
| 2012-03-05 | JP Morgan | Overweight | Upgrade | |
| 2012-03-02 | Deutsche Bank | Hold | Downgrade | |
| 2012-03-02 | Barrington Research | Outperform | Upgrade | |
| 2023-06-02 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | Equal-Weight | Maintains |
| 2023-06-09 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | Equal-Weight | Maintains |
| 2023-08-31 | Stifel | Buy | Buy | Reiterate |
| 2023-09-01 | Stifel | Buy | Buy | Reiterate |
| 2023-12-07 | Stifel | Buy | Buy | Reiterate |
| 2023-12-08 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | Equal-Weight | Maintains |
| 2023-07-10 | B of A Securities | Underperform | Neutral | Upgrade |
| 2024-04-18 | Truist Securities | Hold | Initiate | |
| 2024-01-11 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | Overweight | Upgrade |
| 2024-06-07 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2024-06-07 | B of A Securities | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2024-06-17 | B of A Securities | Neutral | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2024-07-16 | Truist Securities | Hold | Hold | Maintains |
| 2024-08-30 | B of A Securities | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2024-08-30 | Truist Securities | Hold | Hold | Reiterate |
| 2024-08-30 | Stifel | Buy | Buy | Reiterate |
| 2025-07-09 | B of A Securities | Buy | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2024-07-19 | Raymond James | Market Perform | Initiate | |
| 2024-08-26 | Stifel | Buy | Buy | Reiterate |
| 2024-08-26 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2025-01-06 | Truist Securities | Hold | Hold | Maintains |
| 2025-01-06 | B of A Securities | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2025-02-28 | Baird | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2024-11-20 | Sidoti & Co. | Buy | Initiate | |
| 2024-12-06 | Baird | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2025-03-03 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2025-03-03 | Truist Securities | Hold | Hold | Reiterate |
| 2025-04-22 | Truist Securities | Hold | Hold | Maintains |
| 2025-06-06 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2025-08-22 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2025-06-03 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2025-09-02 | B of A Securities | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
