FY2025 Earnings Forecast for Greif Issued By Zacks Research

Greif, Inc. (NYSE:GEF) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research issued their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for Greif in a research note issued on Wednesday, September 17th. Zacks Research analyst Team forecasts that the industrial products company will post earnings per share of $3.20 for the year. Zacks Research currently has a “Strong Sell” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Greif’s current full-year earnings is $4.11 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Greif’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.59 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.49 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.26 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.31 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.08 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $4.13 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $0.82 EPS, Q2 2027 earnings at $1.29 EPS, Q3 2027 earnings at $1.39 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $4.52 EPS.

Several other equities analysts have also recently issued reports on the company. Bank of America dropped their target price on Greif from $77.00 to $71.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, September 2nd. Truist Financial cut their price target on Greif from $72.00 to $71.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a report on Monday, September 8th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company increased their price target on Greif from $72.00 to $76.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, August 22nd. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Greif has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $75.80.

Greif Stock Down 1.4%

Shares of NYSE GEF opened at $59.61 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $2.83 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.92, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.65 and a beta of 1.01. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.00, a current ratio of 1.41 and a quick ratio of 1.18. The business has a 50-day moving average of $64.65 and a two-hundred day moving average of $60.05. Greif has a 1 year low of $48.23 and a 1 year high of $73.16.

Greif (NYSE:GEF) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 27th. The industrial products company reported $1.03 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.81 by $0.22. The company had revenue of $1.13 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $740.23 million. Greif had a return on equity of 10.09% and a net margin of 3.52%.Greif’s revenue for the quarter was down 2.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $1.03 EPS.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Summit Securities Group LLC bought a new position in Greif in the first quarter valued at $37,000. Parallel Advisors LLC lifted its stake in Greif by 104.9% in the first quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 838 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $46,000 after acquiring an additional 429 shares during the last quarter. State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System acquired a new stake in Greif in the second quarter valued at $214,000. Neuberger Berman Group LLC acquired a new stake in Greif in the second quarter valued at $216,000. Finally, PharVision Advisers LLC acquired a new stake in Greif in the fourth quarter valued at $207,000. Institutional investors own 45.74% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Greif

In related news, CFO Lawrence A. Hilsheimer sold 1,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, July 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $68.88, for a total transaction of $68,880.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 100,677 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,934,631.76. The trade was a 0.98% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, CEO Ole G. Rosgaard sold 2,200 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, July 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $70.00, for a total transaction of $154,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 74,027 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $5,181,890. The trade was a 2.89% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 66,741 shares of company stock valued at $4,596,852 over the last 90 days. Company insiders own 7.60% of the company’s stock.

Greif Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, October 1st. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 16th will be paid a $0.56 dividend. This is a boost from Greif’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.54. This represents a $2.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.8%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, September 16th. Greif’s payout ratio is presently 71.11%.

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.