What is Zacks Research’s Forecast for Greif FY2025 Earnings?

Greif, Inc. (NYSE:GEF) – Stock analysts at Zacks Research cut their FY2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Greif in a report released on Wednesday, November 27th. Zacks Research analyst M. Das now expects that the industrial products company will post earnings of $4.76 per share for the year, down from their prior forecast of $4.77. The consensus estimate for Greif’s current full-year earnings is $4.20 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Greif’s Q4 2025 earnings at $1.41 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.47 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.37 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $5.20 EPS.

Other equities research analysts have also recently issued reports about the stock. Sidoti began coverage on shares of Greif in a research note on Wednesday, November 20th. They set a “buy” rating and a $93.00 price target on the stock. Wells Fargo & Company decreased their target price on shares of Greif from $80.00 to $76.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, August 26th. Truist Financial reiterated a “hold” rating and issued a $67.00 price target (down from $69.00) on shares of Greif in a report on Friday, August 30th. Stifel Nicolaus reissued a “buy” rating and set a $88.00 price target on shares of Greif in a research note on Monday, August 26th. Finally, Bank of America lowered their price objective on Greif from $77.00 to $73.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, August 30th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $79.40.

Greif Trading Up 0.3 %

Greif stock opened at $71.03 on Monday. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $65.06 and a 200 day moving average price of $62.87. Greif has a 52 week low of $55.95 and a 52 week high of $73.16. The stock has a market cap of $3.35 billion, a PE ratio of 15.44 and a beta of 0.91. The company has a current ratio of 1.70, a quick ratio of 1.28 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.35.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Greif

Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Quarry LP grew its stake 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 period. Innealta Capital LLC purchased a new stake in Greif during the second quarter valued at about $64,000. DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale increased its stake in Greif by 80.5% during the second quarter. DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale now owns 1,258 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $73,000 after acquiring an additional 561 shares during the last quarter. nVerses Capital LLC purchased a new position in shares of Greif in the 2nd quarter worth about $80,000. Finally, Quest Partners LLC raised its holdings in shares of Greif by 27,766.7% in 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. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 45.74% of the company’s stock.

Greif Company Profile

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.