GEF vs. JBT, REZI, BRC, UNF, CSTM, YOU, HI, ESE, MWA, and AIN
Should you be buying Greif stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Greif include John Bean Technologies (JBT), Resideo Technologies (REZI), Brady (BRC), UniFirst (UNF), Constellium (CSTM), Clear Secure (YOU), Hillenbrand (HI), ESCO Technologies (ESE), Mueller Water Products (MWA), and Albany International (AIN). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Greif (NYSE:GEF) and John Bean Technologies (NYSE:JBT) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, dividends and earnings.
John Bean Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Greif. John Bean Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Greif, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
John Bean Technologies received 55 more outperform votes than Greif when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.62% of users gave John Bean Technologies an outperform vote while only 55.75% of users gave Greif an outperform vote.
Greif has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, John Bean Technologies has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Greif presently has a consensus price target of $77.25, suggesting a potential upside of 20.89%. John Bean Technologies has a consensus price target of $121.00, suggesting a potential upside of 29.34%. Given John Bean Technologies' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe John Bean Technologies is more favorable than Greif.
John Bean Technologies has a net margin of 36.12% compared to Greif's net margin of 6.53%. Greif's return on equity of 18.65% beat John Bean Technologies' return on equity.
In the previous week, John Bean Technologies had 5 more articles in the media than Greif. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for John Bean Technologies and 0 mentions for Greif. Greif's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat John Bean Technologies' score of 1.13 indicating that Greif is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Greif pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. John Bean Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Greif pays out 36.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. John Bean Technologies pays out 2.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
45.7% of Greif shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.9% of John Bean Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Greif shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of John Bean Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
John Bean Technologies beats Greif on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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