GREIF, INC
Wells Fargo maintained an Equal-Weight rating on Greif (GEF) but lowered its price target to $88.00 from $90.00. GuruFocus values GEF at $54.17, suggesting a 49.1% overvaluation. The company has seen significant insider selling and has a GF Score of 64/100, indicating moderate performance with weak growth prospects.
Raymond James upgraded Greif (NYSE:GEF) to Outperform with a $90 price target, citing margin expansion potential and a strong balance sheet. The stock trades at $80.04, implying 12% upside. Greif's Q3 2026 revenue beat expectations at $1.17B, but EPS missed at $0.86. The company's dividend yield is 3.1%, with a 0.41 debt-to-equity ratio.
Greif (GEF) plans to exit coated recycled paperboard by closing its Sweetwater mill, affecting 90 employees and removing 120,000 tons of annual capacity. The company aims to serve uncoated recycled paperboard customers through other mills, with the goal of improving returns. Financial details, including earnings contribution and savings, were not disclosed. The move is part of a strategy to focus on more competitive assets, though execution risks remain.
Over the past 7 days, AlphAI's AI scored 1 news story mentioning GEF (GREIF, INC). Coverage has skewed bearish: 0 bullish, 0 neutral, and 1 bearish.
Recent GEF coverage spans insider activity, financial news and corporate actions.
In the last 30 days, GEF insiders filed 1 SEC Form 4 transaction — no purchases and 1 sale ($164K). The most active reporter was Bergwall Timothy, SVP, Chief Commercial Officer, with 1 filing. 100% of those filings were made under pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plans.
The downgrade suggests potential downside pressure on the stock.
Upgrade and target suggest upside potential.
Potential reduction in operating costs but risk of lost revenue and transition expenses.
The insider sale represents a modest reduction of holdings by an EVP, suggesting limited personal confidence but unlikely to move the stock materially.
Insider selling by the CFO is a near-term sentiment datapoint, but it is not a fundamental change by itself.
AlphAI scores every news story that mentions GEF with an AI model for sentiment and relevance, and aggregates insider trades from GREIF, INC's SEC EDGAR Form 4 filings. Figures refresh continuously.
Wells Fargo maintained an Equal-Weight rating on Greif (GEF) but lowered its price target to $88.00 from $90.00. GuruFocus values GEF at $54.17, suggesting a 49.1% overvaluation. The company has seen significant insider selling and has a GF Score of 64/100, indicating moderate performance with weak growth prospects.
2 min readRaymond James upgraded Greif (NYSE:GEF) to Outperform with a $90 price target, citing margin expansion potential and a strong balance sheet. The stock trades at $80.04, implying 12% upside. Greif's Q3 2026 revenue beat expectations at $1.17B, but EPS missed at $0.86. The company's dividend yield is 3.1%, with a 0.41 debt-to-equity ratio.
2 min readGreif (GEF) plans to exit coated recycled paperboard by closing its Sweetwater mill, affecting 90 employees and removing 120,000 tons of annual capacity. The company aims to serve uncoated recycled paperboard customers through other mills, with the goal of improving returns. Financial details, including earnings contribution and savings, were not disclosed. The move is part of a strategy to focus on more competitive assets, though execution risks remain.
2 min readSathyanarayanan Bala (EVP, Chief Human Resources Off) sold 1,000 shares of GREIF, INC (GEF) at $109.66 ($0.11M total) on 2026-08-24.
1 min readHilsheimer Lawrence A. (EVP and CFO) sold 41,754 shares of GREIF, INC (GEF) at an average of $88.59 ($88.51–$88.66, $3.70M total) across 2 trades over 2026-08-06 to 2026-08-07.
1 min readSathyanarayanan Bala (EVP, Chief Human Resources Off) sold 1,146 shares of GREIF, INC (GEF) at $88.60 ($0.10M total) on 2026-08-07.
1 min readBergwall Timothy (SVP, Chief Commercial Officer) sold 6,000 shares of GREIF, INC (GEF) at $85.26 ($0.51M total) on 2026-08-03.
1 min readEmkes Mark A sold 3,000 shares of GREIF, INC (GEF) at $87.04 ($0.26M total) on 2026-08-03.
2 min readBenner Gaylord (SVP SBGM Sust. Fiber Solutions) sold 2,653 shares of GREIF, INC (GEF) at $86.61 ($0.23M total) on 2026-08-03.
2 min readRosgaard Ole G (President and CEO) sold 40,087 shares of GREIF, INC (GEF) at $86.68 ($3.47M total) on 2026-08-03.
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