Greif (GEF.B) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 5.54 (As of May. 14, 2024)

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What is Greif 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

Greif's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 5.54.

The historical rank and industry rank for Greif's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % or its related term are showing as below:

GEF.B' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.96 Med: 3.75 Max: 8.15
Current: 5.54

During the past 13 years, Greif's highest Yield on Cost was 8.15. The lowest was 2.96. And the median was 3.75.

GEF.B's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is ranked better than
62.15% of 251 companies
in the Packaging & Containers industry
Industry Median: 2.78 vs GEF.B: 5.54

Competitive Comparison of Greif's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %

For the Packaging & Containers subindustry, Greif's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %, along with its competitors' market caps and 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Greif's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Packaging & Containers Industry

For the Packaging & Containers industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Greif's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Greif's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % falls into.

Greif 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Calculation

Dividend Yield % and dividend growth of a stock is an important factor for income investors. But if company A raises its dividend constantly faster than company B, company A's future dividend yield might be much higher than Company B's even if their yields are the same now and their stock prices do not change.

Yield on Cost assumes that you buy and the stock today, and hold it for 5 years. If the company raises it dividends at the same rate as it did over the past 5 years, the dividends investors receive annually in 5 years relative to the stock price today.

Therefore, Yield-on-Cost of Greif is calculated as

Yield-on-Cost

Dividend Yield %

Dividend Growth Rate)^5

Greif (NYSE:GEF.B) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Explanation

Of course the risk here is that the company may not raise its dividends as it did before. The key is to select the companies that can consistently raise its dividends. Usually companies with long history of raising dividends tend to do so.

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Greif (GEF.B) Business Description

Industry

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Traded in Other Exchanges

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Address

425 Winter Road, Delaware, OH, USA, 43015

Website

https://www.greif.com

Greif Inc is a producer of industrial packaging products and services with manufacturing facilities located in many countries. It offers a comprehensive line of rigid industrial packaging products, such as steel, fiber, and plastic drums, rigid intermediate bulk containers, closure systems for industrial packaging products, transit protection products, water bottles and remanufactured and reconditioned industrial containers, and services, such as container life cycle management, blending, filling, logistics, warehousing, and other packaging services. The company operates in three reportable business segments including Global Industrial Packaging, Paper Packaging and Services, and Land Management. It operates in North and Latin America, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific regions.