Produces and sells steel, fiber, and plastic drums. Offers rigid and flexible intermediate bulk containers. Now — the numbers.
That much dependence is a risk in itself: if this one line weakens, the whole company feels it directly.
This is an established company with proven profits.
The gap is $1.3B. In times of high interest rates, a gap like that can squeeze a company.
The market pays 4.5× for every dollar of annual profit — cheap, which is either an opportunity or a warning.
Against companies in its own sector, it looks cheaper than 65% of them.
Analysts' average target sits 4% above today's price.
We compared this company with its own sector across five subjects.
A score of 50 means class average.
Clearly above the class average — a step short of the very top.
Clearly below the class average.
Clearly above the class average — a step short of the very top.
Clearly below the class average.
The stock has been running stronger than the market lately.
Financial Strength: The cash-and-debt balance is thin; the buffer for hard times is slim.
Growth: Sales growth trails the sector average.
The stock trades below its recent peak — about 9% off the top. A pullback, not a collapse.
The net profit margin is 20% — still a thick cushion, though costs have been eating into it lately.
It pays out $2.30 per share each year — regular cash for whoever holds the stock.
Over the last 4 years, sales fell about 6% a year on average. Profit is holding up, but a shrinking business is a risk worth watching.
The balance sheet offers little cushion against a rough stretch. Report-card grade: 31/100.
The growth engine is running at low revs right now. Report-card grade: 44/100.
On our five-subject report card, GEF sits behind the class. A low grade doesn’t mean “doomed” — it means “big claim, small proof.”
The takeaway: GEF does earn real profits — but on our report card it still sits behind its class. The real debate isn’t the quality of the business — it’s what that quality should cost.
The total grade weighs these five subjects against the sector — it isn’t a simple average of the five.