Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. GEF-B scored 48.3, SLGN scored 60.3 — SLGN leads.
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Different reporting periods. SLGN's fundamentals are as of June 2026, but GEF-B's are as of July 2025 — a 11-month gap. Growth, margin and valuation figures below therefore describe different windows and aren't strictly like-for-like.
GEF-B
Greif, Inc.
Packaging & Containers · Quality-Growth
48.3
$108.04 · $4.1B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
12.0
SLGN leads
SLGN
Silgan Holdings Inc.
Packaging & Containers · Quality-Growth
60.3
$35.44 · $3.7B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestSLGN13.9x
Fastest growthSLGN+8.4%
Strongest balance sheetGEF-B0.39
Highest qualityGEF-B66 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueSLGN-49%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
GEF-B
stronger →← stronger
SLGN
66
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
58
57
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
59
30
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
64
SLGN is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
GEF-B
SLGN
$335mC
FCF
$343mC
+4.3%C+
Rev
+8.4%B
0.39A-
D/E
2.03C+
32.6xC
P/E
13.9xB+
0.67A-
PEG
0.79A-
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
GEF-B
SLGN
32% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
49% below
~-5%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~-10%/yr
+46%
1-yr DCF upside
+89%
+47%
5-yr DCF upside
+98%
+49%
10-yr DCF upside
+112%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
GEF-B
Why this score
Raising its dividend
SLGN
Why this score
Raising its dividend
The companies
GEF-BGreif, Inc.
Packaging & Containers · $108.04 · beta 0.79
Why now
Packaging & Containers · market cap $4.1b. 6% off the 52-week high of $114.64. PEG 0.67 — paying under fair value for the growth rate.
Moat
Net margin 25% sits well above the S&P median (~11%) — suggests structural pricing advantage or cost discipline competitors can't quickly close. FCF converts 147% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Trailing P/E 33x sits well above the S&P median (~20x) — multiple compression is a real risk if revenue growth decelerates.
SLGNSilgan Holdings Inc.
Packaging & Containers · $35.44 · beta 0.67
Why now
Packaging & Containers · market cap $3.7b. Down 28% from 52-week high of $49.55 — deep drawdown territory. PEG 0.79 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 13 sell-side analysts rate this a Strong Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $53.85 (implying +52% upside).
Moat
ROE 11% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere. FCF converts 127% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
D/E 2.03 is elevated — limits strategic flexibility and raises refinancing exposure if rates stay higher for longer. Net margin 4.0% is thin — operating leverage cuts both ways; input-cost inflation or pricing pressure hits the bottom line first.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
Generating verdict… typically 5–10 seconds
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Where GEF-B and SLGN diverge
On the headline score the gap is 12.0 points in favor of SLGN. They get there differently, though — each leads on a different pillar, so the better pick depends on which you weight.
ValueGEF-B 30.4 · SLGN 64.3SLGN +33.9
QualityGEF-B 65.8 · SLGN 58.2GEF-B +7.6
GrowthGEF-B 56.5 · SLGN 58.6level
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is SLGN or GEF-B the better stock?
SLGN scores higher: SLGN 60.3, GEF-B 48.3 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do SLGN and GEF-B differ most?
The widest gap is value, where SLGN leads by 34 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. Neither name sweeps: they trade the lead across the three pillars, so the comparison is a trade-off rather than one being better on every measure.
How are SLGN and GEF-B scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.