GEF - Latest News

Greif, Inc. (GEF), operates in Consumer Cyclical / Packaging & Containers, trades on NYSE.

Market capitalization stands near $3.45B. Trailing twelve-month P/E ratio is 4.39. Beta to the broader market is 0.81.

The article list below shows the most recent GEF headlines from major financial news vendors. For options traders, the most actionable items are earnings releases, analyst rating changes, M&A activity, and regulatory filings - each can drive a meaningful repricing of implied volatility and shift dealer hedging flow. Pair the news context with the implied-volatility skew and gamma exposure views to see whether the options market has already priced in the headline.

Recent GEF Headlines

Greif Named to 2026 Global Most Loved Workplaces® List for the Fourth Consecutive Year

globenewswire.com - Jun 17, 2026

DELAWARE, June 17, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Greif, Inc. (NYSE: GEF, GEF.

Greif Hikes Product Prices on Higher Costs & Growing Demand

zacks.com - Jun 11, 2026

GEF will raise URB, tube and core, and protective packaging prices in July as input, raw material and transportation costs climb amid demand.

Greif Announces Price Increase for Uncoated Recycled Paperboard, Tube and Core and Protective Packaging Products

globenewswire.com - Jun 10, 2026

DELAWARE, Ohio, June 10, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Greif, Inc. (NYSE: GEF, GEF.

Dividend Champion, Contender, And Challenger Highlights: Week Of June 7

seekingalpha.com - Jun 5, 2026

A weekly summary of dividend activity for Dividend Champions, Contenders, and Challengers. Companies which changed their dividends.

Greif Rewards Shareholders With 10.7% Hike in Quarterly Dividend

zacks.com - Jun 3, 2026

GEF boosts its quarterly dividend 10. 7%, supported by stronger free cash flow, lower leverage and a commitment to returning capital.

How News Affects GEF Options Pricing

Headlines and scheduled events drive implied volatility in two distinct ways. Pre-event, IV typically inflates as uncertainty about the outcome rises; this is the implied-volatility expansion that creates the long-vol setup. Post-event, IV typically contracts sharply as uncertainty resolves; this is IV crush, which makes premium-selling structures profitable when they survive the underlying move. The size of the crush depends on how stretched pre-event IV is relative to the realized move. Track GEF's implied vs realized volatility over the news cycle to size pre-event vs post-event positioning. For ticker-level dealer positioning context, the gamma exposure view shows whether dealers are positioned to amplify or dampen post-news moves.

Frequently asked GEF news questions

What is the latest GEF news headline?

The most recent GEF headline (Jun 17, 2026) is "Greif Named to 2026 Global Most Loved Workplaces® List for the Fourth Consecutive Year". The five most recent stories with summaries and publication times are listed above, sourced from major financial news vendors.

How fresh is the GEF news on this page?

News rows refresh roughly every 30 minutes during the trading day. The five most recent headlines are listed in publication-time order. Press releases from the company itself typically appear within minutes of the wire release; third-party reporting may lag by 30-60 minutes depending on the source.

What GEF news moves options pricing?

Three categories move single-name IV most aggressively: scheduled earnings releases (priced into pre-event IV, crushed post-event), unscheduled M&A or strategic announcements (rapid IV expansion, slower decay), and regulatory or legal events (drug-trial readouts, antitrust filings, FDA approvals). Routine news flow (analyst commentary, sector rotation) typically does not move IV meaningfully unless it triggers a cluster of rating changes.

How can I track unusual GEF options activity related to news?

Unusual options activity often precedes news by hours to days; the canonical signals are volume substantially above the trailing average concentrated in a small number of strikes, atypical put/call skew, and aggressive execution (at-the-ask sweeps or block prints). Cross-reference the per-ticker gamma-exposure and volume-history pages with the news flow above to triangulate informed vs uninformed flow.