Why Greif Stock Triumphed on Thursday

Veteran industrial company Greif (GEF 15.63%) was a standout on the stock exchange Thursday. Investors, captivated by a very convincing earnings beat in the company's freshly reported second quarter of fiscal 2025, pushed the industrial packing specialist's share price up by nearly 16%. In doing so, Greif not only crushed the S&P 500 index's performance on the day (it landed in the red by 0.5%), but also that of many blue chip stocks.A steady operatorGreif published those quarterly results just after market ...