Greif Inc.

GEF.B Consumer Cyclical Packaging & Containers

Greif Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2024 (year ended October 2024) was $5.4 billion, up 4.40% from fiscal 2023.

Revenue
+3.53%
EPS
+86.4%
Free cash flow
−82.6%
Total debt
−61.6%

Quarter to June 2026, against a year earlier

102.83 3.75 −3.52%
Market cap
$3.7B
P/E
13.0×
Fwd P/E
—
Dividend yield
—
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
2.09
Beneish M
−2.38
Dividend safety
16/100

Greif Inc. (GEF.B) Return on equity

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Greif Inc.'s return on equity over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 11.3%, up 4.1 percentage points from fiscal 2024 (7.20%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −2.36% (fiscal 2016) to 20.5% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 60% of that period. That is above the Packaging & Containers industry median of 2.28% and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 3.20%.

Return on equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on equity Change (points)
FY2024 7.20% (5.64)
FY2023 12.8% (2.91)
FY2022 15.8% (4.77)
FY2021 20.5% 20.14
FY2020 0.38% (5.33)
FY2019 5.71% (4.23)
FY2018 9.94% 7.95
FY2017 1.99% 4.35
FY2016 −2.36% (0.01)
FY2015 −2.35% —

Against its own ten years

Low −2.36% High 20.5%
Ten-year median 6.46%
Current reading's percentile 60

Return on equity against peers

Company Return on equity
TRS TriMas Corporation compare 83.9%
GEF Greif, Inc. compare 17.3%
REYN Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. compare 14.4%
GEF.B Greif Inc. 11.3%
MYE Myers Industries, Inc. compare 9.71%
GPK Graphic Packaging Holding Company compare 2.28%
SLGN Silgan Holdings Inc. compare 0.00%
SON Sonoco Products Company compare −7.41%
AMBP Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A. compare −8.78%
Packaging & Containers industry median 2.28%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 3.20%
Market median 0.51%

What Return on equity is

ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity (latest quarter)

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