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 invested capital

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Greif Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 7.77%, up 1.6 percentage points from fiscal 2024 (6.19%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 5.32% (fiscal 2020) to 11.8% (fiscal 2018); the current reading is higher than 30% of that period. That is above the Packaging & Containers industry median of 4.57% and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 3.42%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2024 6.19% (3.16)
FY2023 9.35% (1.55)
FY2022 10.9% 0.95
FY2021 9.95% 4.63
FY2020 5.32% (1.13)
FY2019 6.45% (5.30)
FY2018 11.8% 1.75
FY2017 10.0% 2.50
FY2016 7.50% 1.87
FY2015 5.63% —

Against its own ten years

Low 5.32% High 11.8%
Ten-year median 8.42%
Current reading's percentile 30

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
MYE Myers Industries, Inc. compare 10.4%
REYN Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. compare 8.29%
GEF.B Greif Inc. 7.77%
GEF Greif, Inc. compare 7.35%
AMBP Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A. compare 5.96%
SLGN Silgan Holdings Inc. compare 5.32%
GPK Graphic Packaging Holding Company compare 2.77%
SON Sonoco Products Company compare 1.97%
TRS TriMas Corporation compare −0.77%
Packaging & Containers industry median 4.57%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 3.42%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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