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Greif, Inc.

GEF Consumer Cyclical Packaging & Containers

Greif, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended September 2026) was $4.4 billion, down 19.7% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+0.78%
EPS
−106.3%
Free cash flow
−54.9%
Total debt
−11.0%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

73.46 3.24 −4.22%
Market cap
$4.0B
P/E
16.1×
Fwd P/E
23.5×
Dividend yield
3.21%
F-score
n/a
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
88/100
Overview
Financials
Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Metrics & Ratios

Insider Decisions last twelve months

Bought, $m 1.97
Sold, $m 15.46
Trades a month
Jan 26 Apr 26 Jul 26 Oct 26
Buy — — 4 — — — — — — — — —
Sell 3 1 8 — 1 1 1 1 9 1 1 —
Insider Ownership 47.48%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Size
Market Cap 4,000.00
Revenue ttm 4,376.80
Net income ttm 275.60
Free cash flow ttm 587.70
Net debt Q 800.90
Valuation
P/E 16.11
Forward P/E 23.50
Price / sales 0.77
Forward P/S Powerpack
Price / FCF 5.76
Price / book 87.73 (above 6: high)
Financial health
Current ratio Q 1.33
Debt / equity Q 0.38 (at or below 0.5: strong)
Interest coverage Q 4.00
Growth
Revenue growth Q +0.78% (above 0%: growing)
Operating income growth Q −50.21% (below 0%: shrinking)
EPS, this year +12.33%
EPS, next year A +8.25%
Revenue, next year A −16.04% (below 0%: weak)
EPS, past 5 yrs —
EPS, next 5 yrs A +37.13% (at or above 15%: strong)

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges; (Q) is the latest quarter, (A) analysts’ estimates. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

EV/Sales, ten years
EV/Sales is 1.0×, against a ten-year median of 1.0×; over the ten years it ranged from 0.6× in 2016 to 1.2× in 2025.
P/E against its own 10 years 68.94%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 89.66%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 99.05%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 44.04%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 10.78%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends raised 5 years running

Yield
3.21%
Annual rate
2.36
Payout ratio
52.8%
Growth, 2017–25
+3.43%/yr
  1. 1.68 ’17
  2. 1.72 ’18 +2
  3. 1.76 ’19 +2
  4. 1.76 ’20 +0
  5. 1.80 ’21 +2
  6. 1.92 ’22 +7
  7. 2.04 ’23 +6
  8. 2.12 ’24 +4
  9. 2.20 ’25 +4
  10. 2.24 ’26e +2
paid forecast change on the year, % Powerpack

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 2026
Cash 181 198 — 295
Receivables 659 747 — 723
Inventory 339 400 — 384
Other 144 150 — 217
1,369 1,549 — 1,619
2023 2024 2025 2026
Payables 498 522 — 496
ST’ Debt 94 114 — 341
Other 153 159 — 329
939 1,014 — 1,216

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 1.93% (0.62%) (11.66%)
Cash Flow 3.68% (8.23%) (23.36%)
Earnings 0.00% 124.83% (0.87%)
Book Value 10.62% 19.36% 17.47%

Earnings Trends EPS, adjusted, against the consensus

Q4 FY26 Estimate 1.09 Actual 0.87

Earnings per share against the consensus, by quarter
Quarter Estimate Reported Result
Q1 FY26 0.69 0.48 Miss by 0.21
Q2 FY26 1.16 1.10 Miss by 0.06
Q3 FY26 1.04 1.61 Beat by 0.57
Q4 FY26 1.09 0.87 Miss by 0.22

EPS $

Jan Apr Jul Oct Year
’26 — — — — —
’26 0.15 0.82 1.10 — 5.86
’24 1.58 0.77 1.50 1.20 4.64
’23 1.96 2.43 2.04 1.54 6.15
’22 0.38 2.60 3.01 2.12 6.30
’21 0.64 3.16 2.43 2.26 6.54
’20 0.75 0.33 0.50 0.99 1.83
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Revenue $m

Jan Apr Jul Oct Year
’26 — — — — —
’26 1,266 1,386 1,135 — 4,377
’24 1,206 1,371 1,165 1,706 5,448
’23 1,271 1,309 1,330 1,308 5,219
’22 1,564 1,667 1,622 1,496 6,350
’21 1,147 1,341 1,491 1,578 5,556
’20 1,112 1,158 1,083 1,161 4,515
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Jan Apr Jul Oct Year
’26 — — — — —
’26 (31) 136 198 — 296
’24 (645) 88 77 356 356
’23 (625) 211 202 650 650
’22 (374) 139 209 658 658
’21 (443) 152 95 396 396
’20 (370) 100 135 455 455
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Jan Apr Jul Oct Year
’26 — — — — —
’26 106 124 160 — 588
’24 (492) 46 36 184 184
’23 (520) 175 157 445 445
’22 (285) 104 181 502 502
’21 (373) 120 64 272 272
’20 (276) 71 108 357 357
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2.6
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to September

Ten-year view Analyst estimates Powerpack
Group Line 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Trend 10 yrs 2027e 2028e 2029e Next 3/yr
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 3,638 3,874 4,595 4,515 5,556 6,350 5,219 5,448 — 4,377 +2.1% 4,461 4,564 — +2.1%
Gross margin, % 19.64 20.37 20.89 20.26 19.67 20.24 21.96 19.65 — 22.32 +2.7 pt
EBT 200 300 262 186 479 526 495 320 — 384 +7.5%
EBT margin, % 5.51 7.74 5.70 4.12 8.61 8.28 9.48 5.87 — 8.78 +3.3 pt
Net income 135 230 194 124 413 394 379 296 — 276 +8.2%
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 76.11 80.87 95.33 93.29 114.48 131.46 110.80 115.67 — 94.33 +2.4%
Earnings 2.02 3.56 2.89 1.83 6.57 6.36 6.22 4.66 — 5.94 +12.7%
Cash flow 6.38 5.28 8.08 9.39 8.16 13.61 13.79 7.56 — 6.38 0.0%
Capex (2.02) (2.85) (2.77) (2.02) (2.57) (3.23) (4.35) (3.64) — 6.29 n/m
Free cash flow 4.36 2.43 5.31 7.37 5.59 10.38 9.44 3.92 — 12.67 +12.6%
Book value 21.91 24.10 24.71 24.81 32.46 37.15 42.17 44.96 — 62.69 +12.4%
Shares, m 48 48 48 48 49 48 47 47 — 46 (0.3%)
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 19.65 9.87 9.72 16.47 7.65 8.12 7.89 12.30 — 17.45 12.1
P/S 0.73 0.58 0.41 0.45 0.57 0.50 0.57 0.54 — 0.84 0.6
P/B 2.53 1.96 1.59 1.70 2.01 1.78 1.51 1.39 — 95.05 12.2
EV/Sales 0.96 0.80 0.99 0.98 0.95 0.78 0.97 1.01 — 1.02 0.9
EV/FCF 71.59 (25.01) 19.04 17.03 63.68 9.91 19.72 (24.44) — 7.61 17.7
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 305 253 390 455 396 658 650 356 — 296 (0.3%)
Capex (97) (137) (133) (98) (124) (156) (205) (172) — 292 n/m
Free cash flow 208 116 256 357 272 502 445 184 — 588 +12.2%
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 307 307 424 303 350 452 430 535 — 403 +3.1%
Net debt 825 816 2,675 2,381 2,101 1,769 2,062 2,577 — 801 (0.3%)
Shareholders’ equity 1,048 1,154 1,191 1,201 1,576 1,794 1,986 2,118 — 2,909 +12.0%
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 0.63 3.40 1.55 0.08 5.03 4.70 4.25 2.34 — 4.20 +3.6 pt
ROIC 10.00 11.75 6.45 5.32 9.95 10.90 9.35 6.19 — 7.35 (2.7) pt
ROE 1.99 9.94 5.71 0.38 20.52 15.75 12.84 7.20 — 23.98 +22.0 pt
People
People Employees 13,000 13,000 17,000 16,000 16,000 12,000 12,000 14,000 — — +1.1%
Revenue/emp, $m 0.28 0.30 0.27 0.28 0.35 0.53 0.43 0.39 — 0.00 n/m
Negative figures in brackets.
estimates

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Fiscal years to Sep 2026 · latest quarter Sep 2026 · fundamentals updated 5 Nov 2026

Greif, Inc. vs peers in Packaging & Containers (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
CCK Crown Holdings, Inc. $13.2B 16.9× 16.3× +15.90% (above 0%: growing) +12.37% (above 0%: growing) −39.10% (below 0%: shrinking) 16.41% 11.91% Compare
REYN Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. $5.2B 16.0× 14.6× +1.40% (above 0%: growing) −27.61% (below 0%: shrinking) −81.25% (below 0%: shrinking) 25.00% 10.38% Compare
SON Sonoco Products Company $5.1B — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −4.20% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m +1.80% (above 0%: growing) 19.85% (31.25%) Compare
SLGN Silgan Holdings Inc. $4.4B 16.8× 12.3× +1.57% (above 0%: growing) −6.38% (below 0%: shrinking) +3.28% (above 0%: growing) 16.11% 9.40% Compare
GEF Greif, Inc. $4.0B 16.1× 23.5× +0.78% (above 0%: growing) n/m −54.85% (below 0%: shrinking) 22.26% 3.18%
GEF.B Greif Inc. $3.7B 13.0× — +3.53% (above 0%: growing) +86.36% (above 0%: growing) −82.57% (below 0%: shrinking) 23.39% 9.26% Compare
GPK Graphic Packaging Holding Company $3.4B 45.4× 25.5× +0.09% (above 0%: growing) −84.56% (below 0%: shrinking) +565.00% (above 0%: growing) 14.01% 4.61% Compare
AMBP Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A. $2.9B 52.8× 37.0× +18.63% (above 0%: growing) +75.00% (above 0%: growing) +3.82% (above 0%: growing) 11.57% 6.73% Compare
TRS TriMas Corporation $1.4B 1.6× — (loss-making) +1.65% (above 0%: growing) −9.76% (below 0%: shrinking) −451.48% (below 0%: shrinking) 20.24% 6.22% Compare
Median of peers $4.1B 16.8× 16.3× +1.61% −6.38% −18.65% 18.13% 8.00%

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Pay and ownership Proxy statement filed 9 January 2026

Ownership

Directors and executive officers, together 3.50% of Class A Class B
Virginia D. Ragan200 Civic Center Drive, Suite 16.40% of Class B
Mary T. McAlpin200 Civic Center Drive, Suite 15.40% of Class B
Shannon J. Diener200 Civic Center Drive, Suite 15.10% of Class B
Patricia M. Dempsey12781 NE 14.40% of Class B
Nicholas J. Petitti 13.60% of Class B
JDH 10.40% of Class B
Article 10.00% of Class B
Ownership is the proxy’s own table: the directors and officers as a group, and every holder of 5% or more. Read the proxy statement

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