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GEF vs MAS

Greif, Inc. and Masco Corp., side by side — 10 fiscal years reported in USD, drawn from SEC filings.

At a glance

Most recent reported year

GEF vs MAS, at a glance
Metric GEF MAS
Revenue$5.4B$7.6B
Net income$268.8M$810.0M
Gross margin19.7%35.4%
Net margin5.4%11.3%
Return on equity13.3%·
Diluted EPS·$3.86
Dividend / share·$1.24
Payout ratio45.0%32.2%
Free cash flow·$866.0M
Equity$2.1B$-185.0M
Net debt / equity1.21×·
Current ratio1.53×1.81×
Revenue CAGR 5y3.5%1.0%
Profit CAGR 5y9.5%−7.9%

MAS bills 1.4× the revenue of GEF, and keeps more of each dollar of revenue as profit (11.3% against 5.4%).

The stronger figure of the pair is set in bold. That is arithmetic, not a recommendation — this page does not pick a winner. "·" marks a figure not available in our data.

Revenue by year

10 years side by side

GEF vs MAS, revenue by year
Fiscal year GEF MAS
FY2024$5.4B$7.8B
FY2023$5.2B$8.0B
FY2022$6.3B$8.7B
FY2021$5.6B$8.4B
FY2020$4.5B$7.2B
FY2019$4.6B$6.7B
FY2018$3.9B$6.7B
FY2017$3.6B$6.0B
FY2016$3.3B$7.4B
FY2015$3.6B$7.1B
Net income by year

Bottom line

GEF vs MAS, net income by year
Fiscal year GEF MAS
FY2024$268.8M$822.0M
FY2023$359.2M$908.0M
FY2022$376.7M$844.0M
FY2021$390.7M$410.0M
FY2020$108.8M$1.2B
FY2019$171.0M$935.0M
FY2018$209.4M$734.0M
FY2017$118.6M$533.0M
FY2016$74.9M$493.0M
FY2015$71.9M$355.0M
Revenue gap over time

17 fiscal years

Revenue gap over time
Fiscal year Difference Ahead
FY2024−$2,379,900,000MAS
FY2023−$2,748,400,000MAS
FY2022−$2,330,500,000MAS
FY2021−$2,818,900,000MAS
FY2020−$2,673,000,000MAS
FY2019−$2,112,000,000MAS
FY2018−$2,780,200,000MAS
FY2017−$2,375,800,000MAS
FY2016−$4,037,400,000MAS
FY2015−$3,525,300,000MAS
FY2014−$2,766,900,000MAS
FY2013−$2,541,100,000MAS
FY2012−$3,365,500,000MAS
FY2011−$2,921,800,000MAS
FY2010−$4,024,200,000MAS
FY2009−$4,864,783,000MAS
FY2008−$5,693,469,000MAS

MAS has reported the higher revenue in every one of these 17 fiscal years. The gap has narrowed since the earliest year compared.

17 of 19 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.

Net margin gap over time

17 fiscal years

Net margin gap over time
Fiscal year Difference Ahead
FY2024−5.7 ppMAS
FY2023−4.8 ppMAS
FY2022−4.2 ppMAS
FY2021+1.7 ppGEF
FY2020−15.0 ppMAS
FY2019−10.4 ppMAS
FY2018−5.9 ppMAS
FY2017−5.9 ppMAS
FY2016−5.0 ppMAS
FY2015−3.7 ppMAS
FY2014−11.8 ppMAS
FY2013−1.4 ppMAS
FY2012+4.0 ppGEF
FY2011+11.6 ppGEF
FY2010+19.4 ppGEF
FY2009+6.0 ppGEF
FY2008+10.2 ppGEF

The higher net margin has changed hands between GEF and MAS over this period.

17 of 19 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.

Net margin volatility

Standard deviation, each side

MAS's net margin has been more volatile than GEF's over the 17 comparable fiscal years — 8.2 percentage points of standard deviation against 1.9.

17 of 19 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.

Who led in net margin

Year by year

The lead in net margin changed hands between GEF and MAS over these 17 fiscal years — GEF led in 6 and MAS in 11.

17 of 19 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.

Return on equity volatility

Standard deviation, each side

MAS's return on equity has been more volatile than GEF's over the 7 comparable fiscal years — 59.4 percentage points of standard deviation against 4.8.

7 of 18 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.

Who led in return on equity

Year by year

The lead in return on equity changed hands between GEF and MAS over these 7 fiscal years — GEF led in 5 and MAS in 2.

7 of 18 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.

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