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Greif, Inc. GEF-B

17 fiscal years on record · USD · FY2024 reported · SEC filings only
$5.4B
▲ 4.4% YoY
$268.8M
▼ 25.2% YoY

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In brief

What this company does

Greif is a global producer of industrial packaging products and services that operates in over 35 countries. As of September 30, 2025, the company's approximately 12,000 full-time employees were located 50% in North America, 30% in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, 11% in Asia Pacific and 9% in Latin America. The company now operates in four reportable segments: Customized Polymer Solutions, Durable Metal Solutions, Sustainable Fiber Solutions and Integrated Solutions. Its Customized Polymer Solutions segment produces and sells polymer-based packaging products, such as plastic drums, rigid intermediate bulk containers and small plastics. Its Durable Metal Solutions segment produces and sells metal-based packaging products, including a wide variety of steel drums. Its Sustainable Fiber Solutions segment produces and sells fiber-based packaging products, including fibre drums, uncoated recycled board, coated recycled board, tubes and cores, and specialty partitions made from uncoated recycled board and coated recycled board. Its Integrated Solutions segment produces and sells packaging products, such as paints, linings and closure systems for industrial packaging products, and related services.

Written from the business description in GREIF, INC's annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 19 November 2025. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.

Growth

USD 5.4B
Revenue, FY2024 · full 17-year series below
Revenue $B Net income $B
FY2024 · Revenue 5.4 · Net income 0.3
2.5B5.0B
2008201120142017202020232024
Compound annual growth
−0.7%
+3.5%
+2.5%
+4.6%
−11.7%
+9.5%
+11.4%
+6.1%
−10.8%
+10.0%
+11.6%
+4.6%
+3.1%
+2.1%
+2.1%
3 yrs
5 yrs
10 yrs
15 yrs

Revenue compounded at +3.5% a year over the five years to FY2024 — but profit grew faster: net income at +9.5%, earnings per share at +10.0%.

Compound annual rates per period — left blank where that exact year isn't on file, the series crosses a loss, or (per-share rows) a split falls inside the window.

Profitability

5 cents
of every revenue dollar became profit
Operating margin Net margin
FY2024 · Operating 8.5% · Net 5.4%
5%10%
200820162024
ROE
FY2024 · ROE 13.3%
10%20%
200820162024
Three returns, three denominators.

Each USD of equity produced 13 cents of profit this year.

Cash & shareholders

USD 121.0M
returned in FY2024 · dividends + net buybacks
Free cash flow $M
FY2019 · FCF 232.7
150M300M
200820162024
Net buybacks $M Dividends $M
FY2024 · Dividends 121.0 · Net buybacks 0.0
100M200MDividendsNet buybacks
200820102012201420162018202020222024

USD 121.0M in dividends — 45% of the year's profit went back to shareholders.

Total assetsUSD 6.6B
EquityUSD 2.1B
CashUSD 197.7M
Gross debtUSD 2.7B
Net debtUSD 2.5B
Current ratio1.53×

Net debt stands at 121% of equity.

The 17-year record

17 fiscal years
Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · USD
row low → row highnegative—not applicable◌not available in our data
GEF-B, 17-year financial record
Metric 20242023202220212020201920182017201620152014201320122011201020092008
Revenue $B5.45.26.35.64.54.63.93.63.33.64.24.24.14.23.52.83.8
Operating income $B0.50.60.60.60.30.40.40.30.20.20.20.30.30.30.30.20.4
EBITDA $B0.70.80.80.80.50.60.50.40.40.30.40.50.40.50.40.30.5
Income tax $B0.00.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.00.10.10.10.10.00.00.1
Net income $B0.30.40.40.40.10.20.20.10.10.10.10.10.10.20.20.10.2
Free cash flow $B◌◌◌◌◌0.20.10.20.20.10.10.10.30.00.00.1−0.0
EPS, diluted $6.989.329.539.842.744.335.333.021.901.832.333.703.034.485.40◌◌
Dividend / sh $◌◌◌◌◌◌◌◌◌◌◌◌◌◌◌◌◌
Payout %4532302796614883132137108688356467932
ROE %13.319.423.029.39.515.319.812.17.66.77.611.89.814.517.710.222.6
Shares out B0.020.020.020.02◌◌◌◌◌◌◌◌◌◌◌◌◌

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Provenance

Company facts, as filed

How we verify · 0 failures in 66 reconciliationsAUDITED

Reconciled in 17 of the 17 fiscal years we could check. Four checks were skipped: the balance sheet is not tagged before 2009. Three checks were skipped: EPS is not tagged before 2010. One check was skipped: revenue is not tagged before 2008.

EPS recomputationBalance-sheet identityGross profitBalance-sheet liquidityCurrency consistency0 failures
ActivityMetal Shipping Barrels, Drums, Kegs & Pails
Listed onNYSE
Incorporated inDelaware
Fiscal year endsSeptember 30
Data on record since2008

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