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Greif, Inc. GEF-B
17 fiscal years on record · USD · FY2024 reported · SEC filings only
In brief
What this company does
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
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 five years — 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%
ROE
FY2024 · ROE 13.3%
Each USD of equity produced 13 cents of profit this year.
The 17-year record
17 fiscal years
Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · USD
row low → row highnegative
| Metric | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue $B | 5.4 | 5.2 | 6.3 | 5.6 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 3.8 |
| Operating income $B | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| EBITDA $B | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
| Income tax $B | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Net income $B | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Free cash flow $B | · | · | · | · | · | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | −0.0 |
| EPS, diluted $ | 6.98 | 9.32 | 9.53 | 9.84 | 2.74 | 4.33 | 5.33 | 3.02 | 1.90 | 1.83 | 2.33 | 3.70 | 3.03 | 4.48 | 5.40 | · | · |
| Dividend / sh $ | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Payout % | 45 | 32 | 30 | 27 | 96 | 61 | 48 | 83 | 132 | 137 | 108 | 68 | 83 | 56 | 46 | 79 | 32 |
| ROE % | 13.3 | 19.4 | 23.0 | 29.3 | 9.5 | 15.3 | 19.8 | 12.1 | 7.6 | 6.7 | 7.6 | 11.8 | 9.8 | 14.5 | 17.7 | 10.1 | · |
| Shares out B | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
Slide the table for earlier years · "·" marks a figure not available in our data for that year.
Provenance
Company facts, as filed
How we verify · 0 failures in 66 reconciliationsAUDITED
Reconciled in 17 of 19 fiscal years. 29 checks could not be computed.
EPS recomputationBalance-sheet identityGross profitBalance-sheet liquiditymoeda_consistente0 failures
ActivityMetal Shipping Barrels, Drums, Kegs & Pails
Listed onNYSE
Incorporated inDelaware
Fiscal year endsSeptember 30
Data on record since2008