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Greif

NYQ:GEF · US3976241071
Containers & PackagingLarge

360

98
EV / EBIT60
Price / Owner Earnings79
Owner Earnings Yield95
Dividend Yield91
Price/Sales64
EV / Gross Profit48
Price/Book67
Returns on capital97
EBIT Margin27
Gross Profitability51
Cash Conversion1
Accruals95
Owner Earnings Margin99
Sales growth63
Profit Growth51
Long-Term EPS Growth94
Owner Earnings Growth93
Reinvestment81
Price momentum44
Debt load78
Refinancing49
Debt Payback86
Liquidity68
Analyst ratings19
Opinion Changes50
Price Target Upside18
Market mood21
Value Creation10/20creating some value
  • Creates more value than its capital costs
  • Owner earnings growing
  • Owner earnings per share growing
  • Reinvests at strong returns
  • Solid earnings base

What this means

Greif clears its cost of capital, but the record is mixed across the five tests. Real value creation, just not yet consistent.

Profile

CountryUSA
IndustryContainers & Packaging
SizeLarge
TypePublic Company
ExchangeNYSE
Founded1926
Employees3,061
Websitegreif.com
ISINUS3976241071
Last UpdateApr 2, 2026
Indices
S&P MIDCAP (USA)
Themes
Packaging ServicesBio-based and Renewable MaterialsDisposal and RecyclingGreen Consumer GoodsIndustrialManufacturing

Description

Greif, Inc. is a global producer of industrial packaging products and services with operations in over 35 countries. The company offers a comprehensive line of rigid industrial packaging products, such as steel, fibre and plastic drums, rigid interm…

Analysis

Middle-of-the-road

Greif, Inc. sits in the middle of our grid: average quality, average price, no obvious signal in either direction.

On valuation, the picture is attractive. The owner-earnings multiple stands at 3.0×; owner earnings: the cash an owner could take out each year. The implied growth embedded in that price is around -21% a year, against analyst forecasts of 25%. The price, in other words, assumes less than the experts do.

Growth is solid and accelerating; the safety picture is sturdy. The company scores 10/20 on our value-creation score: creating some value.

Flags to be aware of: Reported profits have run ahead of actual cash for several periods. As always: this describes the company's numbers; it is not a recommendation.

360° rank · history

1007550250
86
2023202420252026

All-time high

96

Jan 2025

All-time low

29

Jan 2023

Average rank

72

across all years

Detailed & Historical Ranks

Deep dive into 15 detailed ranks and 3 years of history.

Current202520242023
Price/Sales
64
78
74
81
Price/Earnings
48
52
35
62
Price/Book
67
64
62
62
Dividend Yield
91
82
85
69
Value (overall)
74
73
85
73

Cells are coloured by rank band (red weak → green strong). Sentiment & 360° history begins 2023.

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Make Sense of the Ranks

Every rank runs 1–100 against true peers. Higher is always better.

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1 · Watch OutGood· 100
Value
1 · ExpensiveGood Value· 100
Quality
1 · Weak FundamentalsHigh Quality· 100
Growth
1 · Tough TimesHigh Growth· 100
Safety
1 · High LeverageWell-Financed· 100
Sentiment
1 · SkepticismPositive· 100
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