profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Greif
$70.89-0.55% today
+15.4% in 1 year
1-year low $60.241-year high $90.12
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2019 to 2024.
0%20% a year
You pay $14.99 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Greif sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $5.56 billion in 2021 to $4.35 billion in 2024, with $269 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Greif handed back 74% of the cash it generated last year.
$121M
Free cash flow 2024$164M
Bought back its own shares$0
Paid as dividends$121M
Cash vs. debt$198M vs. $3.0B
Greif vs. similar companies
Greif grows the slowest of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greif | 15.0× · Cheap | ||
 Packaging Corporation of America | 28.9× · Fair price | ||
 Smurfit Westrock | 31.8× · Expensive | ||
 Amcor | 18.3× · Fair price | ||
 International Paper | No profit yet |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Greif's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,595 | 4,515 | 5,556 | 6,350 | 4,175 | 4,355 | |
| 960 | 915 | 1,093 | 1,285 | 929 | 899 | |
| – | – | 527 | 704 | 418 | 309 | |
| 605 | 547 | 806 | 804 | 643 | 589 | |
| 171 | 109 | 391 | 377 | 359 | 269 | |
| – | – | 6.54 | 6.30 | 6.15 | 4.52 | |
| 20.9% | 20.3% | 19.7% | 20.2% | 22.2% | 20.6% | |
| – | – | 9.5% | 11.1% | 10.0% | 7.1% | |
| 3.7% | 2.4% | 7.0% | 5.9% | 8.6% | 6.2% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 5,427 | 5,511 | 5,816 | 5,470 | 5,961 | 6,648 |
| Cash | 77 | 106 | 125 | 147 | 181 | 198 |
| Total debt | 2,766 | 2,808 | 2,519 | 2,176 | 2,540 | 3,001 |
| Total liabilities | – | – | 4,216 | 3,660 | 3,849 | 4,400 |
| 1,133 | 1,152 | 1,514 | 1,761 | 1,948 | 2,082 | |
| – | – | 60 | 60 | 58 | 58 | |
| 8.1% | 6.1% | 11.2% | 11.8% | 7.3% | 5.1% | |
| 15.1% | 9.4% | 25.8% | 21.4% | 18.4% | 12.9% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 390 | 455 | 396 | 658 | 650 | 356 | |
| – | – | 147 | 183 | 220 | 192 | |
| – | – | 249 | 475 | 430 | 164 | |
| Dividends paid | 104 | 104 | 106 | 111 | 117 | 121 |
| – | 0 | 0 | 71 | 64 | 0 | |
| 13 | -1 | 34 | 34 | 21 | 17 |
Valuation
- 15.0×
- 18.2×
- –
- 1.2×
- 0.9×
- 24.5×
- 11.6×
- 4.1%
- 6.7%
- 3.5%
Profitability
- 20.6%
- 7.1%
- 6.2%
- 15.2%
- 1.4%
- 10.2%
- 35.3%
- 17.4%
- 2.3%
- –
Growth
- −1.1%
- –
- −150.3%
- +4.6%
- −0.7%
Financial health
- 1.8×
- 0.41
- 21.6%
- 31.5×
- 1.28
- 1.00
- 0.60
How it ranks in Consumer Discretionary
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 11%of 982
Bottom 44%of 994
Top 38%of 853
Bottom 16%of 993
Bottom 45%of 980
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $75.00
- Range
- $72.00 – $78.00
- 1 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 2026 | 1.10 | 1.08 | +1.9% |
| Jan 27, 2026 | 0.48 | 0.69 | −30.4% |
| Aug 27, 2025 | 1.03 | 0.81 | +27.2% |
| Jun 4, 2025 | 1.19 | 1.13 | +5.3% |
| Feb 26, 2025 | 0.39 | 0.72 | −45.8% |
| Dec 4, 2024 | 1.13 | 1.09 | +3.7% |
| Aug 28, 2024 | 1.03 | 1.17 | −12.0% |
| Jun 5, 2024 | 0.82 | 0.85 | −3.5% |
3.5%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$35a year at today's yield, before tax
+4.6%2020 to 2025
Raised5 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$1.68 in 2015 → $2.20 in 2025
How safe it looks
45.0% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 73.6%
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
1/7Passes 1 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
42No pass
Benjamin Graham
73Pass
Philip Fisher
35No pass
Peter Lynch
37No pass
Joel Greenblatt
24No pass
Charlie Munger
34No pass
Terry Smith
20No pass
Questions about Greif
Is Greif a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, and the price looks low. 1 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Greif AI analysis
What does Greif do?
Greif, Inc. engages in the production and sale of industrial packaging products and services worldwide. It operates in three segments: Global Industrial Packaging; Paper Packaging & Services; and Land Management. It is in Packaging & Containers, based in Delaware, OH, United States, with 12,000 employees.
Does Greif pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 3.5% a year, about 45% of its yearly profit. In 2024 it paid out $121 million in dividends.
Is Greif stock halal?
No. Greif does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 75% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Greif stock done over the past year?
Up 15.4% over the past twelve months, to $70.89. It traded between $60.24 and $90.12 and is 21.3% below its high.
Who are Greif's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Packaging Corporation of America, Smurfit Westrock, Amcor and International Paper. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Greif's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.