Consumer Cyclical
Greif, Inc.(GEF-B)
Live Price
Offline$78.50
-4.36% today
1Y Change
+16.95%
Window
Jun 23, 2025 β May 29, 2026
- Market Cap
- $2.97B
- Revenue Growth
- -1.0%
- EPS Growth
- +223.0%
- Dividend Yield
- 3.5%
Coverage: 236 bars Β· Jun 23, 2025 β May 29, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Greif, Inc. (GEF-B) is a Consumer Cyclical stock with a market cap of $2.97B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $78.50 and up 17.0% across the available one-year price window (Jun 23, 2025 β May 29, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -1.0%, EPS growth of +223.0%, a dividend yield of 3.5%. What stands out right now is revenue -1.0%, EPS +223.0%, free cash flow -150.3% with operating margin 3.0% and ROIC 1.4%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 3.5%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 3.8 and price/sales 0.9. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a income-oriented value setup than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines GEF-B price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Consumer Cyclical peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Below sector median
-1.0% vs +7.5% peer median
Operating Margin
Below sector median
+3.0% vs +8.4% peer median
P/E
Below sector median
3.8 vs 18.1 peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on Apr 29, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at -1.0% and EPS is at +223.0%, with operating margin around 3.0%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 3.5%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged +2.0% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 2 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS Ξ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 Apr 29, 2026 | β | +1.1% | +7.4% | +1.6% |
2026 Jan 27, 2026 | -29.1% | -1.7% | +5.1% | +5.5% |
2025 Aug 27, 2025 | +87.5% | +2.4% | -6.6% | -11.2% |
Benchmark Comparison
Normalized Performance vs SPY
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GEF-B Max Drawdown
-20.04%
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Company Overview
Greif, Inc.
New York Stock Exchange
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. The Global Industrial Packaging segment produces and sells industrial packaging products, including steel, fiber, and plastic drums; rigid and flexible intermediate bulk containers; closure systems for industrial packaging products; transit protection products; water bottles, and remanufactured and reconditioned industrial containers; and various services, such as container life cycle management, filling, logistics, warehousing, and other packaging services to chemicals, paints and pigments, food and beverage, petroleum, industrial coatings, agriculture, pharmaceuticals, mineral product, and other industries. This segment also offers flexible intermediate bulk containers and related services to the agriculture, construction, and food industries. The Paper Packaging & Services segment produces and sells containerboards, corrugated sheets and containers, and other corrugated and specialty products to customers in the packaging, automotive, food, and building products markets; and produces and sells coated and uncoated recycled paperboard, and recycled fiber. This segment's corrugated container products are used to ship various products, such as home appliances, small machinery, grocery products, automotive components, books, and furniture, as well as various other applications. The Land Management segment engages in harvesting and regeneration of timber properties; and sale of timberland and special use properties. As of October 31, 2021, this segment owned approximately 175,000 acres of timber properties in the southeastern United States. The company was formerly known as Greif Bros. Corporation and changed its name to Greif, Inc. in 2001. Greif, Inc. was founded in 1877 and is headquartered in Delaware, Ohio.
- Leadership
- Ole G. Rosgaard
- IPO Date
- Oct 7, 2003
- Employees
- 14.0k
- Street Address
- 425 Winter Road
- Mailing
- Delaware, OH, 43015
- Region
- Delaware, OH, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 740 549 6000
- Last Updated
- Apr 29, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 3.8
- EV/EBITDA
- 7.7
- Price/Sales
- 0.9
- Price/Book
- 1.2
Growth
- Revenue
- -1.0%
- EPS
- +223.0%
- Free Cash Flow
- -150.3%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 22.6%
- Operating Margin
- 3.0%
- Net Margin
- 29.0%
- ROE
- 35.3%
- ROIC
- 1.4%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.40
- Current Ratio
- 1.28
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