Greif, Inc. (GEF) Key Metrics
GEF valuation today
Trailing 12 months · as of October 18, 2026- Market cap
- $4.67B
- Enterprise value
- $5.38B
- P/E (TTM)
- 37.2 10-yr median 10.9
- Forward P/E
- 9.3
- PEG ratio
- 0.77
- Price / sales
- 1.1 10-yr median 0.6
- Price / book
- 1.6 10-yr median 1.8
- EV / EBITDA
- 8.6 10-yr median 7.7
- Dividend yield
- 1.25% $2.36 a year
- Beta
- 0.79
GEF key metrics, FY2016–FY2025
Fiscal year ended October 31, 2025 · U.S. dollarsGEF valuation Price multiples at each fiscal year-end price.
GEF returns How much profit the business earns on the capital it uses.
GEF per-share figures Results divided by the shares outstanding at year-end.
GEF financial health Debt, liquidity and how easily interest is covered.
GEF efficiency & capital use Working capital cycle and where the cash goes.
GEF valuation history
GEF returns on capital
Net income (ROE, ROA) or after-tax operating income (ROIC) divided by the average of the opening and closing balance.
GEF debt vs cash
Debt includes short- and long-term borrowings and, where reported, lease liabilities.
GEF cash returned to shareholders
GEF price vs earnings per share
GEF key metrics
FY2016–FY2025| FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 | FY2019 | FY2018 | FY2017 | FY2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valuation | ||||||||||
| Market capitalization | $2.71B | $2.95B | $3.01B | $3.22B | $3.15B | $1.96B | $1.89B | $2.27B | $2.66B | $2.24B |
| Enterprise value | $4.02B | $5.82B | $5.37B | $5.25B | $5.54B | $4.66B | $4.56B | $3.09B | $3.48B | $3.16B |
| P/E ratio | 3.2 | 11.1 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 8.1 | 18.1 | 11.0 | 10.8 | 22.4 | 29.9 |
| Price / sales | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| Price / book | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
| Price / free cash flow | — | 17.4 | 6.9 | 6.8 | 12.7 | 6.2 | 8.3 | 21.8 | 13.4 | 11.8 |
| Price / operating cash flow | 46.2 | 8.3 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 7.9 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 9.0 | 8.7 | 7.4 |
| EV / sales | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| EV / EBITDA | 9.1 | 10.2 | 6.4 | 6.5 | 6.9 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 6.5 | 9.1 | 9.2 |
| EV / free cash flow | — | 34.4 | 12.3 | 11.1 | 22.3 | 14.6 | 20.1 | 29.7 | 17.5 | 16.7 |
| Earnings yield | 31.0% | 9.0% | 11.9% | 11.7% | 12.4% | 5.5% | 9.1% | 9.2% | 4.5% | 3.3% |
| Free cash flow yield | −3.1% | 5.7% | 14.5% | 14.7% | 7.9% | 16.2% | 12.0% | 4.6% | 7.5% | 8.5% |
| Dividend yield | 3.7% | 4.1% | 3.9% | 3.5% | 3.4% | 5.3% | 5.5% | 4.4% | 3.7% | 4.4% |
| Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) | 4.0% | 4.5% | 6.0% | 5.7% | 3.4% | 5.3% | 6.1% | 4.4% | 3.7% | 4.6% |
| Share price at fiscal year-end | $56.89 | $62.44 | $63.50 | $66.21 | $64.68 | $40.59 | $39.17 | $47.30 | $55.53 | $46.86 |
| Per share | ||||||||||
| Revenue per share | $90.14 | $91.61 | $109.93 | $130.63 | $114.17 | $93.29 | $95.29 | $80.75 | $76.06 | $69.50 |
| Earnings per share | $17.65 | $5.62 | $7.57 | $7.75 | $8.03 | $2.25 | $3.55 | $4.36 | $2.48 | $1.57 |
| Operating cash flow per share | $1.23 | $7.53 | $13.68 | $13.53 | $8.14 | $9.39 | $8.08 | $5.27 | $6.38 | $6.29 |
| Free cash flow per share | −$1.79 | $3.58 | $9.18 | $9.76 | $5.11 | $6.57 | $4.71 | $2.17 | $4.15 | $3.96 |
| Cash per share | $5.39 | $4.18 | $3.81 | $3.03 | $2.56 | $2.19 | $1.60 | $1.96 | $2.97 | $2.17 |
| Book value per share | $61.24 | $44.02 | $41.03 | $36.24 | $31.12 | $23.81 | $23.50 | $23.09 | $21.13 | $19.81 |
| Tangible book value per share | $7.93 | −$17.09 | −$11.32 | −$5.75 | −$13.35 | −$22.35 | −$24.08 | $5.24 | $2.67 | $1.05 |
| Dividends per share | $2.12 | $2.56 | $2.45 | $2.29 | $2.17 | $2.16 | $2.16 | $2.08 | $2.06 | $2.06 |
| Capex per share | $3.02 | $3.94 | $4.50 | $3.76 | $3.03 | $2.83 | $3.36 | $3.11 | $2.22 | $2.33 |
| Debt per share | $32.96 | $64.83 | $53.51 | $44.76 | $51.76 | $57.79 | $57.07 | $18.97 | $20.22 | $21.46 |
| Shares outstanding | 47.6M | 47.3M | 47.5M | 48.6M | 48.7M | 48.4M | 48.2M | 48.0M | 47.8M | 47.8M |
| Change in shares outstanding | +0.6% | −0.3% | −2.3% | −0.1% | +0.6% | +0.4% | +0.5% | +0.3% | +0.0% | +0.1% |
| Returns & profitability | ||||||||||
| Return on equity (ROE) | 33.6% | 13.2% | 19.4% | 23.0% | 29.3% | 9.5% | 15.3% | 19.8% | 12.1% | 7.5% |
| Return on invested capital (ROIC) | 3.2% | 6.9% | 11.4% | 12.0% | 12.9% | 5.3% | 10.2% | 14.9% | 9.8% | 6.0% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 13.5% | 4.2% | 6.3% | 6.7% | 6.9% | 2.0% | 4.0% | 6.5% | 3.7% | 2.3% |
| Return on tangible assets | 26.0% | 7.1% | 10.3% | 11.0% | 10.7% | 3.3% | 5.5% | 9.0% | 5.0% | 3.3% |
| Free cash flow margin | −2.0% | 3.9% | 8.4% | 7.5% | 4.5% | 7.0% | 4.9% | 2.7% | 5.5% | 5.7% |
| Income quality (OCF / net income) | 0.07 | 1.34 | 1.81 | 1.75 | 1.01 | 4.18 | 2.28 | 1.21 | 2.57 | 4.02 |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Total debt | $1.57B | $3.07B | $2.54B | $2.18B | $2.52B | $2.80B | $2.75B | $910.1M | $967.3M | $1.03B |
| Cash & short-term investments | $256.7M | $197.7M | $180.9M | $147.1M | $124.6M | $105.9M | $77.3M | $94.2M | $142.3M | $103.7M |
| Net debt | $1.31B | $2.87B | $2.36B | $2.03B | $2.39B | $2.69B | $2.67B | $815.9M | $825.0M | $922.5M |
| Debt / equity | 0.54 | 1.47 | 1.30 | 1.24 | 1.66 | 2.43 | 2.43 | 0.82 | 0.96 | 1.08 |
| Debt / assets | 0.27 | 0.46 | 0.43 | 0.40 | 0.43 | 0.51 | 0.51 | 0.28 | 0.30 | 0.32 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.98 | 5.04 | 2.83 | 2.52 | 2.97 | 4.47 | 4.50 | 1.71 | 2.17 | 2.68 |
| Current ratio | 1.47 | 1.53 | 1.46 | 1.43 | 1.27 | 1.30 | 1.51 | 1.47 | 1.45 | 1.40 |
| Quick ratio | 1.17 | 1.13 | 1.10 | 1.05 | 0.89 | 1.01 | 1.08 | 1.03 | 1.04 | 0.98 |
| Interest coverage | 5.2 | 2.5 | 6.3 | 10.2 | 6.3 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 7.3 | 4.5 | 3.0 |
| Working capital | $534.3M | $535.0M | $429.8M | $451.5M | $350.0M | $302.7M | $423.6M | $310.2M | $306.6M | $261.1M |
| Invested capital | $4.23B | $4.95B | $4.31B | $3.79B | $3.91B | $3.84B | $3.81B | $1.92B | $1.84B | $1.87B |
| Tangible asset value | $507.3M | −$643.4M | −$373.6M | −$230.6M | −$564.1M | −$1.01B | −$1.08B | $333.1M | $195.6M | $92.7M |
| Net current asset value | −$1.06B | −$2.85B | −$2.48B | −$2.16B | −$2.55B | −$2.99B | −$2.97B | −$1.03B | −$1.16B | −$1.26B |
| Graham number | $155.93 | $74.62 | $83.58 | $79.49 | $74.97 | $34.70 | $43.30 | $47.62 | $34.34 | $26.42 |
| Graham net-net per share | −$37.93 | −$72.77 | −$63.29 | −$56.56 | −$65.23 | −$73.56 | −$71.75 | −$29.68 | −$32.11 | −$34.34 |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Dividends paid | $101.1M | $121.0M | $116.5M | $111.3M | $105.8M | $104.3M | $104.0M | $100.0M | $98.6M | $98.7M |
| Share buybacks (net) | $8.1M | $10.6M | $63.9M | $71.1M | $0 | $0 | $10.3M | $0 | $0 | $5.2M |
| Dividend payout ratio | 12.0% | 45.5% | 32.4% | 29.5% | 27.1% | 95.9% | 60.8% | 47.8% | 83.1% | 131.8% |
| Dividends + buybacks / free cash flow | — | 77.6% | 41.4% | 38.4% | 42.5% | 32.8% | 50.3% | 96.2% | 49.6% | 54.9% |
| Capex / revenue | 3.4% | 4.3% | 4.1% | 2.9% | 2.7% | 3.0% | 3.5% | 3.8% | 2.9% | 3.4% |
| Capex / operating cash flow | 245.4% | 52.4% | 32.9% | 27.8% | 37.2% | 30.1% | 41.6% | 58.9% | 34.9% | 37.1% |
| Capex / depreciation | 0.56 | 0.71 | 0.93 | 0.84 | 0.63 | 0.56 | 0.75 | 1.20 | 0.88 | 0.87 |
| Stock-based compensation / revenue | — | — | −4.5% | 0.5% | 0.6% | −0.0% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| SG&A / revenue | 14.0% | 14.6% | 10.5% | 9.2% | 10.2% | 11.4% | 11.0% | 10.3% | 11.2% | 11.3% |
| Efficiency | ||||||||||
| Days sales outstanding | 59.6 | 59.2 | 49.3 | 47.1 | 50.1 | 52.6 | 44.5 | 42.6 | 42.4 | 44.1 |
| Days of inventory on hand | 40.2 | 39.1 | 33.2 | 32.5 | 32.4 | 33.0 | 32.5 | 33.7 | 34.8 | 39.7 |
| Days payables outstanding | 52.0 | 54.1 | 47.5 | 45.6 | 47.2 | 44.9 | 42.1 | 47.5 | 48.1 | 50.3 |
| Cash conversion cycle (days) | 47.9 | 44.3 | 35.0 | 34.0 | 35.3 | 40.7 | 34.9 | 28.7 | 29.1 | 33.5 |
| Receivables turnover | 6.12 | 6.16 | 7.41 | 7.75 | 7.28 | 6.94 | 8.20 | 8.57 | 8.60 | 8.28 |
| Payables turnover | 7.02 | 6.75 | 7.69 | 8.00 | 7.73 | 8.13 | 8.67 | 7.68 | 7.58 | 7.26 |
| Inventory turnover | 9.07 | 9.33 | 10.98 | 11.22 | 11.26 | 11.05 | 11.22 | 10.84 | 10.50 | 9.19 |
| Asset turnover | 0.69 | 0.69 | 0.91 | 1.13 | 0.98 | 0.83 | 1.07 | 1.21 | 1.14 | 1.02 |
| Average receivables | $701.1M | $703.1M | $704.2M | $819.3M | $763.0M | $650.4M | $560.5M | $451.9M | $423.1M | $401.4M |
| Average payables | $475.8M | $509.9M | $529.5M | $632.9M | $577.6M | $442.9M | $419.5M | $401.5M | $385.6M | $363.6M |
| Average inventory | $368.1M | $369.1M | $370.9M | $451.2M | $396.4M | $325.9M | $323.9M | $284.5M | $278.4M | $287.2M |
| Intangibles / total assets | 44.0% | 43.5% | 41.7% | 37.3% | 37.2% | 40.5% | 42.3% | 26.8% | 27.3% | 28.3% |
Computed from GEF's annual financial statements (latest annual report filed November 10, 2025) and the closing share price on each fiscal year-end, adjusted for stock splits. Figures in U.S. dollars; data from EODHD. Averages use the opening and closing balance of each year.
GEF valuation and financial ratios
At the end of fiscal 2025 (October 31, 2025), Greif traded at 3.2 times earnings, against a 10-year median of 10.9. Based on the latest twelve months, the trailing P/E is 37.2 and the forward P/E is 9.3. Greif earned a return on equity of 33.6% and a return on invested capital of 3.2% in fiscal 2025. It ended the year with $1.6 billion of debt and $256.7 million in cash and short-term investments, net debt of $1.3 billion. It returned $109.2 million to shareholders: $101.1 million in dividends and $8.1 million in share buybacks.
See the GEF income statement, the GEF chart for price history, or the GEF stock overview for the latest quote and news.
GEF key metrics FAQ
What is Greif's P/E ratio?
Greif's trailing P/E ratio is 37.2 based on the last twelve months of earnings (as of October 18, 2026), and its forward P/E is 9.3. At the end of fiscal 2025 it was 3.2, compared with a 10-year median of 10.9.
What is Greif's EV/EBITDA?
Greif's enterprise value was 9.1 times EBITDA at the end of fiscal 2025 (enterprise value $4.0 billion, EBITDA $440.3 million); the current EV/EBITDA is 8.6.
What is Greif's return on equity?
Greif's return on equity (ROE) was 33.6% in fiscal 2025: net income of $840.0 million on average shareholders' equity of $2.5 billion.
What is Greif's ROIC?
Greif's return on invested capital was 3.2% in fiscal 2025, using after-tax operating income divided by average debt plus equity minus cash.
How much debt does Greif have?
Greif had total debt of $1.6 billion at the end of fiscal 2025, a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.54 and $1.3 billion of net debt (2.98 times EBITDA).
What is Greif's dividend yield?
Greif's forward dividend yield is 1.25%. Greif paid $101.1 million in dividends in fiscal 2025 ($2.12 per share), a payout ratio of 12.0%.
Does Greif buy back its shares?
Yes. Greif spent $8.1 million on net share repurchases in fiscal 2025 Shares outstanding changed +0.6% over the year, to 47.6M..
What is Greif's free cash flow yield?
Greif generated -$85.2 million of free cash flow in fiscal 2025, a free cash flow yield of −3.1% on its market value at year-end ($2.7 billion).
What is Greif's current ratio?
Greif's current ratio was 1.47 at the end of fiscal 2025: current assets were 1.47 times current liabilities.