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Greif, Inc key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Greif, Inc had an operating margin of 7.8%. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2009Oct 20082010Oct 20092011Oct 20102012Oct 20112013Oct 20122014Oct 20132015Oct 20142016Oct 20152017Oct 20162018Oct 20172019Oct 20182020Oct 20192021Oct 20202022Oct 20212023Oct 20222024Oct 20232025Oct 2024
Gross margin18.6%17.9%20.3%18.8%18.9%19.7%19.1%18.5%20.6%19.6%20.4%20.9%20.3%19.7%20.2%22.2%20.6%
Operating margin10.1%7.2%9.3%7.8%6.8%8.1%5.9%5.3%6.8%8.2%9.6%8.7%6.8%10.5%9.8%10.2%7.8%
Net margin6.4%4.0%5.9%4.1%2.9%3.4%2.2%2.0%2.3%3.3%5.4%3.7%2.4%7.0%5.9%8.6%6.2%
Free-cash-flow margin−0.1%5.1%1.0%0.2%7.4%2.7%2.9%1.9%6.0%5.7%2.9%5.1%7.2%4.6%7.6%10.4%3.9%
Return on equity22.6%10.2%———————————————
Return on assets—3.9%———————————————
Asset turnover—0.99———————————————
Current ratio—1.45———————————————
Debt to equity0.0%69.0%———————————————
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)7.7x3.7x4.9x4.3x127.7x————————————
Effective tax rate24.2%17.4%17.5%28.0%33.3%40.6%72.8%42.2%47.1%33.5%24.4%27.0%34.0%14.5%26.1%24.7%7.9%
SG&A as % of revenue8.9%9.6%10.5%10.6%11.4%11.3%11.7%11.4%11.3%10.4%10.3%11.0%11.4%10.2%9.2%12.2%13.5%
Capital spending as % of revenue3.8%4.5%4.2%3.8%4.0%3.2%3.3%3.8%3.0%2.7%3.6%3.4%2.9%2.5%2.8%5.1%4.3%
Free cash flow ÷ net income−1.3%128.2%16.8%5.6%260.2%78.7%135.4%98.1%268.2%175.5%53.9%136.1%297.2%65.3%127.7%121.4%63.1%
Dividends ÷ net income31.7%79.5%45.9%56.0%82.7%67.9%107.8%137.3%131.8%83.1%47.8%60.8%95.9%27.1%29.5%32.4%45.0%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow—64.2%281.8%>999%31.8%86.3%79.6%140.0%51.7%47.4%88.7%44.7%32.3%41.4%37.9%41.4%71.4%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

3 of 4 checks passed · June 30, 2026
What it owns · $5.7bn
Short-term assets $1.6bnLonger-term assets $4.1bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $4.3bn
Short-term liabilities $1.3bnShareholders' equity $3.0bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $1.6bn of assets due within a year against $1.3bn of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities Not assessable from the reported split. Not assessable.
  • More cash than debt $288m of cash against $700m of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 23% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 143% to 23% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt Cash flow or debt not reported. Not assessable.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.

From Greif, Inc's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

Not assessed: fewer than five years of comparable figures in the filings. AI disruption exposure for this industry: Low.

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Greif, Inc's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 26, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Greif, Inc.