Greif, Inc. (GEF) Stock

Greif, Inc. (GEF) is a Materials stock trading at $78.63 (as of 2026-07-24), with a market capitalization of $1.57B and a trailing P/E of 135.5. Figures are sourced from first-party U.S. SEC EDGAR filings and market data.

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.

Understand Greif, Inc.: how it makes money

Greif, Inc. produces and sells industrial packaging products and related services, mainly industrial containers and packaging components, and also operates in paper packaging and land management.

Profitability is driven by industrial packaging volumes and plant utilization (reflected in durable metals and sustainable fiber volume trends and reported economic downtime), because the company’s product mix spans metal, polymer, and fiber packaging and its results are linked to demand and production uptime.

Business quality (Weak): Clear business description and operational KPI labels are provided, but a revenue breakdown by Greif’s official reportable segments is not available in the facts given.

Valuation: At 136× earnings, GEF trades 683% above the Shipping Containers average (17×). Note: one-time items can distort reported P/E.

Bull case

  • Demand signal for industrial packaging: Global Industrial Packaging Demand Improvement is reported at 5.0 percent.
  • Customer and employee sentiment: Net Promoter Score is 72.0, and Gallup Colleague Engagement Survey Score is 91.0 percent (with Colleague Engagement Score 85.0 percent also provided).

Bear case

  • Volume headwinds across core categories: Durable Metals Volume Decline is reported at 6.6 percent, and Sustainable Fiber Volume Decline is reported at 7.7 percent.
  • Operating strain reflected in downtime: Economic Downtime in October is reported as 23000.0 (count).
  • Lower profitability environment: For the latest period provided, operating margin is 3.3 percent.
Valuation — source: SEC EDGAR (first-party)
Price$78.63
Market Cap$1.57B
P/E Ratio135.5
EV / EBITDA15.8
Price / Book0.57
Price / Sales1.59
Dividend Yield3.8%
Profitability & Growth — source: SEC EDGAR
Revenue (TTM)$3.93B
Net Margin21.4%
Return on Equity0.4%
Debt / Equity0.33
Current Ratio1.28
Revenue Growth (YoY)-22.6%
Financial Health — source: SEC EDGAR
Altman Z-Score1.95 (grey)
Valuation vs Sector & Industry
Stock P/E135.5
Sector P/E (Materials)27.1
Industry P/E (Shipping Containers)24.3
vs Sector399.7%
vs Industry457.1%
Smart-Money Activity — SEC Form 4 / 13F / Congressional disclosures
Top Institutional HolderBlackRock, Inc. ($217.00M)
Institutional Holders Tracked10
Company
SectorMaterials
IndustryShipping Containers
CEOOle G. Rosgaard
Employees14,000
CountryUS
IPO Date1996-02-28

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Data as of 2026-07-24.

Figures sourced from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC EDGAR) filings and market data. Not personalized investment advice.