Greif, Inc (GEF-B) Change in Accured Expenses (2009 - 2011)

Greif (GEF-B) has reported Change in Accured Expenses for 3 consecutive years, with -$1.1 million the latest figure, recorded in Q4 2011.

• In Q4 2011, Change in Accured Expenses rose 98.43% year-over-year to -$1.1 million; the TTM figure through Oct 2011 stood at $18.6 million (up 148.83% YoY), while the FY2011 annual figure was $18.6 million, up 148.83% from the prior year.
• Change in Accured Expenses slipped to -$1.1 million in Q4 2011 per GEF-B's latest filing, from $28.1 million in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Change in Accured Expenses topped out at $56.9 million in Q2 2010 and bottomed at -$68.0 million in Q4 2010.
• Historically, Change in Accured Expenses has averaged -$4.0 million across 3 years, with a median of -$1.1 million in 2011.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2010 — Change in Accured Expenses tumbled 315.02% — and 2011, when it soared 5336.56%.
• Greif's Change in Accured Expenses stood at -$16.4 million in 2009, then sank by 315.02% to -$68.0 million in 2010, then jumped by 98.43% to -$1.1 million in 2011.
• Business Quant data shows GEF-B's Change in Accured Expenses at -$1.1 million in Q4 2011, $28.1 million in Q3 2011, and $10.3 million in Q2 2011.