Greif (GEF-B) Retained Earnings (2009 - 2025)
Greif's Retained Earnings was $2.48 billion in fiscal Q2 2025 (quarter ended Apr 30, 2025), up 3.6% from $2.39 billion a year earlier and up 0.6% from the prior quarter.
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Greif (GEF-B) Retained Earnings (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
At the end of FY2024 (ended Oct 31, 2024), Retained Earnings at Greif came in at $2.49 billion, up 6.3% from FY2023.
- Retained Earnings has now increased for eight consecutive fiscal years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 10.1% (FY2019 to FY2024).
- In earlier fiscal years, Retained Earnings was $2.34 billion in FY2023 (+11.6%), $2.1 billion in FY2022 (+14.8%), $1.83 billion in FY2021 (+18.2%) and $1.54 billion in FY2020 (+0.3%).
- Quarterly Retained Earnings has moved between $1.53 billion (fiscal Q3 2020) and $2.49 billion (fiscal Q4 2024) over five years.
- Compared with a year earlier, Retained Earnings has increased for 17 straight quarters, with growth averaging 7.8% over the last eight quarters.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Retained Earnings over five years was fiscal Q1 2023 (growth of 19.0%); the worst was fiscal Q1 2021 (a decline of 0.4%).
- Per Business Quant data, GEF-B's Retained Earnings in the three fiscal quarters before Q2 2025 was $2.46 billion (Q1 2025), $2.49 billion (Q4 2024) and $2.45 billion (Q3 2024).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Apr 30, 2025 | 2.48 Bn |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 2.46 Bn |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 2.49 Bn |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 2.45 Bn |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 2.39 Bn |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 2.38 Bn |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 2.34 Bn |
| Jul 31, 2023 | 2.30 Bn |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 2.24 Bn |
| Jan 31, 2023 | 2.16 Bn |
| Oct 31, 2022 | 2.10 Bn |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 2.02 Bn |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 1.91 Bn |
| Jan 31, 2022 | 1.81 Bn |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 1.83 Bn |
| Jul 31, 2021 | 1.75 Bn |
| Apr 30, 2021 | 1.67 Bn |
| Jan 31, 2021 | 1.54 Bn |
| Oct 31, 2020 | 1.54 Bn |
| Jul 31, 2020 | 1.53 Bn |
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Greif Retained Earnings API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=retained-earnings&ticker=GEF-B&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "retained-earnings", "ticker": "GEF-B", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=retained-earnings&ticker=GEF-B&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();