Greif (GEF) Goodwill (2009 - 2026)
Greif (GEF) recorded Goodwill of $1.99 billion in fiscal Q2 2025 (quarter ended Apr 30, 2025), up 1.0% from $1.97 billion a year earlier and up 2.4% from the prior quarter.
Greif (GEF) Goodwill (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
At the end of FY2024 (ended Oct 31, 2024), Greif reported Goodwill of $1.66 billion, down 2.2% from FY2023.
- Annual Goodwill has a five-year compound annual growth rate of 1.8% (FY2019 to FY2024).
- Across earlier fiscal years, Goodwill came in at $1.69 billion in FY2023 (+15.6%), $1.46 billion in FY2022 (-3.4%), $1.52 billion in FY2021 (-0.2%) and $1.52 billion in FY2020 (unchanged).
- The fiscal Q2 2025 figure is the highest quarterly Goodwill in data going back to fiscal Q4 2009.
- On a year-over-year basis, Goodwill rose in seven of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 11.1%.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Goodwill in the last five years was growth of 19.3% in fiscal Q2 2024, against a decline of 3.6% in fiscal Q3 2020 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three fiscal quarters came in at $1.94 billion (Q1 2025), $1.66 billion (Q4 2024) and $1.95 billion (Q3 2024).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smurfit Westrock | 23.27 Bn | 20.32 Bn | 1.44 Bn |
| 2 | Packaging Corp Of America | 22.65 Bn | 20.22 Bn | 603.90 Mn |
| 3 | International Paper | 22.01 Bn | 18.09 Bn | 1.93 Bn |
| 4 | Amcor | 20.90 Bn | 16.32 Bn | 1.16 Bn |
| 5 | Ball | 17.38 Bn | 14.50 Bn | 709.00 Mn |
| 6 | Crown Holdings | 13.31 Bn | 11.21 Bn | 724.00 Mn |
| 7 | Sonoco Products | 4.93 Bn | 3.99 Bn | 405.32 Mn |
| 8 | Silgan Holdings | 4.42 Bn | 2.23 Bn | 328.59 Mn |
| 9 | Greif | 3.37 Bn | 3.37 Bn | 254.60 Mn |
| 10 | Graphic Packaging Holding | 3.30 Bn | 2.31 Bn | 307.00 Mn |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 1.72 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 1.72 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 1.69 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 1.70 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 1.70 Bn |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 1.99 Bn |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 1.94 Bn |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 1.66 Bn |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 1.95 Bn |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 1.97 Bn |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 1.70 Bn |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 1.69 Bn |
| Jul 31, 2023 | 1.65 Bn |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 1.65 Bn |
| Jan 31, 2023 | 1.54 Bn |
| Oct 31, 2022 | 1.46 Bn |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 1.47 Bn |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 1.48 Bn |
| Jan 31, 2022 | 1.50 Bn |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 1.52 Bn |
Greif Goodwill 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=goodwill&ticker=GEF&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "goodwill", "ticker": "GEF", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()
const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=goodwill&ticker=GEF&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();