Greif (GEF) Operating Margin (2009 - 2025)
Greif (GEF) reported Operating Margin of 6.44% for Q3 2025, down 529.0% year-over-year from 1.5% in Q3 2024, and down 24.73% quarter-over-quarter from 8.56% in Q2 2025.
Greif (GEF) Operating Margin (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
Greif (GEF) has 17 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 6.44% in Q3 2025.
- Operating Margin for Q3 2025 came in at 6.44%, down 529.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jul 2025 was 7.61% (down 63.0% YoY), and the FY2024 annual result was 8.53%, down 307.0% from the prior year.
- Operating Margin declined to 6.44% in Q3 2025 per GEF's latest filing, from 8.56% in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Operating Margin peaked at 14.96% in Q2 2021 and troughed at 4.6% in Q1 2022.
- A 5-year average of 9.51% and a median of 9.28% in 2024 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2021 and 2024: Operating Margin jumped 875 bps in 2021, then slumped 668 bps in 2024.
- A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 8.97% in 2021, then advanced by 14 bps to 10.26% in 2022, then decreased by 16 bps to 8.59% in 2023, then gained by 8 bps to 9.28% in 2024, then tumbled by 31 bps to 6.44% in 2025.
- Business Quant data shows GEF's Operating Margin at 6.44% in Q3 2025, 8.56% in Q2 2025, and 4.73% in Q1 2025.
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| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Operating Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smurfit Westrock | 21.64 Bn | 20.99 Bn | 1.27 Bn | 3.28% |
| 2 | Packaging Corp Of America | 20.07 Bn | 19.53 Bn | 452.90 Mn | 10.61% |
| 3 | International Paper | 18.03 Bn | 16.73 Bn | 1.73 Bn | 13.13% |
| 4 | Amcor | 17.99 Bn | 16.41 Bn | 1.19 Bn | 7.80% |
| 5 | Ball | 14.38 Bn | 13.50 Bn | 646.00 Mn | 10.07% |
| 6 | Avery Dennison | 12.23 Bn | 11.97 Bn | 664.80 Mn | 12.60% |
| 7 | Crown Holdings | 10.71 Bn | 10.62 Bn | 644.00 Mn | 11.20% |
| 8 | Sonoco Products | 4.95 Bn | 4.75 Bn | 345.63 Mn | 7.58% |
| 9 | Reynolds Consumer Products | 4.85 Bn | 4.78 Bn | 207.00 Mn | 11.17% |
| 10 | Greif | 1.70 Bn | 1.51 Bn | 257.30 Mn | 6.44% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2025 | 6.44% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 8.56% |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 4.73% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 9.28% |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 11.73% |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 7.16% |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 5.71% |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 8.59% |
| Jul 31, 2023 | 11.70% |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 13.84% |
| Jan 31, 2023 | 12.31% |
| Oct 31, 2022 | 10.26% |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 12.68% |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 11.40% |
| Jan 31, 2022 | 4.60% |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 8.97% |
| Jul 31, 2021 | 11.61% |
| Apr 30, 2021 | 14.96% |
| Jan 31, 2021 | 6.11% |
| Oct 31, 2020 | 7.90% |