Greif (GEF) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)
Greif's Operating Margin was 5.66% in fiscal Q3 2025 (quarter ended Jun 30, 2025).
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Greif (GEF) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a trailing twelve-month basis, Greif's Operating Margin was 7.47% through Jun 30, 2025; for FY2024 (ended Oct 31, 2024), it was 8.53%, down 3.07 percentage points from FY2023.
- Operating Margin shows a five-year change of -0.16 percentage points (FY2019 to FY2024).
- In earlier fiscal years, Operating Margin was 11.60% in FY2023 (+1.82 pp), 9.78% in FY2022 (-0.75 pp), 10.53% in FY2021 (+3.78 pp) and 6.75% in FY2020 (-1.93 pp).
- Quarterly Operating Margin has moved between 4.60% (fiscal Q1 2022) and 14.96% (fiscal Q2 2021) over five years.
- Compared with a year earlier, Operating Margin was higher in three of the last seven quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -1.97 percentage points.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Operating Margin over five years was fiscal Q2 2021 (a gain of 8.75 percentage points); the worst was fiscal Q2 2024 (a drop of 6.68 percentage points).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Operating Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smurfit Westrock | 23.27 Bn | 20.32 Bn | 1.44 Bn | 5.97% |
| 2 | Packaging Corp Of America | 22.65 Bn | 20.22 Bn | 603.90 Mn | 14.81% |
| 3 | International Paper | 22.01 Bn | 18.09 Bn | 1.93 Bn | 14.88% |
| 4 | Amcor | 20.90 Bn | 16.32 Bn | 1.16 Bn | 7.41% |
| 5 | Ball | 17.38 Bn | 14.50 Bn | 709.00 Mn | -0.96% |
| 6 | Crown Holdings | 13.31 Bn | 11.21 Bn | 724.00 Mn | 11.91% |
| 7 | Sonoco Products | 4.93 Bn | 3.99 Bn | 405.32 Mn | -31.25% |
| 8 | Silgan Holdings | 4.42 Bn | 2.23 Bn | 328.59 Mn | 9.39% |
| 9 | Greif | 3.37 Bn | 3.37 Bn | 254.60 Mn | - |
| 10 | Graphic Packaging Holding | 3.30 Bn | 2.31 Bn | 307.00 Mn | 4.61% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 9.26% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 3.30% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 25.79% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 5.66% |
| 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% |
API Access
Greif Operating Margin API
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params = {"slug": "operating-margin", "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=operating-margin&ticker=GEF&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();