Greif (GEF) Payables (2009 - 2026)
Greif (GEF) reported Payables of $920.1 million for fiscal Q2 2025 (quarter ended Apr 30, 2025), up 56.8% from $586.9 million a year earlier and up 15.7% from the prior quarter.
Greif (GEF) Payables (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
At the end of FY2024 (ended Oct 31, 2024), Greif posted Payables of $477.2 million, down 5.2% from FY2023.
- Payables has declined for three consecutive fiscal years, though with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 1.4% (FY2019 to FY2024).
- By fiscal year, Payables came in at $503.2 million in FY2023 (-11.3%), $567 million in FY2022 (-24.9%), $755 million in FY2021 (+57.6%) and $479.1 million in FY2020 (+7.8%).
- The fiscal Q2 2025 figure ranks as the highest quarterly Payables in data going back to fiscal Q4 2009.
- Year over year, Payables gained in five of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 13.7%.
- The high point for year-over-year Payables in five years was fiscal Q1 2025 (growth of 63.6%); the low point was fiscal Q1 2023 (a decline of 28.7%).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q2 2025 came in at $795.5 million (Q1 2025), $477.2 million (Q4 2024) and $553.9 million (Q3 2024).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Payables (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smurfit Westrock | 23.27 Bn | 20.32 Bn | 1.44 Bn | 3.52 Bn |
| 2 | Packaging Corp Of America | 22.65 Bn | 20.22 Bn | 603.90 Mn | 775.40 Mn |
| 3 | International Paper | 22.01 Bn | 18.09 Bn | 1.93 Bn | 4.15 Bn |
| 4 | Amcor | 20.90 Bn | 16.32 Bn | 1.16 Bn | 3.40 Bn |
| 5 | Ball | 17.38 Bn | 14.50 Bn | 709.00 Mn | 4.69 Bn |
| 6 | Crown Holdings | 13.31 Bn | 11.21 Bn | 724.00 Mn | 3.27 Bn |
| 7 | Sonoco Products | 4.93 Bn | 3.99 Bn | 405.32 Mn | 1.15 Bn |
| 8 | Silgan Holdings | 4.42 Bn | 2.23 Bn | 328.59 Mn | 883.83 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 | 976.00 Mn |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 855.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 817.70 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 715.50 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 742.60 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 920.10 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 795.50 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 477.20 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 553.90 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 586.90 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 486.20 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 503.20 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2023 | 507.60 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 504.70 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2023 | 468.60 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2022 | 567.00 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 663.80 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 647.60 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2022 | 657.00 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 755.00 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2021 | 714.60 Mn |
Greif Payables 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=payables&ticker=GEF&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "payables", "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=payables&ticker=GEF&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();