Greif (GEF) Return on Assets [ROA] (2009 - 2026)
Greif (GEF) reported Return on Assets [ROA] of 3.57% for fiscal Q2 2025 (quarter ended Apr 30, 2025), down 1.06 percentage points from 4.63% a year earlier but up 0.01 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Greif (GEF) Return on Assets [ROA] (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2024 (ended Oct 31, 2024), Greif posted Return on Assets [ROA] of 4.69%, down 1.95 percentage points from FY2023.
- Return on Assets [ROA] has declined for three consecutive fiscal years, though with a five-year change of +0.18 percentage points (FY2019 to FY2024).
- By fiscal year, Return on Assets [ROA] came in at 6.63% in FY2023 (-0.35 pp), 6.98% in FY2022 (-0.31 pp), 7.30% in FY2021 (+5.02 pp) and 2.27% in FY2020 (-2.23 pp).
- Five-year quarterly Return on Assets [ROA] spans a low of 2.15% in fiscal Q1 2021 and a high of 8.40% in fiscal Q1 2023.
- Year over year, Return on Assets [ROA] has now declined in each of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -1.84 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Return on Assets [ROA] in five years was fiscal Q4 2021 (a gain of 4.92 percentage points); the low point was fiscal Q2 2024 (a drop of 3.26 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q2 2025 came in at 3.56% (Q1 2025), 4.38% (Q4 2024) and 4.29% (Q3 2024).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROA (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smurfit Westrock | 23.27 Bn | 20.32 Bn | 1.44 Bn | 1.04% |
| 2 | Packaging Corp Of America | 22.65 Bn | 20.22 Bn | 603.90 Mn | 6.54% |
| 3 | International Paper | 22.01 Bn | 18.09 Bn | 1.93 Bn | -9.60% |
| 4 | Amcor | 20.90 Bn | 16.32 Bn | 1.16 Bn | 2.94% |
| 5 | Ball | 17.38 Bn | 14.50 Bn | 709.00 Mn | 2.65% |
| 6 | Crown Holdings | 13.31 Bn | 11.21 Bn | 724.00 Mn | 6.47% |
| 7 | Sonoco Products | 4.93 Bn | 3.99 Bn | 405.32 Mn | -2.15% |
| 8 | Silgan Holdings | 4.42 Bn | 2.23 Bn | 328.59 Mn | 2.76% |
| 9 | Greif | 3.37 Bn | 3.37 Bn | 254.60 Mn | - |
| 10 | Graphic Packaging Holding | 3.30 Bn | 2.31 Bn | 307.00 Mn | 0.64% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 6.01% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 5.63% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 5.52% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 3.57% |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 3.56% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 4.38% |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 4.29% |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 4.63% |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 6.04% |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 6.41% |
| Jul 31, 2023 | 6.93% |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 7.89% |
| Jan 31, 2023 | 8.40% |
| Oct 31, 2022 | 7.10% |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 7.13% |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 6.56% |
| Jan 31, 2022 | 6.92% |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 7.16% |
| Jul 31, 2021 | 6.21% |
| Apr 30, 2021 | 4.61% |
API Access
Greif Return on Assets [ROA] 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=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=GEF&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-assets-[roa]", "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=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=GEF&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();