Greif (GEF) Return on Equity [ROE] (2009 - 2026)
Greif (GEF) recorded Return on Equity [ROE] of 9.32% in fiscal Q3 2025 (quarter ended Jun 30, 2025).
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Greif (GEF) Return on Equity [ROE] (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2024 (ended Oct 31, 2024), Greif reported Return on Equity [ROE] of 14.40%, down 5.65 percentage points from FY2023.
- Annual Return on Equity [ROE] has declined for three straight fiscal years, with a five-year change of -2.16 percentage points (FY2019 to FY2024).
- Across earlier fiscal years, Return on Equity [ROE] came in at 20.06% in FY2023 (-3.33 pp), 23.38% in FY2022 (-6.38 pp), 29.77% in FY2021 (+19.37 pp) and 10.39% in FY2020 (-6.17 pp).
- The fiscal Q3 2025 figure is the lowest quarterly Return on Equity [ROE] since fiscal Q4 2016.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Return on Equity [ROE] in the last five years was a gain of 16.41 percentage points in fiscal Q4 2021, against a drop of 9.60 percentage points in fiscal Q2 2024 at the low end.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smurfit Westrock | 23.27 Bn | 20.32 Bn | 1.44 Bn | 2.59% |
| 2 | Packaging Corp Of America | 22.65 Bn | 20.22 Bn | 603.90 Mn | 15.38% |
| 3 | International Paper | 22.01 Bn | 18.09 Bn | 1.93 Bn | -25.09% |
| 4 | Amcor | 20.90 Bn | 16.32 Bn | 1.16 Bn | 9.23% |
| 5 | Ball | 17.38 Bn | 14.50 Bn | 709.00 Mn | 9.28% |
| 6 | Crown Holdings | 13.31 Bn | 11.21 Bn | 724.00 Mn | 27.65% |
| 7 | Sonoco Products | 4.93 Bn | 3.99 Bn | 405.32 Mn | -7.06% |
| 8 | Silgan Holdings | 4.42 Bn | 2.23 Bn | 328.59 Mn | 10.79% |
| 9 | Greif | 3.37 Bn | 3.37 Bn | 254.60 Mn | 9.27% |
| 10 | Graphic Packaging Holding | 3.30 Bn | 2.31 Bn | 307.00 Mn | 2.30% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 9.27% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 11.29% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 10.49% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 10.48% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 9.32% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 11.19% |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 11.23% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 14.01% |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 14.14% |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 14.51% |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 17.91% |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 19.07% |
| Jul 31, 2023 | 20.92% |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 24.11% |
| Jan 31, 2023 | 25.49% |
| Oct 31, 2022 | 22.32% |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 23.23% |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 22.81% |
| Jan 31, 2022 | 25.59% |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 26.80% |
API Access
Greif Return on Equity [ROE] 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-equity-%5Broe%5D&ticker=GEF&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-equity-[roe]", "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-equity-%5Broe%5D&ticker=GEF&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();