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How Greif, Inc. stacks up
GEF · against 300 other Consumer Cyclical companies of similar size
Profitability
42/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #227 of 301 · scores higher than 23% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score31 peers with a profitability score of 40–49, including GEF · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 42?
Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Cyclical companies.Its metrics sit close to the Consumer Cyclical norm.
- a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 62% of peers. Return on invested capital: 4.9% vs peer median 7.3%
- Operating margin is close to the peer norm. Operating margin: 5.5% vs peer median 6.4%
- Return on assets is close to the peer norm. Return on assets: 3.3% vs peer median 3.3%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = GEF, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | GEF | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 286 reported | 4.9% | 9.9% | 20% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 301 reported | 5.5% | 9.1% | 29% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 285 reported | 3.3% | 4.4% | 31% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 272 reported | Not reported | 12.0% | — | — | Context only |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 303 reported | 22.5% | 30.3% | 38% | Context only |
A metric that is not reported is left out of the score; the other weights are rescaled.
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around GEF| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 358.0B INR (≈$4.3B) | 100 | 73 | |
| 2 | 981.2B JPY (≈$6.7B) | 99 | 67 | |
| 2 | 106.7B TWD (≈$3.3B) | 99 | 71 | |
| 2 | 4.6B USD | 99 | 80 | |
| 2 | 2.4B USD | 99 | 65 | |
| 223 | 10.9B SAR (≈$2.9B) | 44 | 46 | |
| 223 | 5.5B USD | 44 | 36 | |
| 226 | 5.7B CHF (≈$6.5B) | 43 | 36 | |
| 227 | 25.1B HKD (≈$3.2B) | 42 | 45 | |
| 227 | 4.6B USD | 42 | 44 | |
| 227 | 7.5B EUR (≈$8.2B) | 42 | 41 | |
| 227 | 6.6B USD | 42 | 42 | |
| 227 | 3.7B EUR (≈$4.1B) | 42 | 53 | |
| 232 | 489.3B JPY (≈$3.3B) | 41 | 73 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score