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Greif (GEF) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 13.73 (As of Apr. 28, 2024)


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What is Greif Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-04-28), Greif's current share price is $61.92. Greif's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $4.51. Greif's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 13.73.

The historical rank and industry rank for Greif's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF or its related term are showing as below:

GEF' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 10.91   Med: 19.07   Max: 34.8
Current: 13.74

During the past years, Greif's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 34.80. The lowest was 10.91. And the median was 19.07.

GEF's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
58.02% of 162 companies
in the Packaging & Containers industry
Industry Median: 15.98 vs GEF: 13.74

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Greif's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was $-0.918. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is $4.51 for the trailing ten years ended in Jan. 2024.

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Greif Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Greif's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Greif Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Greif Annual Data
Trend Oct14 Oct15 Oct16 Oct17 Oct18 Oct19 Oct20 Oct21 Oct22 Oct23
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 17.65 14.71 19.29 17.69 14.51

Greif Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 18.12 15.29 17.25 14.51 13.89

Competitive Comparison of Greif's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Packaging & Containers subindustry, Greif's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Greif's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Packaging & Containers Industry

For the Packaging & Containers industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Greif's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Greif's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.



Greif Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF.

Greif's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=61.92/4.51
=13.73

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Greif's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, Greif's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Jan. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Jan. 2024)
=-0.918/129.4194*129.4194
=-0.918

Current CPI (Jan. 2024) = 129.4194.

Greif Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201404 0.870 100.023 1.126
201407 0.362 100.520 0.466
201410 1.701 100.176 2.198
201501 -2.117 98.604 -2.779
201504 0.048 99.824 0.062
201507 0.827 100.691 1.063
201510 1.785 100.346 2.302
201601 -0.951 99.957 -1.231
201604 1.049 100.947 1.345
201607 1.219 101.524 1.554
201610 1.903 101.988 2.415
201701 -1.210 102.456 -1.528
201704 0.645 103.167 0.809
201707 1.060 103.278 1.328
201710 2.823 104.070 3.511
201801 -1.432 104.578 -1.772
201804 0.468 105.708 0.573
201807 0.236 106.324 0.287
201810 2.478 106.695 3.006
201901 -0.627 106.200 -0.764
201904 0.391 107.818 0.469
201907 1.679 108.250 2.007
201910 2.377 108.577 2.833
202001 -0.330 108.841 -0.392
202004 1.190 108.173 1.424
202007 1.689 109.318 2.000
202010 2.798 109.861 3.296
202101 -0.284 110.364 -0.333
202104 2.019 112.673 2.319
202107 0.896 115.183 1.007
202110 1.533 116.696 1.700
202201 -0.450 118.619 -0.491
202204 1.812 121.978 1.923
202207 2.894 125.002 2.996
202210 3.722 125.734 3.831
202301 -0.320 126.223 -0.328
202304 2.877 127.992 2.909
202307 2.686 128.974 2.695
202310 2.149 129.810 2.143
202401 -0.918 129.419 -0.918

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Greif  (NYSE:GEF) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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Greif (GEF) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
425 Winter Road, Delaware, OH, USA, 43015
Greif Inc is a producer of industrial packaging products and services with manufacturing facilities located in many countries. It offers a comprehensive line of rigid industrial packaging products, such as steel, fiber, and plastic drums, rigid intermediate bulk containers, closure systems for industrial packaging products, transit protection products, water bottles and remanufactured and reconditioned industrial containers, and services, such as container life cycle management, blending, filling, logistics, warehousing, and other packaging services. The company operates in three reportable business segments including Global Industrial Packaging, Paper Packaging and Services, and Land Management. It operates in North and Latin America, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific regions.
Executives
Miller Frank Calhoun V director 425 WINTER ROAD, DELAWARE OH 43015
Vivian Bouet officer: VP Chief Inf & Digital Officer 425 WINTER ROAD, DELAWARE OH 43015
Patrick Gerard Mullaney officer: SVP, Pres. Global Industrial P 425 WINTER ROAD, DELAWARE OH 43015
Roel Vestjens director C/O BELDEN INC., 1 N. BRENTWOOD BLVD., 15TH FLOOR, SAINT LOUIS MO 63105
Anthony John Krabill officer: Corporate Treasurer 425 WINTER ROAD, DELAWARE OH 43015
Michael Joseph Taylor officer: Corporate Controller 425 WINTER ROAD, DELAWARE OH 43015
Matthew Douglas Eichmann officer: VP, Chief Mktg & Sust. Officer 425 WINTER ROAD, DELAWARE OH 43015
Kimberly Thompson Scott director 425 WINTER ROAD, DELAWARE OH 43015
Karen Morrison director 425 WINTER ROAD, DELAWARE OH 43015
Tina R. Schoner officer: SVP Chief Supply Chain Officer 425 WINTER RD., DELAWARE OH 43015
Kimberly Anne Kellermann officer: SVP, Global Operations Group 425 WINTER ROAD, DELAWARE OH 43015
Nicholas Joseph Petitti 10 percent owner 200 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE, SUITE 1200, COLUMBUS OH 43215
Robert M Patterson director 33587 WALKER ROAD, AVON LAKE OH 44012
Bala Sathyanarayanan officer: SVP, Chief Human Resources Off 425 WINTER RD., DELAWARE OH 43015
Vicki L Avril director 604 KENMARE DRIVE, BURR RIDGE IL 60527

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