As of today (2024-04-23), Greif's share price is $62.10.
Greif's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 was $6.79. Hence, Greif's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 9.14.
The historical rank and industry rank for Greif's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:
GEF'
s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5.85 Med: 15.69 Max: 81.39
Current: 9.14
During the past 13 years, Greif's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 81.39. The lowest was 5.85. And the median was 15.69.
GEF's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked better than 62.75% of 247
companies
in the Packaging & Containers industry
Industry Median: 11.54
vs GEF: 9.14
During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Greif was -16.20% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 11.30% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 29.70% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 22.30% per year.
During the past 13 years, Greif's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 127.50% per year. The lowest was -63.70% per year. And the median was 21.60% per year.
Greif Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data
The historical data trend for Greif's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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.
For the Packaging & Containers subindustry, Greif's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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 Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution
For the Packaging & Containers industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Greif's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Greif's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.
Greif Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation
Greif's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as
Greif's Share Price of today is $62.10.
Greif's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $6.79.
* 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.
It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:
Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.
In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.
Be Aware
In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.
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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.
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