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Greif (GEF.B) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 14.22 (As of Apr. 29, 2024)


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What is Greif Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-04-29), Greif's current share price is $64.2547. Greif's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $4.52. Greif's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 14.22.

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

GEF.B' 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.B's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
58.39% of 161 companies
in the Packaging & Containers industry
Industry Median: 15.63 vs GEF.B: 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 $-1.377. 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 $4.52 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
=64.2547/4.52
=14.22

* 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)
=-1.377/129.4194*129.4194
=-1.377

Current CPI (Jan. 2024) = 129.4194.

Greif Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201404 1.305 100.023 1.689
201407 0.544 100.520 0.700
201410 2.552 100.176 3.297
201501 -3.176 98.604 -4.169
201504 0.071 99.824 0.092
201507 1.241 100.691 1.595
201510 2.677 100.346 3.453
201601 -1.427 99.957 -1.848
201604 1.573 100.947 2.017
201607 1.829 101.524 2.332
201610 2.855 101.988 3.623
201701 -1.815 102.456 -2.293
201704 0.967 103.167 1.213
201707 1.589 103.278 1.991
201710 4.235 104.070 5.267
201801 -2.148 104.578 -2.658
201804 0.702 105.708 0.859
201807 0.354 106.324 0.431
201810 3.716 106.695 4.507
201901 -0.941 106.200 -1.147
201904 0.587 107.818 0.705
201907 2.518 108.250 3.010
201910 3.565 108.577 4.249
202001 -0.495 108.841 -0.589
202004 1.785 108.173 2.136
202007 2.533 109.318 2.999
202010 4.197 109.861 4.944
202101 -0.426 110.364 -0.500
202104 3.029 112.673 3.479
202107 1.344 115.183 1.510
202110 2.300 116.696 2.551
202201 -0.675 118.619 -0.736
202204 2.718 121.978 2.884
202207 4.341 125.002 4.494
202210 5.583 125.734 5.747
202301 -0.481 126.223 -0.493
202304 4.315 127.992 4.363
202307 4.029 128.974 4.043
202310 3.224 129.810 3.214
202401 -1.377 129.419 -1.377

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.B) 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.B) 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.