Greif Inc. — Earnings Quality Grade F
GEF · Consumer Cyclical
Major red flags
Screening Summary
Management Signals
Financial Trends
Revenue & Net Income ($B)
Margins (%)
18-Point Screening
Revenue Quality
DSO 54 days, change -4 days YoY
AR growth -3.1% vs revenue growth 4.3%
Revenue 4.3%, CFFO -45.2%. Cash follows revenue
Expense Quality
Inventory -3.1% vs COGS 6.4%. Normal
CapEx growth -12.7% vs revenue 4.3%. Normal
SG&A/Gross Profit = 65.6%. Normal
Gross margin 20.6%, change -1.6pp. Stable
Cash Flow Quality
CFFO/NI = 1.32. Profits backed by cash
FCF $0.2B, FCF/NI = 0.61
Accruals ratio = -1.3%. Low accruals
Cash $0.2B covers only 7% of debt $3.0B
Balance Sheet Health
Goodwill+Intangibles $2.6B = 124% of equity. Over 50%
Debt/EBITDA = 5.1x (>4x). Financial stress
Other assets grew 158.8% vs revenue 4.3%
Write-offs normal
Acquisition Risk
FCF after acquisitions negative for 2/3 years
Goodwill+Intangibles change 4% YoY. Normal
Manipulation Score
M-Score = -2.52 (< -2.22). Unlikely manipulator
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Generated from public financial data using forensic accounting frameworks. Not investment advice. Data: Yahoo Finance · 2026-04-25