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Greif (FRA:GB6B) Accounts Receivable : €720 Mil (As of Apr. 2024)


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What is Greif Accounts Receivable?

Accounts Receivable are created when a customer has received a product but has not yet paid for that product. Greif's accounts receivables for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2024 was €720 Mil.

Accounts receivable can be measured by Days Sales Outstanding. Greif's Days Sales Outstanding for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2024 was 51.38.

In Ben Graham's calculation of Net-Net Working Capital, accounts receivable are only considered to be worth 75% of book value. Greif's Net-Net Working Capital per share for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2024 was €-92.84.


Greif Accounts Receivable Historical Data

The historical data trend for Greif's Accounts Receivable 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 Accounts Receivable Chart

Greif Annual Data
Trend Oct14 Oct15 Oct16 Oct17 Oct18 Oct19 Oct20 Oct21 Oct22 Oct23
Accounts Receivable
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Greif Quarterly Data
Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24 Apr24
Accounts Receivable 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 663.02 617.16 624.45 586.79 719.50

Greif Accounts Receivable Calculation

Accounts Receivable is money owed to a business by customers and shown on its Balance Sheet as an asset.


Greif Accounts Receivable Explanation

1. Accounts Receivable are created when a customer has received a product but has not yet paid for that product. Days Sales Outstanding measures of the average number of days that a company takes to collect revenue after a sale has been made. It is a financial ratio that illustrates how well a company's accounts receivables are being managed.

Greif's Days Sales Outstanding for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2024 is calculated as:

Days Sales Outstanding
=Accounts Receivable/Revenue*Days in Period
=719.504/1277.772*91
=51.38

2. In Ben Graham's calculation of Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC), Greif's accounts receivable are only considered to be worth 75% of book value:

Greif's Net-Net Working Capital Per Share for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2024 is calculated as:

Net-Net Working Capital Per Share
=(Cash And Cash Equivalents+0.75 * Accounts Receivable+0.5 * Total Inventories-Total Liabilities
-Preferred Stock-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(182.672+0.75 * 719.504+0.5 * 383.704-4339.392
-0-152.568)/38.5365
=-92.84

* 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.


Be Aware

Net receivables tells us a great deal about the different competitors in the same industry. In competitive industries, some attempt to gain advantage by offering better credit terms, causing increase in sales and receivables.

If company consistently shows lower % Net receivables to gross sales than competitors, then it usually has some kind of competitive advantage which requires further digging.

Average Days Sales Outstanding is a good indicator for measuring a company's sales channel and customers. A company may book great revenue and earnings growth but never receive payment from their customers. This may force a write-off in the future and depress future earnings.


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Greif (FRA:GB6B) Business Description

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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.

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