Greif (GEF) Days Payable : 44.77 (As of Jan. 2024)

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What is Greif Days Payable?

Greif's average Accounts Payable for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was $483 Mil. Greif's Cost of Goods Sold for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was $984 Mil. Hence, Greif's Days Payable for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was 44.77.

The historical rank and industry rank for Greif's Days Payable or its related term are showing as below:

GEF' s Days Payable Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 42.12 Med: 47.48 Max: 51.18
Current: 44.08

During the past 13 years, Greif's highest Days Payable was 51.18. The lowest was 42.12. And the median was 47.48.

GEF's Days Payable is ranked worse than
66.94% of 369 companies
in the Packaging & Containers industry
Industry Median: 57.64 vs GEF: 44.08

Greif's Days Payable declined from Jan. 2023 (45.89) to Jan. 2024 (44.77). It may suggest that Greif accelerated paying its suppliers.

Greif Days Payable Historical Data

The historical data trend for Greif's Days Payable can be seen below:

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Greif Days Payable Chart

Greif Annual Data

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Days Payable

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42.12

44.91

47.24

45.62

47.46

Greif Quarterly Data
	Apr19	Jul19	Oct19	Jan20	Apr20	Jul20	Oct20	Jan21	Apr21	Jul21	Oct21	Jan22	Apr22	Jul22	Oct22	Jan23	Apr23	Jul23	Oct23	Jan24
Days Payable	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															45.89	44.22	44.95	44.34	44.77

Competitive Comparison of Greif's Days Payable

For the Packaging & Containers subindustry, Greif's Days Payable, along with its competitors' market caps and Days Payable 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 Days Payable Distribution in the Packaging & Containers Industry

For the Packaging & Containers industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Greif's Days Payable distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Greif's Days Payable falls into.

Greif Days Payable Calculation

Days Payable indicates the number of days that the account payable relative to cost of goods sold the company has. An increase of Days Payable may suggest that the company delays paying its suppliers.

Greif's Days Payable for the fiscal year that ended in Oct. 2023 is calculated as

	Days Payable (A: Oct. 2023 )
=	Average Accounts Payable					/	Cost of Goods Sold	*	Days in Period
=	( (Accounts Payable (A: Oct. 2022 )	+	Accounts Payable (A: Oct. 2023 ))	/	count )	/	Cost of Goods Sold (A: Oct. 2023 )	*	Days in Period
=	( (561.3	+	497.8)	/	2 )	/	4072.5	*	365
=	529.55					/	4072.5	*	365
=	47.46

Greif's Days Payable for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as:

	Days Payable (Q: Jan. 2024 )
=	Average Accounts Payable					/	Cost of Goods Sold	*	Days in Period
=	( (Accounts Payable (Q: Oct. 2023 )	+	Accounts Payable (Q: Jan. 2024 ))	/	count )	/	Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Jan. 2024 )	*	Days in Period
=	( (497.8	+	468)	/	2 )	/	984.2	*	365 / 4
=	482.9					/	984.2	*	365 / 4
=	44.77

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Greif (GEF) Business Description

Industry

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Traded in Other Exchanges

GEF.B:USA GB6B:Germany

Address

425 Winter Road, Delaware, OH, USA, 43015

Website

https://www.greif.com

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