Greif, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, produces and sells industrial packaging products and services worldwide. It operates in four segments: Customized Polymer Solutions; Durable Metal Solutions; Sustainable Fiber Solutions; and Integrated Solutions. The Customized Polymer Solutions segment produces and sells polymer-based packaging products, such as plastic drums, rigid intermediate bulk containers, and small plastics for chemicals, food and beverage, agricultural, …
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Competitive advantage assessment
Key strengths
Strong Liquidity BufferLiquidity position is strong (score 0.64), providing operational cushion.
Key risks
Revenue Volatility Signals Weak StickinessRevenue volatility is high (stability score 0.32), suggesting weak customer stickiness.
Weak or Negative Cash FlowCash generation is weak (score 0.20), limiting financial flexibility.
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Greif, Inc. Corporation ranks #12 of 26
scored companies in Packaging & Containers by moat score — the top 46%.
The widest moat in the group is Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. (REYN)
at 83/100.
Moat scores for companies ranked near GEF-B in Packaging & Containers
How GEF-B scores on the Corporate Default defenses
Pricing Power
Score 56
· 20% of the moat score
Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.
Cost Advantage
Score 50
· 15% of the moat score
A cost advantage means delivering the same product for structurally less — better purchasing, denser distribution, a more automated process.
Customer Stickiness
Score 26
· 15% of the moat score
Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.
Capital Efficiency
Score 64
· 18% of the moat score
Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.
Resilience
Score 53
· 17% of the moat score
Resilience is the capacity to get through a bad year on its own terms — enough liquidity, enough interest cover, and enough cash generation to avoid a rescue financing or a forced sale.
Scale & Market Position
Score 49
· 15% of the moat score
Scale matters only when it converts into economics.
Greif, Inc. Corporation (GEF-B) scores 50 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #12 of 26 scored companies in Packaging & Containers, the top 46%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 25 companies in Packaging & Containers. Its strongest defense is Capital Efficiency (64/100) and its weakest is Customer Stickiness (26/100).
How does Greif, Inc. Corporation compare with other Packaging & Containers companies?
Greif, Inc. Corporation ranks #12 of 26 scored companies in Packaging & Containers by moat score. The widest moat in Packaging & Containers is Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. (REYN) at 83/100. The companies ranked closest are Graphic Packaging Holding Compa (GPK) at 52 just above it and Greif Inc. (GEF) at 50 just below it.
How is the moat score calculated?
Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Corporate Default in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 25 companies in Packaging & Containers. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.
Why is Greif, Inc. Corporation scored with the Corporate Default template?
Most public companies sell a product or a service at a margin, so the moat question is whether that margin survives contact with competitors. The Corporate template scores the six defenses that show up in a general operating company's financial signature: whether it can hold price, produce more cheaply than rivals, keep its customers, earn a return above its cost of capital, withstand a downturn, and turn size into economics.
Which competitive defenses are measured for Greif, Inc. Corporation?
The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and GEF-B scores: Pricing Power (56), Cost Advantage (50), Customer Stickiness (26), Capital Efficiency (64), Resilience (53), Scale & Market Position (49). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.
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