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• Greif Inc GEF.N reported quarterly adjusted earnings of $1.56​​ per share for the quarter ended in October, lower than the same quarter last year, when the company reported EPS of $1.83. The mean expectation of four analysts for the quarter was for earnings of $1.30 per share. Wall Street expected results to range from $1.17 to $1.41 per share.

• Revenue fell 12.5% to $1.31 billion from a year ago; analysts expected $1.34 billion.

• Greif Inc's reported EPS for the quarter was $1.16​.

• The company reported quarterly income of $67.8 million.

• Greif Inc shares had risen by 4.3% this quarter and gained 3.9% so far this year.

FORECAST CHANGES

• The mean earnings estimate of analysts had fallen by about 0.9% in the last three months.​

• In the last 30 days, there have been revisions of earnings estimates

RECOMMENDATIONS

• The current average analyst rating on the shares is "buy" and the breakdown of recommendations is 1 "strong buy" or "buy," 3 "hold" and "sell" or "strong sell."

• The average consensus recommendation for the -paper containers & packaging peer group is "hold."

Wall Street's median 12-month price target for Greif Inc is $74.50

This summary was machine generated from LSEG data December 7 at 06:12 p.m. UTC. ​All figures in US dollars unless otherwise stated. (For questions concerning the data in this report, contact Estimates.Support@lseg.com. For any other questions or feedback, contact RefinitivNewsSupport@thomsonreuters.com)