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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Greif (GEF)

Greif FY2026 Adjusted EBITDA rises 11.7% to $625.7 million; Q4 Adjusted EBITDA down 3.1%

Positive Impact 3 of 5 earnings

Greif reported fourth-quarter and fiscal 2026 results for the year ended September 30, 2026. Full-year net income rose to $261.5 million, and Adjusted EBITDA rose 11.7%, while fourth-quarter Adjusted EBITDA fell 3.1% to $163.0 million and Adjusted free cash flow of $279.3 million was below the company's most recent guidance range. The company also gave fiscal 2027 low-end guidance of $645 million Adjusted EBITDA and $290 million Adjusted free cash flow.

Key points

  • Fiscal 2026 net income was $261.5 million, or $4.54 per diluted Class A share, versus $31.6 million, or $0.55, a year earlier.
  • Fourth-quarter net loss narrowed to $6.5 million, or $0.11 per diluted Class A share, from a net loss of $24.3 million, or $0.42, a year earlier.
  • Company will close its Sweetwater paperboard mill in Austell, GA, and has achieved $105 million in cumulative run-rate cost savings, with a new target of $150 million by the end of fiscal 2027.
  • Fiscal 2027 low-end guidance: Adjusted EBITDA of $645 million and Adjusted free cash flow of $290 million.

The filing

CompanyGreif (GEF)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECNov 6, 2026, 5:14 PM ET
Accession number0001628280-26-071783

Items reported: 2.02 Results of Operations7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 7, 2026, 11:17 PM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only.

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