Company: GEF
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0000043920-25-000009
Chunk: 106

Company: GREIF, INC
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 2
Chunk 106
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. In addition, this reportable segment is involved in the management and sale of timber, timberland and special use properties in the southeastern United States.

Net sales were $561.4 million for the first quarter of 2025 compared with $528.8 million for the first quarter of 2024. The $32.6 million increase was primarily due to $25.8 million from higher published containerboard and boxboard prices.

Gross profit was $103.4 million for the first quarter of 2025 compared with $88.3 million for the first quarter of 2024. The $15.1 million increase in gross profit was primarily due to the same factors that impacted net sales, partially offset by higher raw material costs. Gross profit margin was 18.4 percent and 16.7 percent for the first quarter of 2025 and 2024, respectively.

Operating profit was $3.6 million for the first quarter of 2025 compared with $8.2 million for the first quarter of 2024. The $4.6 million decrease was primarily due to higher SG&A expenses and higher impairment charges related to plant closures, partially offset by the same factors that impacted gross profit. Adjusted EBITDA was $51.5 million for the first quarter of 2025 compared with $53.0 million for the first quarter of 2024. The $1.5 million decrease in Adjusted EBITDA was primarily due to higher SG&A expenses, partially offset by the same factors that impacted gross profit, excluding impacts from depreciation and amortization.

Integrated Solutions

Our Integrated Solutions segment produces and sells complimentary packaging products, such as paints, linings and closure systems for industrial packaging products and related services. In addition, this reportable segment participates in the purchase and sale of recycled fiber and the production and sale of adhesives, which can be used in our containerboard and paperboard products.

Net sales were $67.1 million for the first quarter of 2025 compared with $78.5 million for the first quarter of 2024. The $11.4 million decrease was primarily due to an $11.3 million impact from the divestiture of Delta Petroleum Company, Inc. (the “Delta Divestiture”) during the third quarter of 2024.

Gross profit was $18.4 million for the first quarter of 2025 compared with $23.3 million for the first quarter of 2024. The $4.