Greif (NYSE:GEF) reported quarterly earnings of $0.48 per share which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $0.49 by 1.64 percent. This is a 140 percent increase over earnings of $0.20 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $994.800 million which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $708.880 million by 40.33 percent. This is a 2.18 percent decrease over sales of $1.017 billion the same period last year.