Greif (GEF-B) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2025)

Greif (GEF-B) posted quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 8.54% for Q3 2025, up 140.0% YoY from 3.56% in Q3 2024, and down 13.05% sequentially from 9.83% in Q2 2025.

Greif (GEF-B) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Greif has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 16 years of filings, most recently posting 8.54% for Q3 2025.

  • In Q3 2025, Return on Capital Employed rose 140.0% year-over-year to 8.54%; the TTM figure through Jul 2025 stood at 8.54% (up 140.0% YoY), while the FY2024 annual figure was 8.78%, down 389.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed fell to 8.54% in Q3 2025, from 9.83% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for GEF-B reached as high as 15.01% in Q1 2023 and fell as low as 6.5% in Q1 2021.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 12.13% (2021), against an average of 11.09%.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Return on Capital Employed soared 652 bps — and 2024, when it sank 623 bps.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 13.13% in 2021, then grew by 5 bps to 13.8% in 2022, then fell by 12 bps to 12.16% in 2023, then fell by 27 bps to 8.87% in 2024, then retreated by 4 bps to 8.54% in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Capital Employed over the past three periods registered 8.54%, 9.83%, and 9.24% for Q3 2025, Q2 2025, and Q1 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Ball 88.75 Bn 87.87 Bn 646.00 Mn 11.46%
2 International Paper 24.05 Bn 22.75 Bn 1.73 Bn 5.64%
3 Avery Dennison 12.53 Bn 12.27 Bn 664.80 Mn 18.70%
4 Crown Holdings 12.47 Bn 12.38 Bn 644.00 Mn 15.18%
5 Reynolds Consumer Products 5.71 Bn 5.64 Bn 207.00 Mn 12.65%
6 Sonoco Products 5.57 Bn 5.37 Bn 345.63 Mn 12.31%
7 Silgan Holdings 4.87 Bn 4.43 Bn 265.78 Mn 8.48%
8 Graphic Packaging Holding 3.15 Bn 2.96 Bn 306.00 Mn 6.25%
9 Ardagh Metal Packaging 2.81 Bn 2.81 Bn 179.00 0.00%
10 Greif - - 257.30 Mn 8.54%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jul 31, 2025 8.54%
Apr 30, 2025 9.83%
Jan 31, 2025 9.24%
Oct 31, 2024 8.87%
Jul 31, 2024 7.15%
Apr 30, 2024 8.10%
Jan 31, 2024 10.19%
Oct 31, 2023 12.16%
Jul 31, 2023 13.08%
Apr 30, 2023 14.32%
Jan 31, 2023 15.01%
Oct 31, 2022 13.80%
Jul 31, 2022 13.51%
Apr 30, 2022 12.61%
Jan 31, 2022 13.02%
Oct 31, 2021 13.13%
Jul 31, 2021 12.13%
Apr 30, 2021 9.50%
Jan 31, 2021 6.50%
Oct 31, 2020 6.70%