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

Greif (GEF-B) reported Return on Capital Employed of 8.54% for Q3 2025, up 140.0% year-over-year from 3.56% in Q3 2024, and down 13.05% quarter-over-quarter from 9.83% in Q2 2025.

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

Greif (GEF-B) has 16 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 8.54% in Q3 2025.

  • Return on Capital Employed for Q3 2025 came in at 8.54%, up 140.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jul 2025 was 8.54% (up 140.0% YoY), and the FY2024 annual result was 8.78%, down 389.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed eased to 8.54% in Q3 2025 per GEF-B's latest filing, from 9.83% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 15.01% in Q1 2023 and troughed at 6.5% in Q1 2021.
  • A 5-year average of 11.09% and a median of 12.13% in 2021 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: Return on Capital Employed soared 652 bps in 2022, then tumbled 623 bps in 2024.
  • 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.
  • Business Quant data shows GEF-B's Return on Capital Employed at 8.54% in Q3 2025, 9.83% in Q2 2025, and 9.24% in Q1 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Smurfit Westrock 21.64 Bn 20.99 Bn 1.27 Bn 3.75%
2 Packaging Corp Of America 20.07 Bn 19.53 Bn 452.90 Mn 11.12%
3 International Paper 18.03 Bn 16.73 Bn 1.73 Bn 5.64%
4 Amcor 17.99 Bn 16.41 Bn 1.19 Bn 4.39%
5 Ball 14.38 Bn 13.50 Bn 646.00 Mn 11.46%
6 Avery Dennison 12.23 Bn 11.97 Bn 664.80 Mn 18.70%
7 Crown Holdings 10.71 Bn 10.62 Bn 644.00 Mn 15.18%
8 Sonoco Products 4.95 Bn 4.75 Bn 345.63 Mn 12.31%
9 Reynolds Consumer Products 4.85 Bn 4.78 Bn 207.00 Mn 12.65%
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%