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Greif (GEF) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Greif has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 16 years, most recently at 8.54% for Q3 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed rose 140.0% to 8.54% in Q3 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 8.54% through Jul 2025, up 140.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 8.78% for FY2024, 389.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 8.54% for Q3 2025 at Greif, down 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.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 12.13% (2021), against an average of 11.09%.
  • Year-over-year, Return on Capital Employed soared 652bps in 2022 and then tumbled -623bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 13.13% in 2021, then grew by 5bps to 13.8% in 2022, then fell by -12bps to 12.16% in 2023, then fell by -27bps to 8.87% in 2024, then dropped by -4bps to 8.54% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for GEF's Return on Capital Employed are 8.54% (Q3 2025), 9.83% (Q2 2025), and 9.24% (Q1 2025).