Growth Metrics

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

Greif (GEF) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 15 consecutive years, with 0.07% as the latest value for Q3 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed changed 0.0% to 0.07% in Q3 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Jul 2025 was 0.07%, a 0.0% change, with the full-year FY2024 number at 0.09%, down 4.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 0.07% for Q3 2025 at Greif, down from 0.08% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.15% in Q1 2023 to a low of 0.07% in Q1 2021.
  • A 5-year average of 0.11% and a median of 0.1% in 2024 define the central range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Capital Employed: rose 1bps in 2022, then dropped -6bps in 2024.
  • Greif's Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.13% in 2021, then grew by 5bps to 0.14% in 2022, then dropped by -12bps to 0.12% in 2023, then plummeted by -38bps to 0.08% in 2024, then dropped by -6bps to 0.07% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for GEF's Return on Capital Employed are 0.07% (Q3 2025), 0.08% (Q2 2025), and 0.08% (Q1 2025).