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

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 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.