Greif (GEF) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2009 - 2026)
Greif's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] came in at 9.83% for fiscal Q2 2025 (quarter ended Apr 30, 2025), up 1.73 percentage points from 8.10% a year earlier and up 0.59 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Greif (GEF) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2024 (ended Oct 31, 2024), Greif's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was 8.78%, down 3.89 percentage points from FY2023.
- Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] carries a five-year change of -2.67 percentage points (FY2019 to FY2024).
- Going back by fiscal year, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was 12.68% in FY2023 (-0.84 pp), 13.52% in FY2022 (+0.06 pp), 13.46% in FY2021 (+6.63 pp) and 6.82% in FY2020 (-4.63 pp).
- The fiscal Q2 2025 figure represents the highest quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] since fiscal Q1 2024.
- Year-over-year, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] increased in 1 of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -2.70 percentage points.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] over five years came in fiscal Q1 2022 (a gain of 6.52 percentage points), and the weakest in fiscal Q2 2024 (a drop of 6.23 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows GEF's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] at 9.24% (Q1 2025), 8.87% (Q4 2024) and 7.15% (Q3 2024) in the three fiscal quarters before Q2 2025.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smurfit Westrock | 23.27 Bn | 20.32 Bn | 1.44 Bn | 3.82% |
| 2 | Packaging Corp Of America | 22.65 Bn | 20.22 Bn | 603.90 Mn | 11.09% |
| 3 | International Paper | 22.01 Bn | 18.09 Bn | 1.93 Bn | 10.83% |
| 4 | Amcor | 20.90 Bn | 16.32 Bn | 1.16 Bn | 6.23% |
| 5 | Ball | 17.38 Bn | 14.50 Bn | 709.00 Mn | 7.61% |
| 6 | Crown Holdings | 13.31 Bn | 11.21 Bn | 724.00 Mn | 16.02% |
| 7 | Sonoco Products | 4.93 Bn | 3.99 Bn | 405.32 Mn | 2.47% |
| 8 | Silgan Holdings | 4.42 Bn | 2.23 Bn | 328.59 Mn | 7.91% |
| 9 | Greif | 3.37 Bn | 3.37 Bn | 254.60 Mn | - |
| 10 | Graphic Packaging Holding | 3.30 Bn | 2.31 Bn | 307.00 Mn | 4.09% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 10.58% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 10.97% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 11.17% |
| 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% |
API Access
Greif Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=GEF&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "ticker": "GEF", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=GEF&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();