Greif, Inc (GEF) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2010 - 2025)
Greif's Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] was 7.82% in fiscal Q2 2025 (quarter ended Apr 30, 2025), down 0.95 percentage points from 8.77% a year earlier and down 0.06 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Greif, Inc (GEF) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2010 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
For FY2024 (ended Oct 31, 2024), Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] at Greif came in at 9.38%, down 2.28 percentage points from FY2023.
- Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has now declined for three consecutive fiscal years, with a five-year change of -0.32 percentage points (FY2019 to FY2024).
- In earlier fiscal years, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] was 11.66% in FY2023 (-0.56 pp), 12.23% in FY2022 (-1.13 pp), 13.36% in FY2021 (+8.08 pp) and 5.27% in FY2020 (-4.43 pp).
- Quarterly Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has moved between 5.28% (fiscal Q1 2021) and 13.88% (fiscal Q1 2023) over five years.
- Compared with a year earlier, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has declined for eight straight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -2.26 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] over five years was fiscal Q4 2021 (a gain of 7.85 percentage points); the worst was fiscal Q2 2024 (a drop of 3.85 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, GEF's Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] in the three fiscal quarters before Q2 2025 was 7.88% (Q1 2025), 9.53% (Q4 2024) and 7.73% (Q3 2024).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Apr 30, 2025 | 7.82% |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 7.88% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 9.53% |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 7.73% |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 8.77% |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 10.87% |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 11.03% |
| Jul 31, 2023 | 11.50% |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 12.62% |
| Jan 31, 2023 | 13.88% |
| Oct 31, 2022 | 12.24% |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 12.32% |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 11.54% |
| Jan 31, 2022 | 12.27% |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 13.20% |
| Jul 31, 2021 | 11.72% |
| Apr 30, 2021 | 9.44% |
| Jan 31, 2021 | 5.28% |
| Oct 31, 2020 | 5.35% |
| Jul 31, 2020 | 6.16% |
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Greif, Inc Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=GEF&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-invested-capital-[roic]", "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-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=GEF&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();