Growth Metrics

Graphic Packaging Holding (GPK) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Graphic Packaging Holding filings provide 15 years of Return on Capital Employed readings, the most recent being 8.39% for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed fell 366.0% to 8.39% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 8.39%, a 366.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 8.72%, down 336.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed hit 8.39% in Q4 2025 for Graphic Packaging Holding, down from 8.97% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 13.89% in Q4 2023 to a low of 5.56% in Q4 2021.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 10.31% (2022), compared with a mean of 10.0%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: skyrocketed 708bps in 2023 and later crashed -366bps in 2025.
  • Graphic Packaging Holding's Return on Capital Employed stood at 5.56% in 2021, then skyrocketed by 96bps to 10.89% in 2022, then grew by 28bps to 13.89% in 2023, then fell by -13bps to 12.05% in 2024, then tumbled by -30bps to 8.39% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 8.39% (Q4 2025), 8.97% (Q3 2025), and 9.72% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.