Graphic Packaging Holding (GPK) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2009 - 2026)
Graphic Packaging Holding (GPK) posted Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 4.09% for Q3 2026, down 4.88 percentage points from 8.97% a year earlier and down 1.22 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Graphic Packaging Holding (GPK) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Graphic Packaging Holding's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] came in at 8.72%, down 3.36 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] shows a five-year change of -0.48 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Graphic Packaging Holding's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was 12.09% in FY2024 (-2.29 pp), 14.38% in FY2023 (+3.67 pp), 10.71% in FY2022 (+4.96 pp) and 5.75% in FY2021 (-3.46 pp).
- The Q3 2026 figure stands as the lowest quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in data going back to Q3 2011.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has declined in each of the last ten quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -3.50 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in the past five years was Q2 2023, with a gain of 7.08 percentage points; the weakest was Q3 2026, with a drop of 4.88 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] for the three prior quarters was 5.31% (Q2 2026), 6.25% (Q1 2026) and 8.39% (Q4 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% |
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 4.09% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 5.31% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 6.25% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 8.39% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 8.97% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 9.72% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 10.89% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 12.05% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 12.58% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 12.92% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 12.61% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 13.89% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 13.74% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 13.57% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 11.95% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 10.89% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 8.73% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 6.49% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 5.75% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 5.56% |
API Access
Graphic Packaging Holding Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=GPK&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "ticker": "GPK", "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=GPK&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();