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Green Plains (GPRE) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Green Plains filings provide 15 years of Return on Capital Employed readings, the most recent being 5.23% for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed fell 180.0% to 5.23% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 5.23%, a 180.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 4.76%, down 155.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed hit 5.23% in Q4 2025 for Green Plains, up from 7.48% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 1.53% in Q4 2021 to a low of 12.14% in Q2 2023.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 3.63% (2022), compared with a mean of 3.88%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: surged 1263bps in 2021 and later tumbled -901bps in 2023.
  • Green Plains' Return on Capital Employed stood at 1.53% in 2021, then plummeted by -497bps to 6.09% in 2022, then soared by 35bps to 3.95% in 2023, then increased by 13bps to 3.43% in 2024, then crashed by -53bps to 5.23% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 5.23% (Q4 2025), 7.48% (Q3 2025), and 5.62% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.