Growth Metrics

Green Plains (GPRE) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Green Plains' Return on Capital Employed history spans 15 years, with the latest figure at 0.05% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed fell 2.0% year-over-year to 0.05%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.05%, down 2.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.05%, 2.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed reached 0.05% in Q4 2025 per GPRE's latest filing, up from 0.07% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.02% in Q4 2021 to a low of 0.12% in Q2 2023.
  • Average Return on Capital Employed over 5 years is 0.04%, with a median of 0.04% recorded in 2022.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Capital Employed: rose 13bps in 2021, then fell -9bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 0.02% in 2021, then plummeted by -497bps to 0.06% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 35bps to 0.04% in 2023, then grew by 13bps to 0.03% in 2024, then plummeted by -53bps to 0.05% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for GPRE's Return on Capital Employed are 0.05% (Q4 2025), 0.07% (Q3 2025), and 0.06% (Q2 2025).