Ingredion (INGR) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)

Ingredion (INGR) posted Return on Capital Employed of 14.21% for Q1 2026, down 8.39% on a QoQ basis from 15.51% in Q4 2025, and down 87.0% year-over-year from 109.32% in Q1 2025.

Ingredion (INGR) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Ingredion's Return on Capital Employed history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 14.21% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 87.0% year-over-year to 14.21% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 14.21% (down 87.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 15.99%, up 189.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 14.21% for Q1 2026 at Ingredion, down from 15.51% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 16.43% in Q4 2023 and bottomed at 12.23% in Q2 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 14.38% and a median of 14.37% in 2024 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Return on Capital Employed soared 795 bps — and 2024, when it plunged 220 bps.
  • Ingredion's Return on Capital Employed stood at 13.61% in 2022, then gained by 21 bps to 16.43% in 2023, then retreated by 13 bps to 14.23% in 2024, then climbed by 9 bps to 15.51% in 2025, then dropped by 8 bps to 14.21% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows INGR's Return on Capital Employed at 14.21% in Q1 2026, 15.51% in Q4 2025, and 14.67% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Kraft Heinz 30.05 Bn 26.07 Bn 2.22 Bn -6.47%
2 General Mills 19.11 Bn 18.67 Bn 1.60 Bn 3.63%
3 Hormel Foods 13.78 Bn 12.93 Bn 518.51 Mn 6.10%
4 Mccormick 13.51 Bn 13.76 Bn 778.20 Mn 8.60%
5 Magnum Ice Cream 10.87 Bn 10.35 Bn - -
6 Smithfield Foods 10.26 Bn 8.88 Bn 511.00 Mn 13.03%
7 Darling Ingredients 10.06 Bn 10.02 Bn 404.92 Mn 5.84%
8 Conagra Brands 6.88 Bn 6.66 Bn 704.10 Mn -10.82%
9 Lamb Weston Holdings 6.84 Bn 6.78 Bn 361.40 Mn 9.90%
10 Ingredion 6.44 Bn 5.53 Bn 401.00 Mn 14.21%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 14.21%
Dec 31, 2025 15.51%
Sep 30, 2025 14.67%
Jun 30, 2025 15.36%
Mar 31, 2025 15.08%
Dec 31, 2024 14.23%
Sep 30, 2024 15.09%
Jun 30, 2024 14.37%
Mar 31, 2024 14.18%
Dec 31, 2023 16.43%
Sep 30, 2023 15.44%
Dec 31, 2022 13.61%
Sep 30, 2022 12.69%
Jun 30, 2022 12.23%
Mar 31, 2022 12.55%
Dec 31, 2021 5.66%
Sep 30, 2021 6.93%
Jun 30, 2021 6.29%
Mar 31, 2021 4.75%
Dec 31, 2020 11.19%