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

Ingredion (INGR) posted Return on Invested Capital of 0.03% for Q1 2026, down 16.95% on a QoQ basis from 0.04% in Q4 2025, and up 1.0% year-over-year from 0.03% in Q1 2025.

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

Ingredion's Return on Invested Capital history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.03% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Invested Capital rose 1.0% year-over-year to 0.03% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.03% (up 1.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.17%, up 14.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital was 0.03% for Q1 2026 at Ingredion, down from 0.04% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 0.04% in Q4 2025 and bottomed at 0.0% in Q4 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 0.01% and a median of 0.0% in 2024 frame the typical range for Return on Invested Capital.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Return on Invested Capital changed 0 bps — and 2025, when it advanced 3 bps.
  • Ingredion's Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.0% in 2022, then jumped by 101 bps to 0.01% in 2023, then soared by 108 bps to 0.01% in 2024, then jumped by 286 bps to 0.04% in 2025, then retreated by 17 bps to 0.03% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows INGR's Return on Invested Capital at 0.03% in Q1 2026, 0.04% in Q4 2025, and 0.03% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROIC (Qtr)
1 Kraft Heinz 30.05 Bn 26.07 Bn 2.22 Bn -0.01%
2 General Mills 19.11 Bn 18.67 Bn 1.60 Bn 0.00%
3 Hormel Foods 13.78 Bn 12.93 Bn 518.51 Mn 0.02%
4 Mccormick 13.51 Bn 13.76 Bn 778.20 Mn 0.00%
5 Magnum Ice Cream 10.87 Bn 10.35 Bn - -
6 Smithfield Foods 10.26 Bn 8.88 Bn 511.00 Mn 0.03%
7 Darling Ingredients 10.06 Bn 10.02 Bn 404.92 Mn 0.00%
8 Conagra Brands 6.88 Bn 6.66 Bn 704.10 Mn -0.01%
9 Lamb Weston Holdings 6.84 Bn 6.78 Bn 361.40 Mn 0.00%
10 Ingredion 6.44 Bn 5.53 Bn 401.00 Mn 0.03%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.03%
Dec 31, 2025 0.04%
Sep 30, 2025 0.03%
Jun 30, 2025 0.03%
Mar 31, 2025 0.02%
Dec 31, 2024 0.01%
Sep 30, 2024 0.01%
Jun 30, 2024 0.00%
Mar 31, 2024 0.00%
Dec 31, 2023 0.01%
Sep 30, 2023 0.00%
Jun 30, 2023 0.00%
Mar 31, 2023 0.00%
Dec 31, 2022 0.00%
Sep 30, 2022 0.00%
Jun 30, 2022 0.00%
Mar 31, 2022 0.00%
Dec 31, 2021 0.00%
Sep 30, 2021 0.00%
Jun 30, 2021 0.00%