Silgan Holdings (SLGN) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2010 - 2026)
Silgan Holdings (SLGN) recorded Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of 5.53% in Q2 2026, down 0.76 percentage points from 6.29% a year earlier and down 0.49 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Silgan Holdings (SLGN) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Silgan Holdings reported Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of 6.53%, down 0.59 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has a five-year change of -2.71 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Across earlier years, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] came in at 7.12% in FY2024 (-1.73 pp), 8.86% in FY2023 (+1.23 pp), 7.62% in FY2022 (-0.58 pp) and 8.20% in FY2021 (-1.04 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure is the lowest quarterly Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] in data going back to Q1 2010.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has declined for seven consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -0.82 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] in the last five years was a gain of 0.86 percentage points in Q3 2022, against a drop of 1.46 percentage points in Q1 2025 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three quarters came in at 6.02% (Q1 2026), 6.02% (Q4 2025) and 6.29% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROIC (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smurfit Westrock | 23.36 Bn | 20.40 Bn | 1.44 Bn | 2.99% |
| 2 | Packaging Corp Of America | 22.61 Bn | 20.19 Bn | 603.90 Mn | 9.47% |
| 3 | Amcor | 21.17 Bn | 16.58 Bn | 1.16 Bn | 6.14% |
| 4 | International Paper | 18.68 Bn | 14.76 Bn | 1.93 Bn | 11.39% |
| 5 | Ball | 17.65 Bn | 14.80 Bn | 709.00 Mn | 6.49% |
| 6 | Crown Holdings | 13.33 Bn | 10.70 Bn | 724.00 Mn | 13.09% |
| 7 | Sonoco Products | 5.05 Bn | 4.09 Bn | 405.32 Mn | 2.67% |
| 8 | Silgan Holdings | 4.43 Bn | 2.23 Bn | 328.59 Mn | 5.33% |
| 9 | Graphic Packaging Holding | 3.30 Bn | 2.31 Bn | 307.00 Mn | 2.93% |
| 10 | Ardagh Metal Packaging | 2.87 Bn | 1.80 Bn | 197.00 Mn | 5.64% |
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 5.33% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 5.53% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 6.02% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 6.02% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 6.29% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 6.29% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 6.59% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 6.80% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 7.21% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 7.48% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 8.04% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 8.19% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 6.71% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 6.88% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 7.23% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 7.50% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 8.16% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 7.42% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 7.65% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 7.40% |
API Access
Silgan Holdings Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] 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-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=SLGN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-invested-capital-[roic]", "ticker": "SLGN", "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-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=SLGN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();