Workday (WDAY) Return on Capital Employed (2013 - 2026)

Workday's Return on Capital Employed history runs 14 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 6.24% for Q1 2026.

• On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed rose 268.0% year-over-year to 6.24% in Q1 2026; TTM through Jan 2026 was 6.24%, a 268.0% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2026 full-year figure at 6.19%, up 263.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed grew to 6.24% in Q1 2026 per WDAY's latest filing, from 4.84% in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 6.24% in Q1 2026 and bottomed at 2.67% in Q1 2023.
• The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 1.81% (2024), against an average of 1.04%.
• Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed slumped 79 bps in 2022 and surged 448 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
• Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 2.57% in 2022, then jumped by 106 bps to 0.16% in 2023, then jumped by 2163 bps to 3.52% in 2024, then soared by 37 bps to 4.84% in 2025, then climbed by 29 bps to 6.24% in 2026.
• Per Business Quant, the three latest WDAY Return on Capital Employed figures stand at 6.24% (Q1 2026), 4.84% (Q4 2025), and 4.17% (Q3 2025).