Growth Metrics

Workday (WDAY) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Workday has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 14 years, most recently at 0.06% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Capital Employed at 0.06% for Q1 2026, up 3.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Jan 2026 was 0.06% (up 3.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2026 was 0.06%, up 3.0%.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 was 0.06% at Workday, up from 0.05% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for WDAY hit a ceiling of 0.06% in Q1 2026 and a floor of 0.03% in Q1 2023.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 0.02% (2024), compared with a mean of 0.01%.
  • Peak annual rise in Return on Capital Employed hit 4bps in 2022, while the deepest fall reached -1bps in 2022.
  • Workday's Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.03% in 2022, then surged by 106bps to 0.0% in 2023, then soared by 2163bps to 0.04% in 2024, then skyrocketed by 37bps to 0.05% in 2025, then grew by 29bps to 0.06% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 0.06% (Q1 2026), 0.05% (Q4 2025), and 0.04% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.