Growth Metrics

Workday (WDAY) Return on Equity (2016 - 2026)

Workday has reported Return on Equity over the past 14 years, most recently at 0.08% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Equity at 0.08% for Q1 2026, up 2.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Jan 2026 was 0.08% (up 2.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2026 was 0.08%, up 2.0%.
  • Return on Equity for Q1 2026 was 0.08% at Workday, down from 0.16% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Equity for WDAY hit a ceiling of 0.37% in Q4 2024 and a floor of 0.57% in Q3 2025.
  • Median Return on Equity over the past 5 years was 0.06% (2025), compared with a mean of 0.03%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Equity: plummeted -153bps in 2022 and later surged 34bps in 2024.
  • Workday's Return on Equity stood at 0.05% in 2022, then soared by 179bps to 0.04% in 2023, then surged by 904bps to 0.37% in 2024, then plummeted by -57bps to 0.16% in 2025, then plummeted by -48bps to 0.08% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Equity were 0.08% (Q1 2026), 0.16% (Q4 2025), and 0.57% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.