Workday (WDAY) Return on Equity [ROE] (2013 - 2026)
Workday (WDAY) recorded Return on Equity [ROE] of 17.62% in fiscal Q2 2027 (quarter ended Jul 31, 2026), up 11.18 percentage points from 6.45% a year earlier.
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Workday (WDAY) Return on Equity [ROE] (2013 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026 (ended Jan 31, 2026), Workday reported Return on Equity [ROE] of 8.23%, up 2.08 percentage points from FY2025.
- Annual Return on Equity [ROE] has a five-year change of +18.03 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- Across earlier fiscal years, Return on Equity [ROE] came in at 6.15% in FY2025 (-14.06 pp), 20.21% in FY2024 (+27.46 pp), -7.25% in FY2023 (-8.00 pp) and 0.74% in FY2022 (+10.54 pp).
- The fiscal Q2 2027 figure is the highest quarterly Return on Equity [ROE] since fiscal Q3 2025.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Equity [ROE] rose in three of the last seven quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -2.62 percentage points.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Return on Equity [ROE] in the last five years was a gain of 25.46 percentage points in fiscal Q4 2024, against a drop of 12.89 percentage points in fiscal Q1 2026 at the low end.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 475.57 Bn | 444.52 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 32.87% |
| 2 | Oracle | 374.16 Bn | 246.29 Bn | - | 34.32% |
| 3 | Sap Se | 281.95 Bn | 209.73 Bn | 8.40 Bn | 18.23% |
| 4 | Salesforce | 204.75 Bn | 160.63 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 26.65% |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 162.05 Bn | 140.50 Bn | 2.82 Bn | 13.78% |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing | 122.70 Bn | 104.83 Bn | 2.51 Bn | 71.29% |
| 7 | Intuit | 98.77 Bn | 78.12 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 23.05% |
| 8 | Relx | 74.63 Bn | 73.73 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Thomson Reuters | 55.18 Bn | 51.96 Bn | - | - |
| 10 | Workday | 51.06 Bn | 27.18 Bn | 2.00 Bn | 17.62% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | 17.62% |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 8.31% |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 7.11% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 6.45% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 5.43% |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 5.96% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 19.09% |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 18.67% |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 18.32% |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 18.78% |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 1.04% |
| Jul 31, 2023 | -1.99% |
| Apr 30, 2023 | -4.59% |
| Jan 31, 2023 | -6.68% |
| Oct 31, 2022 | -5.98% |
| Jul 31, 2022 | -3.97% |
| Apr 30, 2022 | -0.58% |
| Jan 31, 2022 | 0.66% |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 0.77% |
| Jul 31, 2021 | -1.01% |
API Access
Workday Return on Equity [ROE] API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-equity-%5Broe%5D&ticker=WDAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-equity-[roe]", "ticker": "WDAY", "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-equity-%5Broe%5D&ticker=WDAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();