Workday (WDAY) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2017 - 2026)
Workday (WDAY) recorded Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of 9.82% in fiscal Q2 2027 (quarter ended Jul 31, 2026), up 6.43 percentage points from 3.39% a year earlier.
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Workday (WDAY) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2017 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026 (ended Jan 31, 2026), Workday reported Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of 4.34%, up 1.38 percentage points from FY2025.
- Annual Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has increased for three straight fiscal years, with a five-year change of +9.98 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- Across earlier fiscal years, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] came in at 2.96% in FY2025 (+1.10 pp), 1.87% in FY2024 (+4.84 pp), -2.97% in FY2023 (-0.95 pp) and -2.03% in FY2022 (+3.61 pp).
- The fiscal Q2 2027 figure is the highest quarterly Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] in data going back to fiscal Q3 2018.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] in the last five years was a gain of 6.43 percentage points in fiscal Q2 2027, against a drop of 1.16 percentage points in fiscal Q3 2023 at the low end.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROIC (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 453.55 Bn | 422.61 Bn | 1.64 Bn | - |
| 2 | Oracle | 430.98 Bn | 303.54 Bn | - | 10.99% |
| 3 | Sap Se | 256.23 Bn | 177.31 Bn | 8.40 Bn | 32.24% |
| 4 | Salesforce | 193.08 Bn | 148.96 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 9.01% |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 138.94 Bn | 117.40 Bn | 2.82 Bn | - |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing | 102.51 Bn | 84.63 Bn | 2.51 Bn | -46.53% |
| 7 | Intuit | 75.44 Bn | 54.79 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 16.71% |
| 8 | Relx | 60.79 Bn | 57.76 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 56.32 Bn | 49.31 Bn | 81.55 Mn | -73.94% |
| 10 | Workday | 44.89 Bn | 21.02 Bn | 2.00 Bn | 9.82% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | 9.82% |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 4.37% |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 3.84% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 3.39% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 2.57% |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 2.90% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 3.65% |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 3.04% |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 2.40% |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 1.77% |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 0.08% |
| Jul 31, 2023 | -1.09% |
| Apr 30, 2023 | -1.94% |
| Jan 31, 2023 | -2.62% |
| Oct 31, 2022 | -2.65% |
| Jul 31, 2022 | -2.01% |
| Apr 30, 2022 | -1.80% |
| Jan 31, 2022 | -1.87% |
| Oct 31, 2021 | -1.49% |
| Jul 31, 2021 | -2.29% |
API Access
Workday Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] 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-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=WDAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-invested-capital-[roic]", "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-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=WDAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();