Growth Metrics

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

Workday has reported Return on Sales over the past 16 years, most recently at 0.06% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Sales at 0.06% for Q1 2026, up 1.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Jan 2026 was 0.07% (up 1.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2026 was 0.07%, up 1.0%.
  • Return on Sales for Q1 2026 was 0.06% at Workday, down from 0.1% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Sales for WDAY hit a ceiling of 0.62% in Q1 2024 and a floor of 0.08% in Q1 2023.
  • Median Return on Sales over the past 5 years was 0.04% (2023), compared with a mean of 0.05%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Sales: soared 69bps in 2024 and later crashed -58bps in 2025.
  • Workday's Return on Sales stood at 0.05% in 2022, then surged by 231bps to 0.06% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 46bps to 0.09% in 2024, then grew by 16bps to 0.1% in 2025, then plummeted by -45bps to 0.06% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Sales were 0.06% (Q1 2026), 0.1% (Q4 2025), and 0.1% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.