Workday (WDAY) Return on Sales [ROS] (2011 - 2026)
Workday's Return on Sales [ROS] came in at 11.82% for fiscal Q2 2027 (quarter ended Jul 31, 2026), up 1.25 percentage points from 10.56% a year earlier.
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Workday (WDAY) Return on Sales [ROS] (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Jul 31, 2026, Workday reported Return on Sales [ROS] of 9.98%, up 4.10 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended Jan 31, 2026), it came in at 7.55%, up 2.63 percentage points from FY2025.
- Return on Sales [ROS] has increased in each of the last three fiscal years, with a five-year change of +13.31 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- Going back by fiscal year, Return on Sales [ROS] was 4.91% in FY2025 (+2.39 pp), 2.52% in FY2024 (+6.09 pp), -3.57% in FY2023 (-1.31 pp) and -2.26% in FY2022 (+3.50 pp).
- The fiscal Q2 2027 figure represents the highest quarterly Return on Sales [ROS] in data going back to fiscal Q3 2012.
- Year-over-year, Return on Sales [ROS] increased in five of the last seven quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +1.96 percentage points.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Return on Sales [ROS] over five years came in fiscal Q4 2024 (a gain of 9.50 percentage points), and the weakest in fiscal Q3 2023 (a drop of 3.45 percentage points).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROS (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 450.50 Bn | 419.56 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 47.12% |
| 2 | Oracle | 401.01 Bn | 273.57 Bn | - | 34.78% |
| 3 | Sap Se | 257.03 Bn | 178.11 Bn | 8.40 Bn | 26.76% |
| 4 | Salesforce | 187.04 Bn | 142.92 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 20.55% |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 135.91 Bn | 114.37 Bn | 2.82 Bn | 4.06% |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing | 104.14 Bn | 86.27 Bn | 2.51 Bn | -33.33% |
| 7 | Intuit | 72.30 Bn | 51.65 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 10.91% |
| 8 | Relx | 60.17 Bn | 57.14 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 55.31 Bn | 48.30 Bn | 81.55 Mn | -6,808.11% |
| 10 | Workday | 45.49 Bn | 21.61 Bn | 2.00 Bn | 11.82% |
Historic Data
Download Data
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | 11.82% |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 6.87% |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 10.65% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 10.56% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 1.74% |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 3.39% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 7.64% |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 5.32% |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 3.22% |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 4.11% |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 4.72% |
| Jul 31, 2023 | 2.01% |
| Apr 30, 2023 | -1.19% |
| Jan 31, 2023 | -5.39% |
| Oct 31, 2022 | -1.65% |
| Jul 31, 2022 | -2.22% |
| Apr 30, 2022 | -5.08% |
| Jan 31, 2022 | -7.30% |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 1.80% |
| Jul 31, 2021 | -0.09% |
API Access
Workday Return on Sales [ROS] 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-sales-%5Bros%5D&ticker=WDAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-sales-[ros]", "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-sales-%5Bros%5D&ticker=WDAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();