Workiva (WK) Return on Assets [ROA] (2015 - 2026)
Workiva (WK) posted Return on Assets [ROA] of 3.36% for Q2 2026, up 8.41 percentage points from -5.05% a year earlier and up 2.39 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Workiva (WK) Return on Assets [ROA] (2015 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Workiva's Return on Assets [ROA] came in at -1.83%, up 2.43 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Assets [ROA] shows a five-year change of +5.36 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Workiva's Return on Assets [ROA] was -4.25% in FY2024 (+8.26 pp), -12.51% in FY2023 (-1.19 pp), -11.32% in FY2022 (-6.27 pp) and -5.05% in FY2021 (+2.14 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure stands as the highest quarterly Return on Assets [ROA] in data going back to Q1 2015.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Assets [ROA] has increased in each of the last 11 quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +4.85 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Assets [ROA] in the past five years was Q3 2024, with a gain of 9.90 percentage points; the weakest was Q1 2023, with a drop of 8.36 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Assets [ROA] for the three prior quarters was 0.97% (Q1 2026), -1.80% (Q4 2025) and -3.40% (Q3 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROA (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 372.99 Bn | 337.93 Bn | 1.93 Bn | 29.40% |
| 2 | Oracle | 347.94 Bn | 220.50 Bn | - | 6.70% |
| 3 | Sap Se | 299.08 Bn | 227.06 Bn | 8.64 Bn | 11.18% |
| 4 | Salesforce | 183.01 Bn | 138.88 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 8.95% |
| 5 | Automatic Data Processing | 121.50 Bn | 108.30 Bn | 2.53 Bn | 7.15% |
| 6 | ServiceNow | 106.24 Bn | 85.50 Bn | 2.90 Bn | 4.55% |
| 7 | Intuit | 95.23 Bn | 74.58 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 12.00% |
| 8 | Relx | 75.40 Bn | 74.52 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Thomson Reuters | 52.55 Bn | 48.52 Bn | - | - |
| 10 | Workiva | 4.37 Bn | 983.64 Mn | 213.27 Mn | 4.60% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 4.60% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 3.36% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 0.97% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -1.80% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -3.40% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -5.05% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -4.86% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -4.12% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -3.96% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -7.34% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -7.69% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -10.77% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -13.86% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -13.57% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -14.65% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -11.40% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -11.76% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -8.83% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -6.28% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -4.91% |
Workiva Return on Assets [ROA] 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-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=WK&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-assets-[roa]", "ticker": "WK", "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-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=WK&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();