Workiva (WK) Return on Capital Employed (2015 - 2026)

Workiva has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 12 years of filings, most recently posting 0.31% for Q1 2026.

• Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 0.31%, up 1028.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.31% (up 1028.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 6.16%, up 476.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed came in at 0.31% for Q1 2026 at Workiva, up from 5.97% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.31% in Q1 2026 to a low of 28.87% in Q2 2023.
• The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 10.59% (2025), against an average of 13.87%.
• Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed plunged 1893 bps in 2023 and jumped 1974 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
• Workiva's Return on Capital Employed stood at 22.69% in 2022, then jumped by 40 bps to 13.51% in 2023, then rose by 24 bps to 10.3% in 2024, then jumped by 42 bps to 5.97% in 2025, then surged by 95 bps to 0.31% in 2026.
• The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 0.31% (Q1 2026), 5.97% (Q4 2025), and 9.27% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.