Workiva (WK) Return on Capital Employed (2015 - 2026)
Workiva recorded quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 0.31% in Q1 2026, up 94.87% quarter-over-quarter from 5.97% in Q4 2025, and up 1028.0% year-over-year from 0.03% in Q1 2025.
Workiva's Return on Capital Employed history runs 12 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.31% for Q1 2026.
- In Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed rose 1028.0% year-over-year to 0.31%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.31% (up 1028.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure 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.
- A 5-year average of 13.87% and a median of 10.59% in 2025 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
- Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed tumbled 1893 bps in 2023 and surged 1974 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
- Workiva's Return on Capital Employed stood at 22.69% in 2022, then surged by 40 bps to 13.51% in 2023, then gained by 24 bps to 10.3% in 2024, then surged by 42 bps to 5.97% in 2025, then soared by 95 bps to 0.31% in 2026.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Capital Employed over the past three periods registered 0.31%, 5.97%, and 9.27% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sap Se | 253.17 Bn | 235.20 Bn | 8.16 Bn | 40.19% |
| 2 | Salesforce | 171.07 Bn | 161.50 Bn | 8.69 Bn | 12.51% |
| 3 | Uber Technologies | 151.10 Bn | 150.06 Bn | 11.88 Bn | 12.81% |
| 4 | Shopify | 134.25 Bn | 128.50 Bn | 1.55 Bn | 12.40% |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 105.72 Bn | 100.54 Bn | 2.83 Bn | 12.32% |
| 6 | Cadence Design Systems | 101.64 Bn | 100.23 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 17.43% |
| 7 | Adobe | 100.35 Bn | 93.46 Bn | 5.73 Bn | 49.21% |
| 8 | Automatic Data Processing | 90.91 Bn | 87.68 Bn | 2.87 Bn | -20.99% |
| 9 | Intuit | 88.30 Bn | 81.52 Bn | 6.77 Bn | 23.43% |
| 10 | Workiva | 2.86 Bn | 2.00 Bn | 198.76 Mn | -0.31% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | -0.31% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -5.97% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -9.27% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -12.47% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -10.59% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -10.30% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -9.91% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -9.28% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -8.87% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -13.51% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -17.82% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -28.87% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -28.62% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -22.69% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -21.70% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -15.89% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -9.68% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -24.06% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -17.99% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | -5.26% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | -7.66% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | -9.10% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | -11.21% |
| Jun 30, 2020 | -13.36% |
| Mar 31, 2020 | -11.26% |
| Dec 31, 2019 | -11.33% |
| Sep 30, 2019 | -15.93% |
| Jun 30, 2019 | -53.52% |
| Mar 31, 2019 | -85.03% |
| Dec 31, 2018 | -205.75% |
| Sep 30, 2018 | -257.27% |
| Jun 30, 2018 | -240.87% |
| Mar 31, 2018 | -202.25% |
| Dec 31, 2017 | -162.21% |
| Sep 30, 2017 | -119.04% |
| Jun 30, 2017 | -104.47% |
| Mar 31, 2017 | -86.05% |
| Dec 31, 2016 | -118.92% |
| Sep 30, 2016 | -128.77% |
| Jun 30, 2016 | -112.90% |
| Mar 31, 2016 | -82.09% |
| Dec 31, 2015 | -71.58% |
| Sep 30, 2015 | -61.10% |
| Jun 30, 2015 | -50.60% |
| Mar 31, 2015 | -42.51% |