Workiva (WK) Return on Capital Employed (2015 - 2026)
Workiva (WK) posted Return on Capital Employed of 0.31% for Q1 2026, up 94.87% sequentially from 5.97% in Q4 2025, and up 1028.0% YoY from 0.03% in Q1 2025.
Workiva (WK) Return on Capital Employed (2015 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Workiva has reported Return on Capital Employed for 12 years, with the latest figure at 0.31% in Q1 2026.
- Quarterly Return on Capital Employed rose 1028.0% year-over-year to 0.31% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.31% (up 1028.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 6.16%, up 476.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed advanced to 0.31% in Q1 2026 per WK's latest filing, from 5.97% in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 0.31% in Q1 2026 and troughed at 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.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Return on Capital Employed plunged 1893 bps in 2023, then soared 1974 bps in 2024.
- Over 5 years, Return on Capital Employed stood at 22.69% in 2022, then soared by 40 bps to 13.51% in 2023, then advanced by 24 bps to 10.3% in 2024, then soared by 42 bps to 5.97% in 2025, then jumped 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 | 255.48 Bn | 234.41 Bn | 16.51 Bn | 38.72% |
| 2 | Shopify | 198.95 Bn | 194.00 Bn | 1.71 Bn | 14.37% |
| 3 | Salesforce | 160.70 Bn | 148.86 Bn | 8.56 Bn | 10.65% |
| 4 | Uber Technologies | 154.94 Bn | 149.73 Bn | 6.38 Bn | 13.97% |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 128.25 Bn | 123.58 Bn | 2.82 Bn | 10.59% |
| 6 | Snowflake | 114.00 Bn | 111.05 Bn | 926.45 Mn | -25.94% |
| 7 | Automatic Data Processing | 108.58 Bn | 104.35 Bn | 2.51 Bn | -46.62% |
| 8 | Adobe | 105.34 Bn | 99.72 Bn | 5.90 Bn | 51.24% |
| 9 | Intuit | 94.55 Bn | 87.77 Bn | 7.24 Bn | 23.43% |
| 10 | Workiva | 3.81 Bn | 3.00 Bn | 205.27 Mn | 4.64% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 4.64% |
| 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% |