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

Workiva (WK) reported Return on Capital Employed of 0.31% for Q1 2026, up 1028.0% on a YoY basis from 0.03% in Q1 2025, and up 94.87% sequentially from 5.97% in Q4 2025.

Workiva (WK) Return on Capital Employed (2015 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Workiva (WK) has 12 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 0.31% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed rose 1028.0% year-over-year to 0.31%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.31% (up 1028.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 6.16%, up 476.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed advanced to 0.31% in Q1 2026, 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 slumped 1893 bps in 2023 and jumped 1974 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Tracing WK's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 22.69% in 2022, then soared by 40 bps to 13.51% in 2023, then increased 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.
  • Business Quant data shows WK's Return on Capital Employed at 0.31% in Q1 2026, 5.97% in Q4 2025, and 9.27% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

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1 Sap Se 208.91 Bn 189.27 Bn 8.16 Bn 40.19%
2 Full Truck Alliance 188.77 Bn 186.13 Bn - 9.52%
3 Shopify 145.98 Bn 140.23 Bn 1.55 Bn 12.40%
4 Uber Technologies 141.48 Bn 140.44 Bn 5.95 Bn 12.81%
5 Salesforce 128.51 Bn 116.67 Bn 8.56 Bn 10.65%
6 ServiceNow 98.38 Bn 93.20 Bn 2.82 Bn 10.59%
7 Automatic Data Processing 97.56 Bn 94.34 Bn 2.87 Bn -7.29%
8 Snowflake 91.55 Bn 88.59 Bn 926.45 Mn -25.94%
9 Cadence Design Systems 89.91 Bn 88.50 Bn 1.41 Bn 17.43%
10 Workiva 2.88 Bn 2.02 Bn 198.76 Mn -0.31%

Historic Data

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DateValue
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%