Workiva (WK) Return on Invested Capital (2015 - 2026)
Workiva's (WK) quarterly Return on Invested Capital came in at 0.0% in Q1 2026, down 2.0% year-on-year from 0.0% in Q1 2025, and up 97.55% quarter-over-quarter from 0.02% in Q4 2025.
Workiva (WK) Return on Invested Capital (2015 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Workiva has disclosed Return on Invested Capital across 12 years of filings, most recently posting 0.0% for Q1 2026.
- Return on Invested Capital for Q1 2026 came in at 0.0%, down 2.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.0% (down 2.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.05%, up 3.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Invested Capital came in at 0.0% for Q1 2026 at Workiva, up from 0.02% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.03% in Q2 2025 to a low of 2.14% in Q2 2023.
- The 5-year median for Return on Invested Capital is 0.0% (2026), against an average of 0.18%.
- Across the five-year window, Return on Invested Capital sank 210 bps in 2023 and surged 214 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
- Workiva's Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.12% in 2022, then surged by 109 bps to 0.01% in 2023, then surged by 111 bps to 0.02% in 2024, then plunged by 207 bps to 0.02% in 2025, then jumped by 98 bps to 0.0% in 2026.
- The last three Return on Invested Capital figures came in at 0.0% (Q1 2026), 0.02% (Q4 2025), and 0.04% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROIC (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sap Se | 238.14 Bn | 220.17 Bn | 8.16 Bn | - |
| 2 | Full Truck Alliance | 166.83 Bn | 164.28 Bn | - | 0.00% |
| 3 | Uber Technologies | 150.36 Bn | 149.32 Bn | 11.88 Bn | 0.00% |
| 4 | Shopify | 147.75 Bn | 142.01 Bn | 1.55 Bn | 0.00% |
| 5 | Salesforce | 140.39 Bn | 128.55 Bn | 8.56 Bn | 0.00% |
| 6 | Cadence Design Systems | 105.73 Bn | 104.32 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 0.00% |
| 7 | ServiceNow | 105.42 Bn | 100.24 Bn | 2.83 Bn | 0.00% |
| 8 | Automatic Data Processing | 89.57 Bn | 86.34 Bn | 2.87 Bn | -0.01% |
| 9 | Adobe | 85.05 Bn | 78.16 Bn | 5.90 Bn | 0.00% |
| 10 | Workiva | 2.78 Bn | 1.92 Bn | 198.76 Mn | 0.00% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 0.00% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -0.02% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -0.04% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 0.03% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 0.02% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 0.02% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 0.01% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 0.01% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 0.01% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 0.01% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 0.02% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -2.14% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -0.11% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -0.12% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -0.74% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -0.04% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -0.01% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 0.00% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 0.00% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 0.00% |