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

Workiva recorded quarterly Return on Invested Capital of 0.0% in Q1 2026, up 97.55% quarter-over-quarter from 0.02% in Q4 2025, and down 2.0% year-over-year from 0.0% in Q1 2025.

Workiva's Return on Invested Capital history runs 12 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.0% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Return on Invested Capital fell 2.0% year-over-year to 0.0%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.0% (down 2.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure 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.
  • A 5-year average of 0.18% and a median of 0.0% in 2026 frame the typical range for Return on Invested Capital.
  • Across the five-year window, Return on Invested Capital plunged 210 bps in 2023 and soared 214 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Workiva's Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.12% in 2022, then soared by 109 bps to 0.01% in 2023, then soared by 111 bps to 0.02% in 2024, then tumbled by 207 bps to 0.02% in 2025, then surged by 98 bps to 0.0% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Invested Capital over the past three periods registered 0.0%, 0.02%, and 0.04% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROIC (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 253.17 Bn 235.20 Bn 8.16 Bn -
2 Salesforce 171.07 Bn 161.50 Bn 8.69 Bn 0.00%
3 Uber Technologies 151.10 Bn 150.06 Bn 11.88 Bn 0.00%
4 Shopify 134.25 Bn 128.50 Bn 1.55 Bn 0.00%
5 ServiceNow 105.72 Bn 100.54 Bn 2.83 Bn 0.00%
6 Cadence Design Systems 101.64 Bn 100.23 Bn 1.26 Bn 0.00%
7 Adobe 100.35 Bn 93.46 Bn 5.73 Bn 0.00%
8 Automatic Data Processing 90.91 Bn 87.68 Bn 2.87 Bn -0.01%
9 Intuit 88.30 Bn 81.52 Bn 6.77 Bn 0.00%
10 Workiva 2.86 Bn 2.00 Bn 198.76 Mn 0.00%

Historic Data

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DateValue
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%
Mar 31, 2021 0.00%
Dec 31, 2020 0.00%
Sep 30, 2020 -0.01%
Jun 30, 2020 -0.01%
Mar 31, 2020 -0.01%
Dec 31, 2019 -0.01%
Sep 30, 2019 -0.01%
Jun 30, 2019 -0.05%
Mar 31, 2019 0.16%
Dec 31, 2018 0.05%
Sep 30, 2018 0.04%
Jun 30, 2018 0.04%
Mar 31, 2018 0.04%
Dec 31, 2017 0.03%
Sep 30, 2017 0.04%
Jun 30, 2017 0.07%
Mar 31, 2017 0.09%
Dec 31, 2016 0.33%
Sep 30, 2016 -0.10%
Jun 30, 2016 -0.04%
Mar 31, 2016 -0.02%
Dec 31, 2015 -0.02%
Sep 30, 2015 -0.01%
Jun 30, 2015 -0.01%
Mar 31, 2015 -0.01%