Joel Greenblatt defined Return on Capital differently in his book The Little Book That Still Beats the Market (Little Books. Big Profits). He defines ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % as EBIT divided by the total of Property, Plant and Equipment and net working capital. Workday's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2023 was 9.70%.
The historical rank and industry rank for Workday's ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:
WDAY'
s ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -247.39 Med: -56.68 Max: 2.38
Current: -2.93
During the past 13 years, Workday's highest ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % was 2.38%. The lowest was -247.39%. And the median was -56.68%.
WDAY's ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than 56.55% of 2693
companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 10.34
vs WDAY: -2.93
Workday's 5-Year average Growth Rate of ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % was 0.00% per year.
Workday ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Workday's ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
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Workday Annual Data
Trend
Jan14
Jan15
Jan16
Jan17
Jan18
Jan19
Jan20
Jan21
Jan22
Jan23
ROC (Joel Greenblatt) %
-54.12
-41.87
-15.79
2.38
-11.17
Workday Quarterly Data
Jul18
Oct18
Jan19
Apr19
Jul19
Oct19
Jan20
Apr20
Jul20
Oct20
Jan21
Apr21
Jul21
Oct21
Jan22
Apr22
Jul22
Oct22
Jan23
Apr23
ROC (Joel Greenblatt) %
-22.49
-9.93
1.99
-13.44
9.70
Competitive Comparison
For the Software - Application subindustry, Workday's ROC (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Workday ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution
For the Software industry and Technology sector, Workday's ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Workday's ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % falls in comparison to its industry or sector. The grey bar indicates the ROC (Joel Greenblatt) %'s extreme value range as defined by GuruFocus.
Workday ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation
Joel Greenblatt defined Return on Capital differently in his book The Little Book That Still Beats the Market (Little Books. Big Profits) . He defines Return on Capital as follows:
EBIT stands for Earnings Before Interest and Taxes.
Fixed Assets are also known as non-current assets. They include the Property, Plant and Equipment that the firm needs in its operation.
GuruFocus calculates net working capital as: (Accounts Receivable + Total Inventories + Other Current Assets) - (Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense + Deferred Revenue + Other Current Liabilities). We're trying to account for OPERATING assets and liabilities (part of daily business) when calculating working capital. Cash and marketable securities are considered NON-OPERATING assets and are not included in calculation. We will also back out all interest bearing debt, short term debt and the portion of long term debt that is due in the current period from the current liabilities. This debt will be considered when computing cost of capital and it would be inappropriate to count it twice.
Note:
The EBIT data used here is four times the quarterly (Apr. 2023) EBIT data.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
The way Joel Greenblatt defines Return on Capital is a more accurate measure of how efficiently the company generates returns onthe capital actually invested in the business. EBIT is used instead of net income because the tax and interest payment may be affected by factors other than the core business operation. Intangible assets are not included in the calculation because they don't need to be replaced.
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Workday is a software company that offers human capital management, or HCM, financial management, and business planning solutions. Known for being a cloud-only software provider, Workday is headquartered in Pleasanton, California. Founded in 2005, Workday now employs over 12,000 employees.
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