Workday, Inc. WDAY NDXSPXR3KAITECH
Company Overview
Workday, Inc. provides enterprise cloud applications in the United States and internationally. The company offers a suite of financial management applications to maintain accounting information; manage financial processes, such as payables and receivables; identify real-time financial, operational, and management insights; perform financial consolidation; reduce time-to-close; promote internal control and auditability; and achieve consistency across finance operations. It also provides spend management solutions that help organizations to streamline supplier selection and contract management, build and execute sourcing events, such as requests for proposals, and manage indirect spend; expense management solutions to submit and approve expenses; and a suite of human capital management applications that enables HR teams to hire, onboard, pay, develop, reskill, and provide employee experiences. In addition, the company offers planning applications. Further, it provides supply chain and inventory solutions to healthcare organizations; solutions to manage the end-to-end student and faculty lifecycle; Workday Extend for customers and their developers to build custom applications. The company serves the professional and business services, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, media, education, government, technology, media, retail, and hospitality industries. It sells its solutions through its direct sales organization. The company was formerly known as North Tahoe Power Tools, Inc. and changed its name to Workday, Inc. in July 2005. Workday, Inc. was incorporated in 2005 and is headquartered in Pleasanton, California.
Why Investors Should Care
Revenue has grown at a 39.0% CAGR over the past five years.
Generates positive free cash flow, funding growth and shareholder returns internally.
Recent Developments
- Jan 2026 Revenue of $9.55B (+13.1% YoY); net profit $693.00M.
- Trailing 12 Months Year-on-year growth — revenue +13.5%, earnings +248.0%.
- 5-Year Trend Long-term compounding — revenue CAGR 39.0%.
Growth & Price Performance
Compounded Sales Growth
| 5 Years: | 39.04% |
| 1 Year: | 13.50% |
Compounded Profit Growth
| 5 Years: | - |
| 1 Year: | 248.00% |
Stock Price Performance
| 1 Year: | -10.35% |
| 6 Months: | +32.41% |
| 3 Months: | +38.61% |
| 1 Month: | +17.47% |
Highlights auto-generated from reported financials and price data; not investment advice. Verify with official filings before acting.
Workday AI agents for HR, finance and recruiting; Illuminate platform.
- Illuminate AI Workday's Illuminate embeds GenAI across HR and finance workflows — automating tasks, surfacing insights and powering AI agents.
- AI agents for HR & finance Role-based AI agents automate recruiting, expenses and finance processes on the Workday platform.
- Enterprise data moat Vast HR/finance data grounds Workday's AI in trusted enterprise context.
- HR/finance-cloud leader monetising GenAI on a sticky enterprise base; net margin ~9%, ~14% growth.
- AI agents expand the automation value proposition and pricing.
- Strong retention and free cash flow.
- Premium valuation and macro-driven seat growth are considerations.
Curated from public filings and analyst commentary; figures are illustrative.
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Technical Trend
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Interactive charts for Revenue, Net Income, EBITDA, Free Cash Flow, EPS, ROE, ROCE, Gross/Net/Operating Margin and more — switch metric and period using the dropdowns above. CAGR is computed across the displayed window (quarterly CAGR is annualised). Visual growth charts make it easy to spot multi-year compounding trends at a glance — far faster than reading raw numbers in a table.
PROS
- Compounding revenue at 39.0% over 5 years.
- Generates positive free cash flow.
- In a confirmed uptrend (50-DMA above 200-DMA).
CONS
- Trading at a high P/E of 62.1.
* The pros and cons are auto-generated from financial metrics.
Valuation
Growth (CAGR)
Profitability & Returns
Balance Sheet & Liquidity
Ownership
Financial Snapshot
Peer comparison
Peer companies in the same sector (Technology).
| # | Name | CMP $ | P/E | Mkt Cap | Div Yld % | ROCE % | ROE % | Rev CAGR 5Y % | Profit CAGR 5Y % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WDAY Workday, Inc. NDXSPXR3KAITECH | 199.98 | 62.11 | $40.20B | 0.00% | 8.76% | 10.86% | 39.04% | - |
| 2 | NVDA NVIDIA Corporation NDXSPXR3KAITECH | 230.36 | 35.28 | $5.58T | 0.46% | 74.66% | 114.29% | 24.64% | 32.12% |
| 3 | AAPL Apple Inc. NDXSPXR3KTECH | 319.97 | 36.69 | $4.67T | 0.35% | 68.72% | 148.75% | 1.81% | 3.92% |
| 4 | MSFT Microsoft Corporation NDXSPXR3KAITECH | 499.70 | 27.85 | $3.71T | 0.73% | 26.33% | 34.04% | 9.93% | 11.90% |
| 5 | TSM Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited AITECH | 426.34 | 37.46 | $2.21T | 0.91% | 30.20% | 39.97% | 18.94% | 19.57% |
| 6 | AVGO Broadcom Inc. NDXSPXR3KAITECH | 357.90 | 59.55 | $1.70T | 0.62% | 16.70% | 37.28% | 17.04% | 54.08% |
| 7 | MU Micron Technology, Inc. NDXSPXR3KAITECH | 1,016.59 | 22.97 | $1.15T | 0.06% | 13.69% | 66.64% | 13.68% | 26.02% |
| 8 | AMD Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. NDXSPXR3KAITECH | 477.57 | 122.14 | $779.62B | 0.00% | 5.47% | 10.20% | 11.81% | 66.28% |
| 9 | ASML ASML Holding N.V. NDXAITECH | 1,714.88 | 58.49 | $658.69B | 0.53% | 42.97% | 53.94% | 15.55% | 19.55% |
Financial Statements Quarterly Results · Profit & Loss · Balance Sheet · Cash Flows · Ratios
Quarterly Results
Figures in USD.
| Metric | Oct 2015 | Jan 2016 | Apr 2016 | Jul 2016 | Oct 2016 | Jan 2017 | Apr 2017 | Jul 2017 | Oct 2017 | Jan 2018 | Apr 2018 | Jul 2018 | Oct 2018 | Jan 2019 | Apr 2019 | Jul 2019 | Oct 2019 | Jan 2020 | Apr 2020 | Jul 2020 | Oct 2020 | Jan 2021 | Apr 2021 | Jul 2021 | Oct 2021 | Apr 2022 | Jul 2022 | Oct 2022 | Apr 2023 | Jul 2023 | Oct 2023 | Apr 2024 | Jul 2024 | Oct 2024 | Jan 2025 | Apr 2025 | Jul 2025 | Oct 2025 | Jan 2026 | Apr 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | - | - | - | - | - | - | 479.86M | 525.32M | 555.39M | 582.48M | 618.64M | 671.72M | 743.19M | 788.63M | 825.05M | 887.75M | 938.10M | 976.30M | 1.02B | 1.06B | 1.11B | 1.13B | 1.18B | 1.26B | 1.33B | 1.43B | 1.54B | 1.60B | 1.68B | 1.79B | 1.87B | 1.99B | 2.08B | 2.16B | - | 2.24B | 2.35B | 2.43B | 2.53B | 2.54B |
| Cost of Revenue | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 537.00M | 582.00M | 591.00M | 611.00M | 604.00M |
| Gross Profit | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.70B | 1.77B | 1.84B | 1.92B | 1.94B |
| Operating Expenses | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.50B | 1.52B | 1.58B | 1.62B | 1.60B |
| Operating Income | -70.17M | -73.44M | -71.53M | -86.69M | -105.93M | -88.94M | -60.20M | -81.63M | -80.06M | -81.33M | -71.26M | -88.98M | -182.75M | -120.28M | -123.39M | -122.50M | -110.25M | -146.10M | -144.46M | -16.75M | -14.08M | -73.31M | -38.31M | -1.12M | 23.95M | -72.84M | -34.08M | -26.32M | -20.00M | 36.00M | 88.00M | 64.00M | 111.00M | 165.00M | - | 205.00M | 249.00M | 264.00M | 305.00M | 338.00M |
| EBITDA | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 216.00M | 414.00M | 452.00M | 389.00M | 473.00M |
| Interest Expense | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 29.00M | 29.00M | 29.00M | 28.00M | 26.00M |
| Pretax Income | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 103.00M | 304.00M | 338.00M | 264.00M | 355.00M |
| Tax Provision | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 35.00M | 76.00M | 86.00M | 119.00M | 133.00M |
| Net Income | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -116.28M | -120.71M | -115.73M | -127.96M | -158.37M | -28.02M | -24.34M | -71.71M | -46.52M | 105.74M | 43.41M | -102.17M | -64.16M | -74.72M | 0 | 79.00M | 114.00M | 107.00M | 132.00M | 193.00M | - | 68.00M | 228.00M | 252.00M | 145.00M | 222.00M |
| Diluted EPS | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -0.68 | -0.12 | -0.10 | - | -0.19 | 0.41 | 0.17 | -0.41 | -0.25 | -0.29 | 0.00 | 0.30 | 0.43 | 0.40 | 0.49 | 0.72 | - | 0.25 | 0.84 | 0.94 | 0.55 | 0.87 |
| R&D Expense | 124.02M | - | 141.78M | 161.89M | 185.31M | - | 196.44M | 221.10M | 239.59M | - | 263.58M | 292.84M | 318.00M | - | 347.83M | 378.12M | 401.74M | - | 443.48M | 418.68M | 419.96M | - | 441.62M | 444.25M | 455.62M | 541.51M | 547.84M | 565.73M | 600.00M | 610.00M | 619.00M | 656.00M | 649.00M | 647.00M | - | 663.00M | 660.00M | 666.00M | - | 705.00M |
Profit & Loss (Annual)
Figures in USD.
| Metric | Dec 2010 | Jan 2012 | Jan 2013 | Jan 2014 | Jan 2015 | Jan 2016 | Jan 2017 | Jan 2018 | Jan 2019 | Jan 2020 | Jan 2021 | Jan 2022 | Jan 2023 | Jan 2024 | Jan 2025 | Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 68.06M | 134.43M | 273.66M | 468.94M | 787.86M | 1.16B | 1.57B | 2.14B | 2.82B | 3.63B | 4.32B | 5.14B | 6.22B | 7.26B | 8.45B | 9.55B |
| Cost of Revenue | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.71B | 1.77B | 2.07B | 2.32B |
| Gross Profit | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4.51B | 5.49B | 6.38B | 7.23B |
| Operating Expenses | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4.69B | 5.30B | 5.88B | 6.21B |
| Operating Income | -56.06M | -78.44M | -117.86M | -153.28M | -215.70M | -249.79M | -353.09M | -303.22M | -463.28M | -502.23M | -248.60M | -116.00M | -182.00M | 183.00M | 499.00M | 1.02B |
| EBITDA | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 206.00M | 752.00M | 1.08B | 1.47B |
| Interest Expense | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 102.00M | 114.00M | 114.00M | 114.00M |
| Pretax Income | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -260.00M | 356.00M | 638.00M | 1.01B |
| Tax Provision | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 107.00M | -1.02B | 112.00M | 316.00M |
| Net Income | -56.22M | -79.97M | -119.76M | -172.51M | -247.98M | -275.05M | -384.70M | -321.22M | -418.26M | -480.67M | -282.43M | 29.00M | -367.00M | 1.38B | 526.00M | 693.00M |
| Diluted EPS | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -2.12 | -1.19 | 0.12 | -1.44 | 5.21 | 1.95 | 2.59 |
| R&D Expense | 39.17M | 62.01M | 102.67M | 182.12M | 316.87M | 469.94M | 680.53M | 910.58M | 1.21B | 1.55B | 1.72B | 1.88B | 2.25B | 2.46B | 2.63B | 2.68B |
Balance Sheet (Annual)
Figures in USD.
| Metric | Dec 2009 | Dec 2010 | Jan 2011 | Jan 2012 | Jan 2013 | Jan 2014 | Jan 2015 | Jan 2016 | Jan 2017 | Jan 2018 | Jan 2019 | Jan 2020 | Jan 2021 | Jan 2022 | Jan 2023 | Jan 2024 | Jan 2025 | Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Assets | - | - | - | 232.64M | 959.08M | 2.18B | 2.35B | 2.73B | 3.27B | 4.95B | 5.52B | 6.82B | 8.72B | - | 13.49B | 16.45B | 17.98B | 18.07B |
| Current Assets | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8.11B | 9.94B | 10.54B | 8.43B |
| Cash & Equivalents | 34.37M | 30.89M | 30.51M | 57.53M | 84.16M | 581.33M | 298.19M | 300.09M | 539.92M | 1.13B | 638.55M | 731.14M | 1.38B | - | 1.89B | 2.01B | 1.54B | 1.50B |
| Inventory | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Receivables | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.57B | 1.64B | 1.95B | 2.33B |
| Total Liabilities | - | - | - | 237.29M | 366.80M | 989.05M | 1.22B | 1.59B | 1.99B | 3.37B | 3.56B | 4.33B | 5.44B | - | 7.90B | 8.37B | 8.94B | 10.27B |
| Current Liabilities | - | - | - | 145.24M | 254.77M | 421.89M | 641.26M | 922.68M | 1.29B | 2.06B | 2.43B | 2.97B | 4.28B | - | 4.63B | 5.05B | 5.55B | 6.38B |
| Long Term Debt | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.02B | 691.91M | - | 2.98B | 2.98B | 2.98B | 2.99B |
| Total Debt | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.25B | 3.30B | 3.36B | 3.82B |
| Total Equity | -44.17M | -97.64M | -102.71M | -175.56M | 592.28M | 1.19B | 1.20B | 1.23B | 1.28B | 1.58B | 1.96B | 2.49B | 3.28B | - | 5.58B | 8.08B | 9.03B | 7.80B |
| Shares Outstanding | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 263.86M | 266.86M | 272.27M | 277.82M |
Cash Flows (Annual)
Figures in USD.
| Metric | Dec 2010 | Jan 2012 | Jan 2013 | Jan 2014 | Jan 2015 | Jan 2016 | Jan 2017 | Jan 2018 | Jan 2019 | Jan 2020 | Jan 2021 | Jan 2022 | Jan 2023 | Jan 2024 | Jan 2025 | Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Cash Flow | -15.34M | -13.77M | 11.21M | 46.26M | 102.00M | 258.64M | 350.63M | 465.73M | 606.66M | 864.60M | 1.27B | - | 1.66B | 2.15B | 2.46B | 2.94B |
| Investing Cash Flow | 12.17M | -56.20M | -670.12M | -682.63M | -404.17M | -300.15M | -168.88M | -978.98M | -842.78M | -896.92M | -1.24B | - | -2.51B | -1.75B | -1.78B | 333.00M |
| Financing Cash Flow | -326.00K | 96.98M | 685.54M | 1.13B | 19.45M | 44.11M | 59.68M | 1.11B | -256.71M | 125.12M | 625.05M | - | 1.20B | -268.00M | -1.15B | -3.32B |
| Capital Expenditure | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -365.00M | -242.00M | -272.00M | -162.00M |
| Free Cash Flow | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.29B | 1.91B | 2.19B | 2.78B |
| Net Change in Cash | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 355.00M | 130.00M | -470.00M | -47.00M |
| Share Buybacks | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 75.00M | 423.00M | 700.00M | 2.90B |
Ratios (Annual)
Figures in %.
| Metric | Dec 2010 | Jan 2012 | Jan 2013 | Jan 2014 | Jan 2015 | Jan 2016 | Jan 2017 | Jan 2018 | Jan 2019 | Jan 2020 | Jan 2021 | Jan 2022 | Jan 2023 | Jan 2024 | Jan 2025 | Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross Margin % | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 72.5% | 75.6% | 75.5% | 75.7% |
| Operating Margin % | -82.4% | -58.4% | -43.1% | -32.7% | -27.4% | -21.6% | -22.4% | -14.1% | -16.4% | -13.8% | -5.8% | -2.3% | -2.9% | 2.5% | 5.9% | 10.7% |
| Net Margin % | -82.6% | -59.5% | -43.8% | -36.8% | -31.5% | -23.8% | -24.4% | -15.0% | -14.8% | -13.3% | -6.5% | 0.6% | -5.9% | 19.0% | 6.2% | 7.3% |
| ROE % | 57.6% | 45.6% | -20.2% | -14.5% | -20.6% | -22.4% | -30.1% | -20.3% | -21.4% | -19.3% | -8.6% | - | -6.6% | 17.1% | 5.8% | 8.9% |
| ROCE % | - | -89.8% | -16.7% | -8.7% | -12.6% | -13.8% | -17.8% | -10.5% | -15.0% | -13.1% | -5.6% | - | -2.1% | 1.6% | 4.0% | 8.8% |
Shareholding Pattern
Top Institutional Holders
| # | Holder | % Held | Shares | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blackrock Inc. | 13.46% | 21.13M | $4.32B |
| 2 | Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 8.42% | 13.22M | $2.71B |
| 3 | Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management, LLC | 8.08% | 12.68M | $2.60B |
| 4 | Eagle Capital Management LLC | 7.21% | 11.32M | $2.32B |
| 5 | Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC | 7.12% | 11.18M | $2.29B |
| 6 | State Street Corporation | 6.10% | 9.57M | $1.96B |
| 7 | First Eagle Investment Management, LLC | 5.62% | 8.82M | $1.81B |
| 8 | Invesco Ltd. | 5.19% | 8.14M | $1.67B |
| 9 | Geode Capital Management, LLC | 3.76% | 5.90M | $1.21B |
| 10 | Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 2.94% | 4.62M | $946.44M |
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Latest News
Recent headlines for WDAY
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WDAY — Frequently Asked Questions
What is the current share price of Workday, Inc. (WDAY)?
As of 2026-09-07 16:24 PDT, Workday, Inc. (WDAY) trades at $199.98 on NasdaqGS. Its 52-week range is $112.50 to $247.69.
What is the market capitalisation of WDAY?
Workday, Inc. (WDAY) has a market capitalisation of $40.20B on NasdaqGS.
What is the P/E ratio of WDAY?
WDAY trades at a trailing price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 62.11. The industry average P/E is 32.42. Its price-to-book (P/B) ratio is 6.69.
What is the return on equity (ROE) of WDAY?
WDAY has a return on equity (ROE) of 10.86%. Its return on capital employed (ROCE) is 8.76%.
Is WDAY a good stock to buy?
This page provides a data-driven analysis of Workday, Inc. (WDAY), including valuation ratios, profitability, growth trends, auto-generated pros and cons, peer comparison and AI exposure. Review these fundamentals alongside your own research and risk tolerance. This is informational content, not investment advice.