Inside the research
Workday, Inc.
WDAY Research profile · latest available data
Price overview
$189.45
▼ -1.54 (-0.8%)
| 52w hi | $247.69 |
|---|---|
| 52w lo | $112.50 |
| Vol | 1.12M |
| As of | 25 Sep 2026 |
The Verdict
Our score +0.65
| Short | +0.28 |
|---|---|
| Medium | +0.89 |
| Long | +0.90 |
computed 2026-09-27
Key fundamentals
Workday, Inc.
Technology · Software - Application
| Market cap | $45.66B |
|---|---|
| Enterprise value | $46.03B |
| Trailing P/E | 38.90x |
| Forward P/E | 14.32x |
| EV / EBITDA | 29.02x |
| P / S (ttm) | 4.50x |
| Profit margin | 12.3% |
| Return on equity | 16.0% |
| Revenue growth | +12.8% |
| Earnings growth | +206.0% |
| Debt / equity | 58.39 |
Layer Breakdown
| Layer | Raw | Contribution |
|---|---|---|
| Fundamental | +0.37 | |
| Sector | +0.15 | |
| Technical | +0.31 | |
| Earnings | +0.00 | |
| Sentiment | +0.00 |
macro × 1.00 · 2026-09-27
Business 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.
Risk Metrics
| Beta vs SPX | 0.81 |
|---|---|
| Corr SPX | 0.29 |
| Annual vol | 45.5% |
| Annual ret | -3.3% |
| Sharpe | -0.07 |
| Max DD | -59.8% |
Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)
Analyst Coverage
| Mean PT | $179.22 |
|---|---|
| High / Low | $300.00 / $115.00 |
| Median | $177.50 |
| Analysts | 38 |
| Strong Buy | 7 | |
|---|---|---|
| Buy | 18 | |
| Hold | 16 | |
| Sell | 0 | |
| Strong Sell | 0 |
Recent rating actions
| 2026-03-12 | Freedom Broker | → Buy |
| 2026-02-26 | Citigroup | → Neutral |
| 2026-02-25 | Wells Fargo | → Overweight |
| 2026-02-25 | UBS | → Neutral |
| 2026-02-25 | Rosenblatt | → Buy |
| 2026-02-25 | RBC Capital | → Outperform |
Officers & Board
| Founder | Aneel Bhusri current |
|---|---|
| CEO | Aneel Bhusri current |
| Founder | David Duffield current |
| CEO | David Duffield current |
Material Events
| Date | Event | 8-K |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-22 | Shareholder Vote | read |
| 2026-05-21 | Earnings Release, Exhibits | read |
| 2026-04-24 | Exhibits | read |
| 2026-03-06 | Officer / Director Change | read |
| 2026-02-24 | Earnings Release, Exhibits | read |
| 2026-02-09 | Officer / Director Change, Reg FD Disclosure… | read |
| 2026-02-04 | Earnings Release, Restructuring… | read |
| 2025-11-25 | Earnings Release, Exhibits | read |
| 2025-09-17 | Other Material Event | read |
| 2025-09-16 | Other Material Event, Exhibits | read |
| 2025-08-21 | Other Material Event, Exhibits | read |
| 2025-08-21 | Earnings Release, Exhibits | read |
Insider Trades
| Date | Insider | Role | Action | Shares | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-10 | Garfield Mark S. | Chief Accounting Officer | Sell | 918 | $130.53K |
| 2026-07-09 | DUFFIELD DAVID A | Sell | 1.40K | $182.88K | |
| 2026-07-09 | DUFFIELD DAVID A | Sell | 27.86K | $3.80M | |
| 2026-07-09 | DUFFIELD DAVID A | Sell | 1.70K | $226.31K | |
| 2026-07-09 | DUFFIELD DAVID A | Sell | 500 | $67.01K | |
| 2026-07-09 | DUFFIELD DAVID A | Sell | 14.30K | $1.94M | |
| 2026-07-09 | DUFFIELD DAVID A | Sell | 1.80K | $237.73K | |
| 2026-07-09 | DUFFIELD DAVID A | Sell | 39.13K | $5.37M | |
| 2026-07-09 | DUFFIELD DAVID A | Sell | 20.71K | $2.87M | |
| 2026-07-09 | DUFFIELD DAVID A | C | 107.50K | — |
Flow & Concentration
| Insider 180d net | -$44.47M |
|---|---|
| Insider buys / sells | 0 / 38 |
| Insider bias | Sellers |
| 13F holders | 10 |
| Top-5 share | 96.1% |
| HHI | 2,875 (concentrated) |
Top Holders
| Holder | Value | Shares |
|---|---|---|
| State Street Corp | $1.17B | 9.57M |
| Norges Bank (Norway sovereign) | $1.08B | 8.82M |
| Capital Research / Capital World | $312.67M | 2.55M |
| Citadel Advisors | $276.81M | 2.26M |
| Fidelity / FMR LLC | $121.39M | 991.61K |
| Millennium Management | $60.37M | 493.10K |
| AQR Capital Management | $32.23M | 263.54K |
| Renaissance Technologies | $25.26M | 206.30K |
| Bridgewater Associates | $2.67M | 21.77K |
| T. Rowe Price Group | $109.18K | 891.87K |
As of 2026-06-30
SEC Filings
The Long Run
FY 2012–2026 · 14 years
| Line | Latest | CAGR | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $9.55B | +73.7% | |
| Operating income | $183.00M | +0.0% | |
| Net income | $1.38B | +585.7% | |
| Cash from ops | $2.15B | +31.9% |
Indices
Recent Sessions
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Vol |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25 | $190.16 | $192.07 | $188.75 | $189.45 | 1.12M |
| Sep 24 | $194.28 | $195.74 | $189.71 | $190.99 | 1.25M |
| Sep 23 | $189.52 | $193.92 | $187.50 | $192.38 | 1.99M |
| Sep 22 | $196.29 | $197.00 | $187.72 | $188.23 | 1.98M |
| Sep 21 | $194.12 | $196.48 | $191.65 | $191.92 | 2.02M |
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