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Workiva (WK)


Market Price (9/18/2025): $81.38 | Market Cap: $4.6 Bil
Sector: Information Technology | Industry: Application Software

Workiva (WK)


Market Price (9/18/2025): $81.38
Market Cap: $4.6 Bil
Sector: Information Technology
Industry: Application Software

Investment Highlights

0 Attractive cash flow generation
CFO/Rev LTMCash Flow from Operations / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is 13%, FCF/Rev LTMFree Cash Flow / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is 13%
Weak multi-year price returns
2Y Excs Rtn is -75%, 3Y Excs Rtn is -47%
Not profitable at operating income level
Op Inc LTMOperating Income, Last Twelve Months is -82 Mil, Op Mgn LTMOperating Margin = Operating Income / Revenue Reflects profitability before taxes and before impact of capital structure (interest payments). is -10%
1 Valuation becoming less expensive
P/S 6M Chg %Price/Sales change over 6 months. Declining P/S indicates valuation has become less expensive. is -42%
  Yield minus risk free rate is negative
ERPEquity Risk Premium (ERP) = Total Yield - Risk Free Rate, Reflects the premium above risk free assets offered by the investment. is -5.9%
0 Attractive cash flow generation
CFO/Rev LTMCash Flow from Operations / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is 13%, FCF/Rev LTMFree Cash Flow / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is 13%
1 Valuation becoming less expensive
P/S 6M Chg %Price/Sales change over 6 months. Declining P/S indicates valuation has become less expensive. is -42%
2 Weak multi-year price returns
2Y Excs Rtn is -75%, 3Y Excs Rtn is -47%
3 Not profitable at operating income level
Op Inc LTMOperating Income, Last Twelve Months is -82 Mil, Op Mgn LTMOperating Margin = Operating Income / Revenue Reflects profitability before taxes and before impact of capital structure (interest payments). is -10%
4 Yield minus risk free rate is negative
ERPEquity Risk Premium (ERP) = Total Yield - Risk Free Rate, Reflects the premium above risk free assets offered by the investment. is -5.9%

Market Valuation

 9/18/252024202320222021
Share Price CYE$81.38$109.50$101.53$83.97$130.49
Market Cap CYE ($ Bil)4.66.15.54.56.8
Total Debt ($ Bil)0.80.80.80.40.3
Total Cash ($ Bil)0.80.80.80.40.5
Enterprise Value ($ Bil)4.56.96.34.97.1
Valuation Ratios     
P/S TTM5.78.28.78.315.1
P/EBIT TTM-97.6-165.7-78.0-53.6-266.0
P/E TTM-68.5-110.1-43.1-48.9-176.8
Sector Ratios     
P/S TTM (Sector)3.23.12.82.55.0
P/EBIT TTM (Sector)3.9-0.0-0.1-0.51.7
P/E TTM (Sector)-0.4-0.3-0.4-0.50.0
 9/18/2520242023
Share Price CYE$81.38$109.50$101.53
Market Cap CYE ($ Bil)4.66.15.5
Total Debt ($ Bil)0.80.80.8
Total Cash ($ Bil)0.80.80.8
Enterprise Value ($ Bil)4.56.96.3
Valuation Ratios   
P/S TTM5.78.28.7
P/EBIT TTM-97.6-165.7-78.0
P/E TTM-68.5-110.1-43.1
Sector Ratios   
P/S TTM (Sector)3.23.12.8
P/EBIT TTM (Sector)3.9-0.0-0.1
P/E TTM (Sector)-0.4-0.3-0.4

Business Description

Workiva Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides cloud-based compliance and regulatory reporting solutions worldwide. The company offers Workiva platform that offers controlled collaboration, data linking, data integrations, granular permissions, process management, and full audit trail services; and provides tools that enables customers to connect data from enterprise resource planning, governance risk and compliance, human capital management, and customer relationship management systems, as well as from other third-party cloud and on-premise applications. It serves public and private companies, government agencies, and higher-education institutions. Show more

Price Returns Compared

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 202020212022202320242025Total [1]
Returns
WK Return118%42%-36%21%8%-26%84%
Peers Return46%1%-40%66%77%36%255%
S&P 500 Return16%27%-19%24%23%12%104%

[1] Cumulative total returns since the beginning of 2020
[2] Peers: WDAY, INFA, BL, ORCL, PLTR. See WK Returns vs. Peers.
[3] 2025 data is for the year up to 9/17/2025 (YTD)

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Financials

WKWDAYINFABLORCLPLTRMedian
NameWorkiva Workday Informat.BlackLineOracle Palantir. 
Mkt Price81.39234.8824.8154.84301.41168.33124.86
Mkt Cap4.662.77.53.4851.8398.135.1
Rev LTM8078,9591,66267459,0183,4412,551
Op Inc LTM-827781553218,667570362
FCF LTM1032,392425144-5,8801,709284
FCF 3Y Avg662,0233161194,949927622
CFO LTM1062,59143217921,5341,7301,081
CFO 3Y Avg682,26232314919,468947635

Growth & Margins

WKWDAYINFABLORCLPLTRMedian
NameWorkiva Workday Informat.BlackLineOracle Palantir. 
Rev Chg LTM19.0%13.9%1.2%8.0%9.7%38.8%11.8%
Rev Chg 3Y Avg17.7%16.5%3.5%12.6%10.2%25.7%14.5%
Rev Chg Q21.2%12.6%1.7%7.2%12.2%48.0%12.4%
QoQ Delta Rev Chg LTM4.9%3.0%0.4%1.7%2.8%10.5%2.9%
Op Mgn LTM-10.2%8.7%9.3%4.8%31.6%16.6%9.0%
Op Mgn 3Y Avg-13.1%4.1%6.1%2.4%30.3%8.4%5.1%
QoQ Delta Op Mgn LTM0.6%1.3%-0.7%0.7%0.2%3.5%0.7%
CFO/Rev LTM13.1%28.9%26.0%26.5%36.5%50.3%27.7%
CFO/Rev 3Y Avg9.5%28.7%19.9%23.7%35.6%32.9%26.2%
FCF/Rev LTM12.7%26.7%25.6%21.3%-10.0%49.7%23.5%
FCF/Rev 3Y Avg9.1%25.6%19.5%19.0%9.8%32.0%19.3%

Valuation

WKWDAYINFABLORCLPLTRMedian
NameWorkiva Workday Informat.BlackLineOracle Palantir. 
Mkt Cap4.662.77.53.4851.8398.135.1
P/S5.77.04.55.114.4115.76.3
P/EBIT-97.672.142.353.647.1699.050.4
P/E-68.6107.5-996.838.768.5521.653.6
P/CFO43.124.217.419.139.6230.231.9
Total Yield-1.5%0.9%-0.1%2.6%2.1%0.2%0.6%
Dividend Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.6%0.0%0.0%
FCF Yield 3Y Avg1.6%3.3%4.4%3.7%1.6%1.0%2.5%
D/E0.20.10.20.30.10.00.1
Net D/E-0.0-0.10.10.00.1-0.00.0

Returns

WKWDAYINFABLORCLPLTRMedian
NameWorkiva Workday Informat.BlackLineOracle Palantir. 
1M Rtn5.9%1.3%0.3%6.5%21.0%-3.3%3.6%
3M Rtn22.2%-0.8%2.7%-0.2%43.2%20.3%11.5%
6M Rtn-8.9%-7.0%36.3%9.3%98.8%95.5%22.8%
12M Rtn5.9%-5.3%-2.6%8.0%81.9%361.8%6.9%
3Y Rtn22.2%54.2%20.2%-17.7%356.0%2,063.6%38.2%
1M Excs Rtn3.6%-1.0%-2.0%4.2%18.7%-5.6%1.3%
3M Excs Rtn11.9%-13.5%-7.6%-10.6%34.8%11.5%1.9%
6M Excs Rtn-24.6%-24.3%17.6%-6.9%85.3%83.1%5.3%
12M Excs Rtn-8.4%-23.4%-20.2%-7.7%70.6%355.7%-8.0%
3Y Excs Rtn-47.4%-22.2%-48.6%-86.7%246.6%1,940.9%-34.8%

Financials

Segment Financials

Revenue by Segment

$ Mil20242023202220212020
Subscription and support559465379296246
Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) professional services575545  
Other services151819  
Professional services   5652
Total630538443352298


Price Behavior

Short Interest

Short Interest: As Of Date8292025
Short Interest: Shares Quantity3,118,577
Short Interest: % Change Since 815202513.9%
Average Daily Volume699,258
Days-to-Cover Short Interest4.46
Basic Shares Quantity56,076,723
Short % of Basic Shares5.6%

Earnings Returns History

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 Forward Returns
Earnings Date1D Returns5D Returns21D Returns
7/31/202532.1%19.0%28.8%
2/25/20257.0%4.8%0.3%
11/6/20244.4%7.7%17.4%
8/1/2024-0.5%3.8%7.7%
5/2/20242.0%3.1%-5.2%
2/20/2024-12.9%-9.8%-9.0%
10/30/2023-4.8%-3.1%4.8%
8/3/20234.6%-0.3%7.5%
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SUMMARY STATS   
# Positive141417
# Negative10107
Median Positive5.8%4.6%7.5%
Median Negative-5.3%-2.7%-15.1%
Max Positive32.1%20.1%34.0%
Max Negative-12.9%-25.6%-39.3%

SEC Filings

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Report DateFiling DateFiling
6302025731202510-Q 6/30/2025
3312025501202510-Q 3/31/2025
12312024225202510-K 12/31/2024
93020241106202410-Q 9/30/2024
6302024801202410-Q 6/30/2024
3312024502202410-Q 3/31/2024
12312023220202410-K 12/31/2023
93020231030202310-Q 9/30/2023
6302023803202310-Q 6/30/2023
3312023502202310-Q 3/31/2023
12312022221202310-K 12/31/2022
93020221102202210-Q 9/30/2022
6302022809202210-Q 6/30/2022
3312022503202210-Q 3/31/2022
12312021222202210-K 12/31/2021
93020211103202110-Q 9/30/2021

Insider Activity

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 OwnerTitleFiling DateActionPriceSharesTransacted
Value
Value of
Held Shares
Form
0Klindt JillEVP, CFO & Treasurer5272025Sell67.107,773521,5687,218,685Form
1Herz Robert H 3142025Sell88.701,00088,7003,023,251Form
2Hawkins Michael D.EVP, Sales3142025Sell85.918,992772,5034,493,608Form
3Hawkins Michael D.EVP, Sales3072025Sell85.4310,421890,2665,236,688Form
4Ziegler BrandonEVP, CLO, CAO & Corp Secretary3072025Sell85.724,115352,7388,872,791Form