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Workday (WDAY)


Market Price (9/15/2025): $223.2 | Market Cap: $59.5 Bil
Sector: Information Technology | Industry: Application Software

Workday (WDAY)


Market Price (9/15/2025): $223.2
Market Cap: $59.5 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 29%, FCF/Rev LTMFree Cash Flow / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is 27%, CFO LTM is 2.6 Bil, FCF LTM is 2.4 Bil
Weak multi-year price returns
2Y Excs Rtn is -59%, 3Y Excs Rtn is -31%
Expensive valuation multiples
P/EPrice/Earnings or Price/(Net Income) is 102x
1 Low stock price volatility
Vol 12M is 34%
  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 -3.6%
0 Attractive cash flow generation
CFO/Rev LTMCash Flow from Operations / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is 29%, FCF/Rev LTMFree Cash Flow / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is 27%, CFO LTM is 2.6 Bil, FCF LTM is 2.4 Bil
1 Low stock price volatility
Vol 12M is 34%
2 Weak multi-year price returns
2Y Excs Rtn is -59%, 3Y Excs Rtn is -31%
3 Expensive valuation multiples
P/EPrice/Earnings or Price/(Net Income) is 102x
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 -3.6%

Market Valuation

 9/15/25202420232022
Share Price CYE$223.20$258.03$276.06$167.33
Market Cap CYE ($ Bil)59.568.572.442.8
Total Debt ($ Bil)3.83.43.33.2
Total Cash ($ Bil)8.28.07.86.1
Enterprise Value ($ Bil)55.171.975.746.0
Valuation Ratios    
P/S TTM6.78.19.96.9
P/EBIT TTM68.591.0153.5-269.9
P/E TTM102.1130.152.2-116.2
Sector Ratios    
P/S TTM (Sector)3.23.12.82.5
P/EBIT TTM (Sector)4.0-0.0-0.1-0.5
P/E TTM (Sector)-0.4-0.3-0.4-0.5
 9/15/252024
Share Price CYE$223.20$258.03
Market Cap CYE ($ Bil)59.568.5
Total Debt ($ Bil)3.83.4
Total Cash ($ Bil)8.28.0
Enterprise Value ($ Bil)55.171.9
Valuation Ratios  
P/S TTM6.78.1
P/EBIT TTM68.591.0
P/E TTM102.1130.1
Sector Ratios  
P/S TTM (Sector)3.23.1
P/EBIT TTM (Sector)4.0-0.0
P/E TTM (Sector)-0.4-0.3

Business Description

Workday, Inc. provides enterprise cloud applications worldwide. Its applications help its customers to plan, execute, analyze, and extend to other applications and environments, and to manage their business and operations. Show more

Price Returns Compared

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 202020212022202320242025Total [1]
Returns
WDAY Return46%14%-39%65%-7%-13%36%
Peers Return63%17%-25%9%25%4%102%
S&P 500 Return16%27%-19%24%23%12%104%

[1] Cumulative total returns since the beginning of 2020
[2] Peers: PAYX, FIS, WK, BL, ORCL. See WDAY Returns vs. Peers.
[3] 2025 data is for the year up to 9/12/2025 (YTD)

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Financials

WDAYPAYXFISWKBLORCLMedian
NameWorkday Paychex Fidelity.Workiva BlackLineOracle  
Mkt Price223.39135.1166.8477.4854.29292.18106.30
Mkt Cap59.648.735.14.33.4820.141.9
Rev LTM8,9595,57210,31780767457,3997,265
Op Inc LTM7782,2081,775-823218,0521,276
FCF LTM2,3921,7091,932103144-394927
FCF 3Y Avg2,0231,670772661196,6281,221
CFO LTM2,5911,9012,81510617920,8212,246
CFO 3Y Avg2,2621,8351,6676814918,8861,751

Growth & Margins

WDAYPAYXFISWKBLORCLMedian
NameWorkday Paychex Fidelity.Workiva BlackLineOracle  
Rev Chg LTM13.9%5.6%3.6%19.0%8.0%8.4%8.2%
Rev Chg 3Y Avg16.5%6.5%1.6%17.7%12.6%10.7%11.6%
Rev Chg Q12.6%10.2%5.1%21.2%7.2%11.3%10.8%
QoQ Delta Rev Chg LTM3.0%2.4%1.2%4.9%1.7%2.9%2.7%
Op Mgn LTM8.7%39.6%17.2%-10.2%4.8%31.5%12.9%
Op Mgn 3Y Avg4.1%40.5%16.1%-13.1%2.4%29.8%10.1%
QoQ Delta Op Mgn LTM1.3%-1.9%0.1%0.6%0.7%-0.4%0.4%
CFO/Rev LTM28.9%34.1%27.3%13.1%26.5%36.3%28.1%
CFO/Rev 3Y Avg28.7%34.7%16.4%9.5%23.7%35.3%26.2%
FCF/Rev LTM26.7%30.7%18.7%12.7%21.3%-0.7%20.0%
FCF/Rev 3Y Avg25.6%31.6%7.5%9.1%19.0%12.9%15.9%

Valuation

WDAYPAYXFISWKBLORCLMedian
NameWorkday Paychex Fidelity.Workiva BlackLineOracle  
Mkt Cap59.648.735.14.33.4820.141.9
P/S6.78.73.45.45.014.36.0
P/EBIT68.621.421.1-92.953.146.233.8
P/E102.229.4313.3-65.338.365.952.1
P/CFO23.025.612.541.118.939.424.3
Total Yield1.0%6.4%2.7%-1.5%2.6%2.1%2.4%
Dividend Yield0.0%3.0%2.3%0.0%0.0%0.6%0.3%
FCF Yield 3Y Avg3.3%3.7%1.7%1.6%3.7%1.9%2.6%
D/E0.10.10.40.20.30.10.2
Net D/E-0.10.10.4-0.00.00.10.0

Returns

WDAYPAYXFISWKBLORCLMedian
NameWorkday Paychex Fidelity.Workiva BlackLineOracle  
1M Rtn-1.2%-2.3%-5.1%3.7%6.8%17.7%1.2%
3M Rtn-8.6%-11.2%-15.3%17.9%0.4%36.0%-4.1%
6M Rtn-8.5%-5.7%-4.7%-11.5%8.8%96.9%-5.2%
12M Rtn-10.7%2.8%-18.9%3.7%8.6%82.2%3.3%
3Y Rtn44.7%24.0%-15.7%11.9%-22.3%333.2%18.0%
1M Excs Rtn-1.7%-4.3%-9.4%1.7%4.1%17.8%0.0%
3M Excs Rtn-19.8%-20.2%-25.7%7.1%-11.6%37.6%-15.7%
6M Excs Rtn-25.1%-23.7%-22.4%-28.2%-4.9%79.8%-23.1%
12M Excs Rtn-32.4%-16.2%-38.0%-10.6%-7.1%69.6%-13.4%
3Y Excs Rtn-30.7%-46.3%-85.5%-50.6%-86.3%243.0%-48.5%

Financials

Segment Financials

Revenue by Segment

$ Mil20252024202320222021
Subscription services6,6035,5674,5463,7883,096
Professional services656649593530531
Total7,2596,2165,1394,3183,627


Price Behavior

Short Interest

Short Interest: As Of Date8292025
Short Interest: Shares Quantity10,442,344
Short Interest: % Change Since 815202525.8%
Average Daily Volume4,510,222
Days-to-Cover Short Interest2.32
Basic Shares Quantity266,777,000
Short % of Basic Shares3.9%

Earnings Returns History

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 Forward Returns
Earnings Date1D Returns5D Returns21D Returns
8/21/2025-2.8%0.4% 
5/22/2025-12.5%-9.0%-12.1%
2/5/20256.3%1.3%-2.3%
11/26/2024-6.2%-0.5%-1.5%
8/22/202412.5%13.5%6.0%
5/23/2024-15.3%-19.0%-16.7%
2/26/2024-4.0%-11.1%-9.7%
11/28/202311.0%12.8%16.3%
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SUMMARY STATS   
# Positive131112
# Negative121413
Median Positive7.1%8.7%6.5%
Median Negative-5.1%-6.3%-9.6%
Max Positive17.2%13.5%17.1%
Max Negative-15.3%-19.0%-20.4%

Insider Activity

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 OwnerTitleFiling DateActionPriceSharesTransacted
Value
Value of
Held Shares
Form
0Garfield Mark S.Chief Accounting Officer7142025Sell234.86451105,92210,093,578Form
1Eschenbach Carl M.CEO7032025Sell237.0320047,4071,782,977Form
2DUFFIELD DAVID A6182025Sell244.394,2301,033,7579,963,654Form
3STILL GEORGE J JR 6092025Sell247.904,7331,173,30217,419,063Form
4Eschenbach Carl M.CEO5282025Sell241.233,125753,8441,862,778Form