Workday Inc
WDAY · NASDAQ · Software
Workday, Inc. is a leading enterprise software company focused on cloud-based applications for human resources, finance, planning, payroll, analytics, and business operations.
Current price
$188.77
▲ +$2.75 (1.48%) today
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Business Health
Is the business financially healthy?
Yes — healthy
Revenue, earnings, cash generation and the balance sheet stand out.
Overall
- Growth Strong
Revenue
$10.2bn · ↑ +13% last year
- Growth Excellent
Earnings
$1.3bn · ↑ +32% last year
- Good
Margins
Keeps 12% of sales as operating profit
- Excellent
Cash generation
$2.8bn spare cash a year · 27% of sales
- Strong
Balance sheet
Debt ≈ 0.2 years of earnings
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Financial and earnings trendsSales, margins, profit, earnings per share and cash, year by year.
Reported annual results, newest first · Market data. “Growth” is the change in sales on the year before.
| Year | Revenue | Growth | Operating margin | Net income | EPS | Free cash flow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | $9.6bn | +13.1% | 10.7% | $693m | $2.59 | $2.8bn |
| FY2025 | $8.4bn | +16.4% | 5.9% | $526m | $1.95 | $2.2bn |
| FY2024 | $7.3bn | +16.8% | 2.5% | $1.4bn | $5.21 | $1.9bn |
| FY2023 | $6.2bn | — | −2.9% | −$367m | −$1.44 | $1.3bn |
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What the company doesThe full company profile.
Workday, Inc. is a leading enterprise software company focused on cloud-based applications for human resources, finance, planning, payroll, analytics, and business operations. Its platform helps large organisations manage their workforce, financial processes, employee data, budgeting, reporting, procurement, and enterprise decision-making through a single cloud-native system.
Workday’s strength comes from its deep position in HR and finance software, subscription-based model, large enterprise customer base, and growing use of artificial intelligence across business workflows. As organisations modernise legacy systems, automate administrative processes, improve workforce planning, and seek better financial visibility, Workday remains an important software provider for enterprise digital transformation.
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Financial statementsEvery published figure with its source, the market snapshot and connected sheets.
Income
- Revenue
- $10.2bnMarket data
- Gross profit
- $7.7bnMarket data
- EBITDA
- $1.6bnMarket data
- Operating profit (EBIT)
- $1.0bnMarket data
- Net income
- $1.3bnMarket data
- Earnings per share (EPS)
- $4.91Market data
Growth
- Revenue growth, latest year
- Strong13.1%Calculated
- Revenue growth, 3-year average
- Strong15.4%Calculated
- Earnings growth, latest year
- Excellent31.7%Calculated
- Revenue growth, latest quarter vs a year earlier
- 12.8%Market data
- Earnings growth, latest quarter vs a year earlier
- 206.0%Market data
Margins & returns
- Gross margin
- Excellent75.8%Market data
- EBITDA margin
- 15.6%Market data
- Operating margin
- Average11.8%Market data
- Net margin
- Good12.3%Market data
- Return on equity (ROE)
- Strong16.0%Market data
- Return on assets (ROA)
- 4.5%Market data
Cash flow
- Operating cash flow
- $3.1bnMarket data
- Free cash flow
- $2.8bnMarket data
- Free-cash-flow margin
- Excellent27.3%Calculated
- Free cash flow ÷ net income
- 2.2×Calculated
Balance sheet
- Cash
- $3.4bnMarket data
- Total debt
- $3.8bnMarket data
- Net debt
- $369mMarket data
- Net debt ÷ EBITDA
- Strong0.2×Calculated
- Debt ÷ equity
- 0.6×Market data
- Current ratio
- 0.9×Market data
Shares & dividends
- Shares outstanding
- 196.0mMarket data
- Market capitalisation
- $45.5bnMarket data
- Dividend per share
- $0.00Market data
- Dividend yield
- Weak0.0%Market data
- Payout ratio
- 0.0%Market data
- Market data — the live feed (Yahoo Finance)
- Calculated — worked out by ET&A from the figures shown, using the formulas in our methodology
Other published figures
- Price / Sales
- Members
- EV / EBITDA
- Members
- Price / Book
- Members
- Forward P/E
- Members
Market data
LiveAs of 14 October 2026
- P/E Ratio
- 38.45x
Valuation multiplesP/E, forward P/E, EV/EBITDA, Price/Sales and FCF yield — today and at Fair Value.Members
Standard ways of comparing the share price with the company’s earnings, sales and cash. Tap the “i” for what each one means.
| Measure | Today | Source |
|---|---|---|
| P/E | Members | |
| Forward P/E | Members | |
| EV/EBITDA | Members | |
| Price/Sales | Members | |
| FCF Yield | Members |
Valuation ratios are part of ET&A membership.
Other published measures
- Price / Book
- Members
Historical dataValuation history, how our view has changed, and the share-price history.
Share-price history
Use the 5Y and Max ranges on the price chart at the top of the page.
ForecastsWhat analysts expect — market consensus, not ET&A estimates.
Forecasts
- Forward EPS (next year, consensus)
- $13.24Market data
- Expected EPS growth, next year
- Excellent20.0%Market data
- Expected revenue growth, next year
- 11.7%Market data
Forecasts are market consensus or calculated from forward EPS — not ET&A estimates, and they can be wrong.
MethodologyHow ET&A values a company and reaches a view.
How we value Workday Inc
- 1. The right method for the business. Each business is valued on the method that suits its economics — earnings for most companies, book value and returns for banks and insurers, cash flows or dividends where earnings mislead.
- 2. What the business deserves. ET&A builds a fair multiple from the company's own quality, sustainable growth, earnings predictability and risk. History, peers and the market are checked against it, but they don't set it.
- 3. Fair Value. The earnings (or other basis) per share multiplied by that fair multiple, cross-checked against independent methods.
- 4. Preferred Entry. A price below Fair Value that leaves room for the return ET&A requires for the company's risk.
- 5. Is it expensive? Today’s price is placed on ET&A’s Valuation Attractiveness scale — the same measure the ET&A Score uses. Cheap is the Preferred Entry; above Fair Value the shares are Expensive, and Very Expensive once they are more than 25% above it.
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Read the full ET&A methodology →Scoring calculationsBehind the ET&A Score and the Business Health ratings.
Behind the ET&A Score
The automatic, rules-based scores that feed our research. The ET&A Score blends these with our own analysis of the business and its value. How the framework works →
ET&A Quant Score
Thin margins · Strong balance sheet · Positive
Context — not part of the score
- Valuation multiplesPriced on the high side
- Share-price steadinessVery high volatility
- IncomeNo dividend
Valuation and share-price swings describe the shares, not the company, so they are judged in the ET&A Score and View instead.
- Annualised volatility
- Members
- Max drawdown (1y)
- Members
- 12-month return
- Members
- 3-month return
- Members
- P/E
- Members
- Price / Sales
- Members
- EV / EBITDA
- Members
- EBITDA margin
- Members
- Net debt / EBITDA
- Members
- Dividend yield
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Based on the factors that could be measured (45% of the model).
Business Health ratings
Each area is scored from 0 to 10 on ET&A’s methodology scales — the same ones our research uses — then given a word: Excellent from 8.5, Strong from 7, Good from 5.5, Average from 4.5, Below Average from 3, Weak below 3. The overall answer is the average of the areas we could rate (at least three); the dividend isn’t part of it.
| Area | Based on | Score | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue |
Rated on 3-year average revenue growth, on ET&A's growth scale. | 8.1 / 10 | Strong |
| Earnings |
Rated on the latest year's earnings growth, on ET&A's growth scale. | 10.0 / 10 | Excellent |
| Margins |
The average of operating and net margin, each scored on ET&A's margin scales. A negative margin scores 1 (Weak). | 5.8 / 10 | Good |
| Cash generation |
Free cash flow as a share of sales, on ET&A's cash-generation scale. | 9.5 / 10 | Excellent |
| Balance sheet |
Net debt ÷ EBITDA — roughly how many years of operating earnings would repay the debt — on ET&A's leverage scale. | 8.3 / 10 | Strong |
| Overall | Average of the 5 rated areas | 8.3 / 10 | Strong |
ET&A's scales
Where each band starts on the scales above. They are fixed and identical for every company we cover; they come straight from ET&A’s methodology, so a company is judged the same way here as in our research.
| Measure | Excellent | Strong | Good | Average | Below Average | Weak |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GrowthStructural Growth (Fundamental Conviction) | 18%+ | 10%+ | 5.0%+ | 1.7%+ | −2.5%+ | below −2.5% |
| Operating marginCompetitive Position (Fundamental Conviction) | 29%+ | 20%+ | 13%+ | 7.5%+ | 0%+ | below 0% (loss) |
| Net marginEarnings Durability (Fundamental Conviction) | 23%+ | 15%+ | 9.8%+ | 6.0%+ | 0%+ | below 0% (loss) |
| Free-cash-flow marginCapital Allocation (Fundamental Conviction) | 15%+ | 8.5%+ | 3.8%+ | 1.3%+ | −2.5%+ | below −2.5% |
| Net debt ÷ EBITDAStructural Risk (Fundamental Conviction) | net cash | ≤ 1.5× | ≤ 2.8× | ≤ 3.6× | ≤ 5.0× | above 5.0× |
| Return on equity (banks & insurers)Bank and insurer quality | 16%+ | 12%+ | 9.0%+ | 6.7%+ | 2.7%+ | below 2.7% |
| Equity ÷ assetsBank capital | 7.5%+ | 6.0%+ | 4.7%+ | 4.0%+ | any | — |
| Dividend yieldIncome factor (ET&A Quant Score) | 5.8%+ | 4.0%+ | 2.5%+ | 1.8%+ | 1.0%+ | below 1.0% |
Band floors: Excellent 8.5 · Strong 7 · Good 5.5 · Average 4.5 · Below Average 3 (scores out of 10). Utilities and property companies’ structural debt is scored 6.5, as in ET&A’s risk model.
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