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Workday, Inc. Class A Common Stock (WDAY) Stock Analysis

Workday, Inc. Class A Common Stock (WDAY) is a Software - Application stock listed on NASDAQ and quoted in US Dollar.

Last Updated: October 21, 2026

WDAY

$202.96

−$1.02 (−0.50%)

Oct 21, 2026 · Market close

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WDAY Key Statistics

As of Oct 21, 2026
Trading
Open
$203.97
Previous Close
$203.98
Day's Range
201.15–206.02
52-Week Range
110.36–247.40
Volume
1.67M
BetaHow much the share price moves relative to the wider market. 1.0 moves in line with it; above 1.0 swings more, below 1.0 less.
1.07
Valuation
Market Cap
$48.91B
P/E Ratio
41.34
Forward P/EShare price divided by forecast earnings for the year ahead, rather than the year just past.
15.34
PEG RatioThe P/E ratio divided by the expected earnings growth rate. It puts a high P/E in the context of how fast profits are growing.
0.61
P/S ratioMarket value divided by annual revenue. Useful for companies that are not yet profitable, where a P/E cannot be calculated.
4.82
EPS (ttm)Profit attributable to each share over the last twelve months.
4.91
Financials (FY)
Revenue (FY)
$9.55B+13.09%
Net Income (FY)
$693.00M+31.75%
Profit marginThe share of revenue left as profit after all costs and taxes.
12.32%
Shares OutstandingThe total number of shares held by all investors. Market value is this figure multiplied by the share price.
196.00M
1-Year Return
−17.39%
Dividend and dates
Avg Volume
3.66M

Only metrics the company reports are shown. Data provided by Yahoo Finance via yfinance. Updated daily.

Key facts

As of October 21, 2026, WDAY closed at $202.96, −17.39% over 1 year.

Workday, Inc. Class A Common Stock (WDAY) has a market capitalization of $48.91B.

In fiscal 2025, WDAY reported revenue of $9.55B.

WDAY Stock Return by Calendar Year

Workday, Inc. Class A Common Stock (WDAY) 10-year return: what $10,000 became

1 year
$10,000 $8,261
−17.39%
5 years
$10,000 $7,223
−27.77%
10 years
$10,000 $22,939
+129.39%

If you had invested $10,000 in Workday, Inc. Class A Common Stock (WDAY) 10 years ago, at the close on October 21, 2016, it would have been worth $22,939 at the close on October 21, 2026: +129.39% in total, +8.66% a year. A historical calculation from closing prices adjusted for splits and dividends, before fees and taxes.

Calendar-year returns computed from daily closing prices. Partial years are shown muted and marked with an asterisk.

YearReturn
2026 (partial year)−5.50%
2025−16.76%
2024−6.53%
2023+64.98%
2022−38.75%
2021+14.01%
2020+45.70%
2019+2.99%
2018+56.95%
2017+53.94%
2016 (partial year)−20.01%

As of October 21, 2026.

WDAY Revenue and Earnings by Fiscal Year

FY ends January
Fiscal yearRevenueNet incomeNet margin
2025$9.55B$693.00M7.3%
2024$8.45B$526.00M6.2%
2023$7.26B$1.38B19.0%
2022$6.22B−$367.00M−5.9%
Fiscal yearRevenueGross profitOperating incomeNet incomeNet margin
2025$9.55B$7.23B$1.02B$693.00M7.3%
2024$8.45B$6.38B$499.00M$526.00M6.2%
2023$7.26B$5.49B$183.00M$1.38B19.0%
2022$6.22B$4.51B−$182.00M−$367.00M−5.9%

Annual figures as reported, in the company's reporting currency. As of January 31, 2026.

WDAY Valuation vs Software - Application Median

Median of 240 stocks
MetricWDAYSoftware - Application medianvs median
P/E41.3429.7939% above
P/S ratio4.822.8370% above
Profit margin12.32%0.82%11.5 pts above

Medians across 240 Software - Application stocks that report the metric. Medians, not averages, so one outlier cannot move them. As of October 21, 2026.

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Analysis

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Company Overview

The market values Workday, Inc. Class A Common Stock (WDAY) at $48.91B. The company sits in the Technology sector, in the Software - Application industry. Headcount on file is 20,896.

The most recent close on file for WDAY is $202.96, dated October 21, 2026. That is −$1.02 (−0.50%) against the previous close. Over the past 52 weeks the price has ranged from $110.36 to $247.40. The latest close sits 83.91% above that 52-week low.

Financial Health

The most recent full year on file, fiscal 2025, shows revenue of $9.55B. That is +13.09% against the prior fiscal year, when revenue was $8.45B. Net income for the same year was $693.00M. That is +31.75% against the prior fiscal year. Profit margin runs at 12.32%. That is 11.5 percentage points above the Software - Application median of 0.82%. Trailing earnings per share are 4.91.

Across the 4 fiscal years on file, revenue moves from $6.22B in 2022 to $9.55B in 2025. Of those 4 years, 3 report positive net income.

Valuation Assessment

On trailing earnings, the shares are priced at 41.34 times earnings. That is 38.77% above the Software - Application median of 29.79. The forward P/E on file is 15.34. The PEG ratio, which sets the P/E against expected earnings growth, reads 0.61. The price-to-sales ratio is 4.82. On price-to-sales that is 70.43% above the Software - Application median of 2.83. 240 Software - Application companies report these metrics, and the medians quoted come from that group.

Beta against the wider market is reported at 1.07. Annualized volatility over the trailing 10 years is 40.15%. The trailing one-year total return is −17.39%. Across 10 years the annualized return works out at +8.66%.

Growth & Income

No dividend is on file for WDAY.

So far in 2026 the total return is −5.50%. Across the complete calendar years on file, 2023 returned +64.98% and 2022 returned −38.75%. Of the 9 complete calendar years on file, 6 finished higher.

Peer Comparison

Workday, Inc. Class A Common Stock (WDAY) operates in the Software - Application industry. Here is how it compares to its closest peers by market capitalization:

Company Ticker Market Cap P/E Ratio
Workday, Inc. Class A Common Stock WDAY $48.91B 41.3
SAP SE SAP $268.62B 29.9
Shopify Inc. SHOP $226.17B 117.8
Salesforce, Inc. CRM $198.98B 22.1

The Software - Application industry average P/E ratio is 29.8x. Workday, Inc. Class A Common Stock trades at a P/E of 41.3.

Every figure above is read from this page's own data on each daily rebuild. Informational only, not financial advice. As of October 21, 2026.

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About Workday, Inc. Class A Common Stock

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.

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