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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.

WDAY

$195.79

−$11.13 (−5.38%)

Sep 4, 2026 · Market close

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WDAY Key Statistics

As of Sep 4, 2026
Trading
Open
$206.94
Previous Close
$206.92
Day's Range
195.40–206.94
52-Week Range
110.36–249.85
Volume
2.86M
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.
1.08
Valuation
Market Cap
$47.19B
P/E Ratio
42.20
Forward P/EShare price divided by forecast earnings for the year ahead, rather than the year just past.
14.82
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.
0.76
P/S ratioMarket value divided by annual revenue. Useful for companies that are not yet profitable, where a P/E cannot be calculated.
4.65
EPS (ttm)Profit attributable to each share over the last twelve months.
4.64
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
−15.29%
Dividend and dates
Avg Volume
4.86M

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

WDAY Stock Return by Calendar Year

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

YearReturn
2026 (partial year)−8.84%
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 September 4, 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 258 stocks
MetricWDAYSoftware - Application medianvs median
P/E42.2027.2055% above
P/S ratio4.652.8265% above
Profit margin12.32%0.00%12.3 pts above

Medians across 258 Software - Application stocks that report the metric. Medians, not averages, so one outlier cannot move them. As of September 4, 2026.

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Company Overview

The market values Workday, Inc. Class A Common Stock (WDAY) at $47.19B. 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 $195.79, dated September 4, 2026. That is −$11.13 (−5.38%) against the previous close. Over the past 52 weeks the price has ranged from $110.36 to $249.85. The latest close sits 77.41% 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 12.3 percentage points above the Software - Application median of 0%. Trailing earnings per share are 4.64.

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 42.2 times earnings. That is 55.15% above the Software - Application median of 27.2. The forward P/E on file is 14.82. The PEG ratio, which sets the P/E against expected earnings growth, reads 0.76. The price-to-sales ratio is 4.65. On price-to-sales that is 64.94% above the Software - Application median of 2.82. 258 Software - Application companies report these metrics, and the medians quoted come from that group.

Beta against the wider market is reported at 1.08. Annualized volatility over the trailing 10 years is 39.98%. The trailing one-year price return is −15.29%. Across 10 years the annualized return works out at +8.21%.

Growth & Income

No dividend is on file for WDAY.

So far in 2026 the price is −8.84%. 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 $47.19B 42.2
SAP SE SAP $248.28B 28.0
Salesforce, Inc. CRM $213.35B 24.2
Shopify Inc. SHOP $188.28B 98.0

The Software - Application industry average P/E ratio is 27.2x. Workday, Inc. Class A Common Stock trades at a P/E of 42.2.

Every figure above is read from this page's own data on each nightly rebuild. Informational only, not financial advice. As of September 4, 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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