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WDAY · NasdaqGS

Workday, Inc.

Software - Application · United States

USD 193.87-2.7% daily changeQuote 2026-09-18 · USD
Market cap (USD)
US$46.72B
Trailing P/E
39.57x
Forward P/E
14.66x
Quarterly revenue growth
12.8%
Trailing net margin
12.3%
Indicated dividend yield

Snapshot 2026-09-20 · Latest financial period 2026-07-31 · Yahoo Finance. Quotes may be delayed; reporting periods can differ.

Company background

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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Q2 FY2027

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WDAY Stock: Workday’s AI Sells, But The Order Book Grew 8% - Q2 FY2027

Published 2026-08-30

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MetricWDAYWorkday, Inc.Snapshot 2026-09-20Financial period: 2026-07-31NOWServiceNow, Inc.Snapshot 2026-09-20Financial period: 2026-06-30HUBSHubSpot, Inc.Snapshot 2026-09-20Financial period: 2026-06-30
Market capMarket value, converted to USDUS$46.72BUS$140.06BUS$11.06B
Forward P/EProvider forward earnings estimate14.66x27.06x12.85x
EV / EBITDAEnterprise value / trailing EBITDA29.69x49.65x61.76x
Revenue growthLatest quarter vs prior-year quarter12.8%24.0%19.8%
Operating marginLatest reported quarter11.8%4.1%4.9%
Free cash flow yieldTrailing cash flow / market cap6.5%3.7%6.0%
Net debt / EBITDANet debt / trailing EBITDA0.23x1.31x-7.03x
Debt / equityTotal debt / positive book equity0.58x0.68x0.14x
Trailing P/ETrailing twelve-month earnings39.57x84.67x76.91x
Price / bookPrice / positive book equity per share7.22x11.19x6.48x
EV / salesEnterprise value / trailing revenue4.64x9.76x2.81x
Earnings growthLatest quarter vs prior-year quarter206.0%-21.9%
Gross marginTrailing twelve months75.8%74.8%83.2%
Net marginTrailing twelve months12.3%11.3%4.3%
Return on equityProvider trailing return; positive equity only16.0%14.2%7.9%
Free cash flow marginTrailing free cash flow / revenue30.0%35.0%19.3%
Dividend yieldIndicated annual dividend / price
Earnings payoutProvider trailing dividend payout0.0%0.0%0.0%
Current ratioCurrent assets / current liabilities0.91x0.70x1.38x
BetaProvider historical market sensitivity1.080.971.18

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Q2 FY20272026-08-30
Q1 FY20272026-05-22

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