Workday (WDAY) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Workday, Inc. develops cloud-based enterprise software for managing an organization’s people, finances and operations. Its platform is primarily used by businesses, government agencies and educational institutions to support human resources, finance, planning, analytics and related administrative processes.

The company’s offerings include Workday Human Capital Management, Financial Management, Adaptive Planning, Spend Management, payroll, recruiting, talent management, learning and workforce analytics. Workday also provides tools that allow customers to extend and customize its applications, integrate data from other systems and use artificial intelligence and machine learning to support business decision-making.

Workday was founded in 2005 by Dave Duffield and Aneel Bhusri and is headquartered in Pleasanton, California. The company serves organizations in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and other international markets across industries such as technology, financial services, healthcare, retail, manufacturing, education and government. Carl Eschenbach serves as chief executive officer, while Aneel Bhusri is executive chair.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $187.86 to $193.60
• 50-Day Range: $165.05 to $206.92
• 52-Week Range: $110.36 to $247.40
• Volume: 2.10 million shs
• Average Volume: 4.72 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $45.37 billion
• P/E Ratio: 38.18
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $205.55
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Workday Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Workday scored higher than 79% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 166th out of 596 stocks in the technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Workday has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.45, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 20 buy ratings, 18 hold ratings, and 2 sell ratings.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for Workday is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Workday has been the subject of 30 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 32.65%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Workday are expected to grow by 32.65% in the coming year, from $5.33 to $7.07 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Workday is 38.18, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.93.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Workday is 38.18, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 79.93.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Workday has a PEG Ratio of 1.87. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Workday has a P/B Ratio of 6.25. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

6.44% of the float of Workday has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Workday has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.96.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Workday has recently decreased by 10.78%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Workday does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Workday does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.38

News Sentiment

Workday has a news sentiment score of 0.38. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.65 average news sentiment score of Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 28 news articles for Workday this week, compared to 10 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 10 people have searched for WDAY on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -52% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

7 people have added Workday to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 75% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.1 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Workday insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $169,913,604.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

18.64% of the stock of Workday is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

89.81% of the stock of Workday is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/27/2026
• Today: 10/12/2026
• Analyst Day 2026: 10/13/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/24/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 1/31/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Technology
• Industry: Software
• Sub-Industry: Application Software
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:WDAY
• CIK: 1327811
• Web: www.workday.com
• Phone: (925) 951-9000
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 21,070
• Year Founded: 2005

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Workday: $205.55
• High Price Target: $315.00
• Low Price Target: $92.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +9.2%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.45
• Research Coverage: 40 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $4.93
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 38.18
• Forward P/E Ratio: 35.32
• P/E Growth: 1.87
• Net Income: $693 million
• Net Margins: 12.32%
• Pretax Margin: 12.64%
• Return on Equity: 20.95%
• Return on Assets: 9.22%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.31
• Current Ratio: 0.91
• Quick Ratio: 0.91

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $9.55 billion
• Price / Sales: 4.75
• Cash Flow: $7.29 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 25.81
• Book Value: $30.12 per share
• Price / Book: 6.25

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 241,000,000
• Free Float: 196,078,000
• Market Cap: $45.37 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.07