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Workday (WDAY) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$204.72 +11.15 (+5.76%)
As of 04:00 PM Eastern

About Workday Stock (NASDAQ:WDAY)

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Key Stats

Today's Range
$189.25
$207.84
50-Day Range
$113.04
$206.45
52-Week Range
$110.36
$249.85
Volume
8.66 million shs
Average Volume
5.12 million shs
Market Capitalization
$50.57 billion
P/E Ratio
63.98
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$206.00
Consensus Rating
Hold

Company Overview

Workday, Inc. (NASDAQ: WDAY) is a provider of cloud-based enterprise applications focused on human capital management (HCM) and financial management. Founded in 2005 by Dave Duffield and Aneel Bhusri following their tenure at PeopleSoft, the company develops software-as-a-service solutions that help organizations manage workforce and financial processes in a unified, cloud-native environment. Workday’s platform emphasizes continuous updates, data security, and a configurable architecture aimed at large and mid-sized enterprises.

The company’s product portfolio centers on Workday Human Capital Management and Workday Financial Management, with additional offerings for payroll, talent management, workforce planning and analytics. Workday has expanded its capabilities through in-house development and targeted acquisitions, notably Adaptive Insights for planning and budgeting, to provide integrated planning, reporting and analytics. Its platform includes integration and development tools for building and connecting applications, as well as industry-specific functionality for sectors such as education, healthcare and government.

Workday serves a global customer base across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and other regions, supporting organizations of varying sizes and industries with subscription-based cloud services. The company’s leadership and founding team, including Duffield and Bhusri, have roots in enterprise software and helped shape Workday’s strategy of delivering enterprise-grade HR and financial systems via the cloud. Workday also engages customers and partners through ecosystem programs, training and annual user conferences to promote adoption, innovation and product feedback.

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Workday Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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71st Percentile Overall Score

WDAY MarketRank™: 

Workday scored higher than 71% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 269th out of 606 stocks in the technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Workday has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.46, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 20 buy ratings, 17 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 28 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

  • Read more about Workday's stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Workday are expected to grow by 30.48% in the coming year, from $5.38 to $7.02 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Workday is 63.91, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.38.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Workday is 63.91, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 76.22.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    Workday has a PEG Ratio of 2.03. 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 6.79. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    10.01% 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 3.86, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Workday has recently decreased by 20.61%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.
  • Dividend Yield

    Workday does not currently pay a dividend.

  • Dividend Growth

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

  • News Sentiment

    Workday has a news sentiment score of 0.62. 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 0.85 average news sentiment score of Technology companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 61 news articles for Workday this week, compared to 12 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    25 people have searched for WDAY on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 19% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    9 people have added Workday to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 800% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • 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 $113,938,503.00 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.

  • Read more about Workday's insider trading history.
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WDAY Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Workday's stock was trading at $214.78 at the beginning of 2026. Since then, WDAY stock has decreased by 4.5% and is now trading at $205.07.

Workday, Inc. (NASDAQ:WDAY) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August, 27th. The software maker reported $2.75 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.61 by $0.14. Workday's revenue for the quarter was up 12.8% on a year-over-year basis.
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Workday subsidiaries include these companies: Peakon, Scout RFP, Trusted Key, Stories, Workday Adaptive Planning, Rallyteam, Tri-Valley Resellers LLC, and others.

Workday (WDAY) raised $569 million in an initial public offering on Wednesday, September 20th 2017. The company issued 22,750,000 shares at $24.00-$26.00 per share.

Top institutional investors of Workday include California State Teachers Retirement System (14.94%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.15%), NEOS Investment Management LLC (0.07%) and Railway Pension Investments Ltd (0.05%). Insiders that own company stock include Aneel Bhusri, Zane Rowe, Zane Rowe, Gerrit S Kazmaier, Robert Enslin, Douglas A Robinson, James Bozzini, Sayan Chakraborty, David A Duffield, Richard Harry Sauer, Mark S Garfield, George J Still Jr, Michael M Mcnamara, Carl M Eschenbach and Wayne AI Frederick.
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Shares of WDAY stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Workday investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Salesforce (CRM), Netflix (NFLX), Broadcom (AVGO) and Tesla (TSLA).

Company Calendar

Last Earnings
8/27/2026
Today
8/28/2026
Fiscal Year End
1/31/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NASDAQ
Industry
Software
Sub-Industry
Application Software
Current Symbol
NASDAQ:WDAY
CIK
1327811
Fax
N/A
Employees
21,070
Year Founded
2005

Price Target and Rating

High Price Target
$315.00
Low Price Target
$92.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+0.6%
Consensus Rating
Hold
Rating Score (0-4)
2.46
Research Coverage
39 Analysts

Profitability

EPS (Trailing Twelve Months)
$3.20
Trailing P/E Ratio
63.98
Forward P/E Ratio
38.05
P/E Growth
2.03
Net Income
$693 million
Net Margins
8.60%
Pretax Margin
12.80%
Return on Equity
14.75%
Return on Assets
6.87%

Debt

Debt-to-Equity Ratio
0.30
Current Ratio
1.01
Quick Ratio
1.01

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$9.55 billion
Price / Sales
5.29
Cash Flow
$7.76 per share
Price / Cash Flow
26.39
Book Value
$30.12 per share
Price / Book
6.80

Miscellaneous

Outstanding Shares
247,000,000
Free Float
200,959,000
Market Cap
$50.57 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
1.08

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This page (NASDAQ:WDAY) was last updated on 8/28/2026 by MarketBeat.com Staff.
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