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WDAY vs. ADSK, INTU, META, TEAM, ANET, CRM, HUBS, NOW, ADBE, and MSTR

Should you be buying Workday stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Workday include Autodesk (ADSK), Intuit (INTU), Meta Platforms (META), Atlassian (TEAM), Arista Networks (ANET), Salesforce (CRM), HubSpot (HUBS), ServiceNow (NOW), Adobe (ADBE), and Strategy (MSTR). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.

Workday vs. Its Competitors

Workday (NASDAQ:WDAY) and Autodesk (NASDAQ:ADSK) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.

In the previous week, Workday had 3 more articles in the media than Autodesk. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Workday and 30 mentions for Autodesk. Autodesk's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Workday's score of 0.99 indicating that Autodesk is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Workday
21 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Autodesk
23 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Workday currently has a consensus price target of $287.83, suggesting a potential upside of 22.61%. Autodesk has a consensus price target of $359.13, suggesting a potential upside of 17.72%. Given Workday's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Workday is more favorable than Autodesk.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Workday
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
23 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83
Autodesk
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
18 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80

Autodesk has a net margin of 15.75% compared to Workday's net margin of 6.51%. Autodesk's return on equity of 51.23% beat Workday's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Workday6.51% 9.74% 5.01%
Autodesk 15.75%51.23%12.77%

Workday has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Autodesk has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.

89.8% of Workday shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.2% of Autodesk shares are held by institutional investors. 19.3% of Workday shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Autodesk shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Autodesk has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Workday. Autodesk is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Workday, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Workday$8.96B7.00$526M$2.16108.69
Autodesk$6.13B10.60$1.11B$4.8363.16

Summary

Autodesk beats Workday on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding WDAY and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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WDAY vs. The Competition

MetricWorkdayINTERNET SOFTWARE IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$63.33B$19.47B$32.41B$10.45B
Dividend YieldN/A3.55%3.19%4.78%
P/E Ratio108.6973.77491.3627.36
Price / Sales7.00146.531,568.20196.46
Price / Cash61.1582.7537.7961.86
Price / Book6.929.687.766.81
Net Income$526M$356.34M$820.59M$276.80M
7 Day Performance-1.45%-1.21%0.20%0.42%
1 Month Performance7.19%2.29%6.51%7.86%
1 Year Performance-2.27%89.53%23,961.15%41.24%

Workday Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WDAY
Workday
4.9586 of 5 stars
$234.76
-1.0%
$287.83
+22.6%
-4.1%$63.33B$8.96B108.6920,400Trending News
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ADSK
Autodesk
4.6455 of 5 stars
$323.43
+1.4%
$359.13
+11.0%
+6.5%$68.89B$6.13B66.9615,300Positive News
INTU
Intuit
4.9811 of 5 stars
$670.09
-1.4%
$791.82
+18.2%
+5.6%$186.82B$18.83B48.7718,200Trending News
META
Meta Platforms
4.4161 of 5 stars
$715.66
+0.7%
$830.02
+16.0%
+22.4%$1.80T$164.50B25.9174,067Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
TEAM
Atlassian
4.609 of 5 stars
$150.19
-0.2%
$248.74
+65.6%
-21.5%$39.40B$5.22B-151.7113,813Insider Trade
ANET
Arista Networks
4.8121 of 5 stars
$149.61
+2.8%
$162.00
+8.3%
+46.2%$188.04B$7.00B58.844,412Trending News
Analyst Forecast
CRM
Salesforce
4.9847 of 5 stars
$245.85
+2.3%
$332.58
+35.3%
-17.9%$234.05B$37.90B35.7376,453Trending News
Analyst Downgrade
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
HUBS
HubSpot
4.6262 of 5 stars
$463.89
+2.7%
$723.11
+55.9%
-18.7%$24.44B$2.63B-2,016.918,246Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
NOW
ServiceNow
4.973 of 5 stars
$913.27
+0.1%
$1,122.20
+22.9%
-2.8%$189.96B$12.06B115.0226,293Positive News
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ADBE
Adobe
4.7943 of 5 stars
$350.14
+1.0%
$433.41
+23.8%
-34.9%$146.57B$21.51B21.8230,709Trending News
MSTR
Strategy
4.6885 of 5 stars
$359.69
+2.3%
$509.54
+41.7%
+52.7%$101.99B$463.46M31.661,534Trending News
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:WDAY) was last updated on 10/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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