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WDAY vs. CRM, INTU, ADBE, MSTR, CDNS, SNPS, ADSK, FICO, ANSS, and TYL

Should you be buying Workday stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Workday include Salesforce (CRM), Intuit (INTU), Adobe (ADBE), MicroStrategy (MSTR), Cadence Design Systems (CDNS), Synopsys (SNPS), Autodesk (ADSK), Fair Isaac (FICO), ANSYS (ANSS), and Tyler Technologies (TYL). These companies are all part of the "application software" industry.

Workday vs. Its Competitors

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

Salesforce presently has a consensus target price of $349.08, indicating a potential upside of 29.74%. Workday has a consensus target price of $297.68, indicating a potential upside of 25.21%. Given Salesforce's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Salesforce is more favorable than Workday.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Salesforce
2 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
28 Buy rating(s)
4 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.81
Workday
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
18 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.79

Salesforce has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Workday has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Salesforce has a net margin of 16.08% compared to Workday's net margin of 5.60%. Salesforce's return on equity of 12.94% beat Workday's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Salesforce16.08% 12.94% 7.99%
Workday 5.60%8.00%4.12%

In the previous week, Salesforce had 58 more articles in the media than Workday. MarketBeat recorded 83 mentions for Salesforce and 25 mentions for Workday. Salesforce's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Workday's score of 0.85 indicating that Salesforce is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Salesforce
64 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
11 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Workday
18 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Salesforce has higher revenue and earnings than Workday. Salesforce 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
Salesforce$37.90B6.79$6.20B$6.3942.11
Workday$8.45B7.52$526M$1.81131.35

80.4% of Salesforce shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.8% of Workday shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.2% of Salesforce shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.3% of Workday shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Salesforce beats Workday on 13 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$63.87B$17.88B$27.19B$8.87B
Dividend YieldN/A2.52%3.15%4.10%
P/E Ratio131.3565.4836.0419.88
Price / Sales7.5271.282,037.69113.66
Price / Cash61.6891.1437.6556.90
Price / Book7.128.477.055.38
Net Income$526M$335.91M$763.02M$248.50M
7 Day Performance1.83%3.95%3.10%2.97%
1 Month Performance-4.04%3.24%6.51%6.02%
1 Year Performance4.84%67.95%52,212.28%20.39%

Workday Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WDAY
Workday
4.9131 of 5 stars
$237.74
-0.6%
$297.68
+25.2%
+6.5%$63.87B$8.45B131.3520,400
CRM
Salesforce
4.9551 of 5 stars
$263.14
+1.0%
$349.08
+32.7%
+6.1%$251.56B$37.90B41.1876,453Trending News
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INTU
Intuit
4.5647 of 5 stars
$763.11
+0.3%
$787.95
+3.3%
+19.8%$212.87B$16.29B61.9418,800Trending News
ADBE
Adobe
4.9233 of 5 stars
$380.13
+0.9%
$496.75
+30.7%
-30.0%$162.01B$22.60B24.3230,709Trending News
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MSTR
MicroStrategy
4.3822 of 5 stars
$367.94
-0.5%
$514.42
+39.8%
+173.3%$100.60B$463.46M-16.871,534Trending News
Gap Up
CDNS
Cadence Design Systems
4.1761 of 5 stars
$293.60
-0.6%
$325.23
+10.8%
-0.5%$80.16B$4.64B74.3312,700Positive News
SNPS
Synopsys
4.692 of 5 stars
$471.61
+0.2%
$607.14
+28.7%
-13.3%$73.18B$6.13B34.0520,000Positive News
ADSK
Autodesk
4.0231 of 5 stars
$301.12
+1.3%
$337.45
+12.1%
+26.8%$64.44B$6.13B64.4815,300Positive News
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FICO
Fair Isaac
4.8888 of 5 stars
$1,881.25
+4.2%
$2,304.15
+22.5%
+23.0%$45.79B$1.72B81.023,586Positive News
ANSS
ANSYS
2.9895 of 5 stars
$335.07
+0.0%
$352.50
+5.2%
+10.0%$29.46B$2.54B49.713,200News Coverage
Positive News
TYL
Tyler Technologies
4.4497 of 5 stars
$579.74
+1.8%
$680.50
+17.4%
+18.3%$25.00B$2.14B87.317,400Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:WDAY) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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