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

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

Workday vs. Its Competitors

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

89.8% of Workday shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.7% of Intuit shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.0% of Workday shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Intuit shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Workday presently has a consensus price target of $296.88, suggesting a potential upside of 31.65%. Intuit has a consensus price target of $800.55, suggesting a potential upside of 6.95%. Given Workday's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Workday is more favorable than Intuit.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Workday
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
18 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Intuit
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
20 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.88

Intuit has a net margin of 19.07% compared to Workday's net margin of 5.60%. Intuit's return on equity of 21.46% beat Workday's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Workday5.60% 8.00% 4.12%
Intuit 19.07%21.46%11.99%

Workday has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intuit has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Intuit had 21 more articles in the media than Workday. MarketBeat recorded 64 mentions for Intuit and 43 mentions for Workday. Intuit's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Workday's score of 0.75 indicating that Intuit is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Workday
22 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
13 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Intuit
41 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
12 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Intuit has higher revenue and earnings than Workday. Intuit 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$8.45B7.13$526M$1.81124.59
Intuit$16.29B12.82$2.96B$12.3260.76

Summary

Intuit beats Workday on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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$60.21B$17.76B$28.04B$9.26B
Dividend YieldN/A2.76%3.14%4.03%
P/E Ratio124.5973.0332.8919.56
Price / Sales7.1369.241,721.36183.65
Price / Cash57.9591.8837.6457.93
Price / Book6.658.507.505.58
Net Income$526M$337.83M$779.73M$257.82M
7 Day Performance-6.10%-1.49%-0.69%-0.39%
1 Month Performance-8.20%4.96%4.86%7.80%
1 Year Performance-4.29%43.67%52,755.66%12.95%

Workday Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WDAY
Workday
4.9595 of 5 stars
$225.52
+0.3%
$296.88
+31.6%
-3.2%$60.21B$8.45B124.5920,400Analyst Upgrade
Insider Trade
INTU
Intuit
4.4855 of 5 stars
$783.61
+0.4%
$798.27
+1.9%
+13.3%$218.59B$16.29B63.6018,800Positive News
META
Meta Platforms
3.6366 of 5 stars
$718.35
-0.1%
$719.29
+0.1%
+43.2%$1.81T$164.50B28.0274,067Trending News
Analyst Forecast
TEAM
Atlassian
4.7372 of 5 stars
$216.05
+1.2%
$282.19
+30.6%
+4.3%$56.72B$4.36B-130.1512,157Trending News
Analyst Downgrade
Insider Trade
ANET
Arista Networks
4.339 of 5 stars
$101.51
-1.0%
$109.33
+7.7%
+19.3%$127.49B$7.00B42.974,412Positive News
CRM
Salesforce
4.8566 of 5 stars
$269.74
-0.9%
$349.08
+29.4%
+1.9%$257.87B$37.90B42.2176,453Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
HUBS
HubSpot
4.879 of 5 stars
$555.24
-1.0%
$766.71
+38.1%
+11.9%$29.28B$2.63B-1,233.878,246Analyst Forecast
NOW
ServiceNow
4.5772 of 5 stars
$1,034.50
-1.0%
$1,068.23
+3.3%
+24.7%$214.12B$10.98B140.5626,293Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
ADBE
Adobe
4.9033 of 5 stars
$376.93
-0.6%
$480.08
+27.4%
-35.6%$159.89B$21.51B24.1230,709Positive News
MSTR
MicroStrategy
4.079 of 5 stars
$395.67
-2.1%
$514.42
+30.0%
+174.5%$108.18B$463.46M-18.141,534Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
CDNS
Cadence Design Systems
4.468 of 5 stars
$320.30
-2.0%
$325.23
+1.5%
+0.8%$87.45B$4.64B81.0912,700Positive News
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:WDAY) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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