profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Workday
$196.45+3.05% today
-12.1% in 1 year
1-year low $112.501-year high $233.69
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2021 to 2026.
0%20% a year
You pay $68.32 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Workday sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $6.22 billion in 2023 to $9.55 billion in 2026, with $693 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Workday handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
Buybacks $2.9B
Free cash flow 2026$2.8B
Bought back its own shares$2.9B
Paid as dividends–
Cash vs. debt$1.5B vs. $3.8B
Workday vs. similar companies
Workday grows in the middle of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Workday | 68.3× · Very expensive | ||
 SAP | 34.4× · Expensive | ||
 Quhuo | No profit yet | ||
 Shopify | 153.7× · Very expensive | ||
 Salesforce | 24.0× · Fair price |
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AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Workday's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,318 | 5,139 | 6,216 | 7,259 | 8,446 | 9,552 | |
| – | – | 4,506 | 5,488 | 6,377 | 7,231 | |
| – | – | -182 | 183 | 499 | 1,024 | |
| – | – | 206 | 752 | 1,078 | 1,470 | |
| -282 | 29 | -367 | 1,381 | 526 | 693 | |
| -1.19 | 0.12 | -1.44 | 5.21 | 1.95 | 2.59 | |
| – | – | 72.5% | 75.6% | 75.5% | 75.7% | |
| – | – | -2.9% | 2.5% | 5.9% | 10.7% | |
| -6.5% | 0.6% | -5.9% | 19.0% | 6.2% | 7.3% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 8,718 | 10,499 | 13,486 | 16,452 | 17,977 | 18,074 |
| Cash | 1,384 | 1,534 | 1,886 | 2,012 | 1,543 | 1,501 |
| Total debt | 2,238 | 2,103 | 3,249 | 3,296 | 3,362 | 3,821 |
| Total liabilities | 5,441 | 5,963 | 7,901 | 8,370 | 8,943 | 10,269 |
| 3,278 | 4,535 | 5,585 | 8,082 | 9,034 | 7,805 | |
| 237 | 254 | 255 | 265 | 269 | 268 | |
| -3.0% | 0.4% | -1.4% | 3.3% | 4.8% | 7.6% | |
| -8.6% | 0.6% | -6.6% | 17.1% | 5.8% | 8.9% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,268 | 1,651 | 1,657 | 2,149 | 2,461 | 2,939 | |
| – | – | 365 | 242 | 272 | 162 | |
| – | – | 1,292 | 1,907 | 2,189 | 2,777 | |
| Dividends paid | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 0 | 0 | 75 | 423 | 700 | 2,895 | |
| 1,005 | 1,101 | 1,295 | 1,416 | 1,519 | 1,626 |
Valuation
- 68.3×
- –
- –
- 6.0×
- 5.0×
- 17.0×
- 33.8×
- 5.9%
- 1.5%
- 0.0%
Profitability
- 75.7%
- 10.7%
- 7.3%
- 15.1%
- 7.8%
- 3.7%
- 8.0%
- 3.8%
- 7.3%
- 28.1%
Growth
- +17.2%
- –
- +26.9%
- –
- +1.7%
Financial health
- 1.6×
- 0.49
- 21.1%
- 9.9×
- 1.32
- 1.32
- 0.53
How it ranks in Technology
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 49%of 965
Top 45%of 973
Bottom 18%of 729
Top 32%of 978
Top 24%of 981
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 2026 | 2.47 | 2.32 | +6.5% |
| Nov 25, 2025 | 2.32 | 2.17 | +6.9% |
| Aug 21, 2025 | 2.21 | 2.11 | +4.7% |
| May 22, 2025 | 2.23 | 2.01 | +10.9% |
| Feb 25, 2025 | 1.92 | 1.78 | +7.9% |
| Nov 26, 2024 | 1.89 | 1.76 | +7.4% |
| Aug 22, 2024 | 1.75 | 1.65 | +6.1% |
| May 23, 2024 | 1.74 | 1.60 | +8.7% |
News
Does Everforth (EFOR) Embedding Screening in Workday Deepen Its Consulting-Led Platform Strategy?Yahoo Finance · Oct 11, 2026Workday gains on report take-private financing effort continuesSeeking Alpha · Sep 17, 2026Workday Signs a New State or Local Government Nearly Every Week as Agencies Move Off of Legacy SystemsYahoo Finance · Sep 2, 2026Workday's Q2 results show AI products gaining momentum: analystsSeeking Alpha · Aug 28, 2026Workday has 20% upside if a deal materializes, Jefferies saysSeeking Alpha · Aug 24, 2026Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
1/7Passes 1 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
39No pass
Benjamin Graham
20No pass
Philip Fisher
44No pass
Peter Lynch
69Pass
Joel Greenblatt
6No pass
Charlie Munger
29No pass
Terry Smith
33No pass
Questions about Workday
Is Workday a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, priced as if everything goes right. 1 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Workday AI analysis
What does Workday do?
Workday, Inc. provides enterprise cloud applications in the United States and internationally. It is in Software - Application, based in Pleasanton, CA, United States, with 20,834 employees.
Does Workday pay a dividend?
No. Workday does not pay a dividend at the moment; in 2026 it returned $2.90 billion to shareholders by buying back its own shares.
Is Workday stock halal?
Yes. Workday passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 8% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Workday stock done over the past year?
Down 12.1% over the past twelve months, to $196.45. It traded between $112.50 and $233.69 and is 15.9% below its high.
Who are Workday's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are SAP, Quhuo, Shopify and Salesforce. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Workday's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.