Workday Inc WDAY
Stock research in plain language · As of Oct 04, 2026 · updated once a week, after the trading week closes
What the company does
Workday Inc is a large-cap company in the Technology sector (Software - Application), with a market value of $44.9B, based in the USA.
It employs about 20,896 people and has been listed since Oct 12, 2012.
Workday, Inc. provides enterprise cloud applications in the United States and internationally. The company offers a suite of financial management applications to maintain accounting information; manage financial processes, such as payables and receivables; identify real-time financial, operational, and management insights; perform financial consolidation; reduce time-to-close; promote internal control and auditability; and achieve consistency across finance operations.
Cheap or expensive? priced in line with its group
Its price-to-earnings (P/E) is 38.6 versus 41.5 for the median of the Technology sector in our universe (46 companies) — priced in line with its group.
Revenue is growing 13% versus the same quarter last year.
On analysts' next-year forecasts the multiple drops to 17.7 — they expect higher earnings.
The average analyst price target is 208.26, 12% above the current price (their view, not ours).
The stock sits at 55% of its one-year range (0% = the low, 100% = the high).
The risks
- No risk flags were detected from the data we have.
Strengths
- ✅ Profitable — 24 of every 100 dollars of revenue stays as profit.
- ✅ Generates free cash flow — profit becomes cash in the bank.
- ✅ Buys back its shares (7% fewer shares in a year).
- ✅ Most analysts rate it buy (20 vs 3).
What changed this week
Over the past week the stock fell 1.8% (for comparison: S&P 500 -0.2%, sector ETF XLK +1.8%).
This week's news
- Workday (WDAY) Stock Slides as Market Rises: Facts to Know Before You Trade finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-01
- Workday slips even as it launches in UAE seekingalpha.com · 2026-10-01
- Workday Launches in the UAE to Help Organisations Transform HR, Finance, and IT in the AI Era finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-01
- 4 stocks to watch on Wednesday: CAG, MRNA, SPCX, and WDAY seekingalpha.com · 2026-09-30
- Guidehouse Helps California Counties Modernize Core Operations finance.yahoo.com · 2026-09-30
- The gut-check questions every leader needs to ask before building with AI finance.yahoo.com · 2026-09-29
A description of facts from the filings and the market — not investment advice or a recommendation. "Cheap" and "expensive" are always relative to the comparison group.