Workday, Inc.

WDAY Technology Software Application

Workday, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended January 2026) was $9.6 billion, up 13.1% from fiscal 2025. In the quarter to July 2026, revenue grew 12.8%, EPS grew 200.0%, free cash flow fell 21.8% and total debt was flat, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100; revenue growth for ten consecutive years, operating cash flow growth for ten.

190.81 5.82 −2.96%
Market cap
$47.4B
P/E
38.5×
Fwd P/E
35.1×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
8/9
Altman Z
3.48
Beneish M
−2.78
Dividend safety
n/a

Workday, Inc. (WDAY) Free cash flow margin

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Workday, Inc.'s free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 31 July 2026 was 28.0%, down 1.1 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (29.1%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −0.21% (fiscal 2015) to 29.1% (fiscal 2026) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Software Application industry median of 5.01% and above the Technology sector median of 1.72%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2026 29.1% 3.15
FY2025 25.9% (0.35)
FY2024 26.3% 5.48
FY2023 20.8% (6.04)
FY2022 26.8% 3.39
FY2021 23.4% 6.35
FY2020 17.1% 3.14
FY2019 14.0% (0.66)
FY2018 14.6% 0.01
FY2017 14.6% 3.80

Against its own ten years

Low −0.21% High 29.1%
Ten-year median 18.9%
Current reading's percentile 100

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
INTU Intuit Inc. compare 40.2%
ZM Zoom Communications, Inc. compare 38.6%
ADSK Autodesk, Inc. compare 36.0%
ROP Roper Technologies, Inc. compare 30.9%
PAYX Paychex, Inc. compare 30.5%
CDNS Cadence Design Systems, Inc. compare 28.6%
WDAY Workday, Inc. 28.0%
TEAM Atlassian Corporation PLC compare 20.1%
MSTR Strategy Inc compare −4,356.1%
Software Application industry median 5.01%
Technology sector median 1.72%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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