Workday, Inc. WDAY

189.45 (1.54) (0.81%) as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$46.1B
P/E
38.2×
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Workday, Inc. (WDAY) Gross margin

Workday, Inc.'s gross margin over the twelve months to 31 July 2026 was 75.8%, up 0.1 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (75.7%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 66.4% (fiscal 2015) to 75.7% (fiscal 2026) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Software Application industry median of 67.0% and above the Technology sector median of 47.2%.

Gross margin, annual

Annual

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2026 75.7% 0.20
FY2025 75.5% (0.10)
FY2024 75.6% 3.11
FY2023 72.5% 0.28
FY2022 72.2% (0.04)
FY2021 72.3% 1.62
FY2020 70.6% 0.22
FY2019 70.4% (0.22)
FY2018 70.6% 1.34
FY2017 69.3% 1.66

Quarterly

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Jul 2026 75.4% (0.85)
Apr 2026 76.2% 0.37
Jan 2026 75.9% 0.17
Oct 2025 75.7% 0.49
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 66.4% High 75.7%
Ten-year median 71.4%
Current reading's percentile 100

Gross margin against peers

Company Gross margin
ADSK Autodesk, Inc. compare 91.3%
CDNS Cadence Design Systems, Inc. compare 85.9%
TEAM Atlassian Corporation PLC compare 84.8%
INTU Intuit Inc. compare 80.2%
ZM Zoom Communications, Inc. compare 77.3%
WDAY Workday, Inc. 75.8%
PAYX Paychex, Inc. compare 74.4%
ROP Roper Technologies, Inc. compare 69.5%
MSTR Strategy Inc compare 67.6%
Software Application industry median 67.0%
Technology sector median 47.2%
Market median 46.3%

What Gross margin is

Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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