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) Operating margin

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Workday, Inc.'s operating margin over the twelve months to 31 July 2026 was 10.7%, up 3.1 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (7.55%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −27.4% (fiscal 2015) to 7.55% (fiscal 2026) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Software Application industry median of 0.00% and above the Technology sector median of 0.00%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2026 7.55% 2.64
FY2025 4.91% 2.39
FY2024 2.52% 6.09
FY2023 −3.57% (1.31)
FY2022 −2.26% 3.50
FY2021 −5.76% 8.09
FY2020 −13.9% 2.57
FY2019 −16.4% (2.27)
FY2018 −14.2% 8.28
FY2017 −22.4% (0.83)

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Jul 2026 11.8% (1.48)
Apr 2026 13.3% 6.39
Jan 2026 6.91% (3.74)
Oct 2025 10.7% 0.09
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Against its own ten years

Low −27.4% High 7.55%
Ten-year median −9.81%
Current reading's percentile 100

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
PAYX Paychex, Inc. compare 39.2%
CDNS Cadence Design Systems, Inc. compare 30.3%
ROP Roper Technologies, Inc. compare 28.0%
INTU Intuit Inc. compare 27.4%
ADSK Autodesk, Inc. compare 26.2%
ZM Zoom Communications, Inc. compare 23.7%
WDAY Workday, Inc. 10.7%
TEAM Atlassian Corporation PLC compare 0.16%
MSTR Strategy Inc compare −7,295.4%
Software Application industry median 0.00%
Technology sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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