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Workday, Inc. (WDAY)

Technology | Software - Application | Pleasanton, United States | NasdaqGS
204.72 USD +11.15 (5.760%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 204.25 -0.47 (-0.470%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:58 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★★⯪☆Long-term:★★★★☆Dividends:☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | Aug. 22, 2026, 1:18 a.m. EDT

The stock has surged significantly over the past two weeks, trading well above its moving averages, yet analyst price targets remain below the current level, creating a tension between recent momentum and valuation concerns. While the underlying business demonstrates robust revenue growth and a strong balance sheet, the lack of a dividend stream limits income appeal. Long-term holders benefit from a nine-year cumulative gain, but the high trailing valuation suggests the market is pricing in perfection. For investors seeking capital appreciation, the recent price action offers a strong entry point despite the neutral short-term forecast, whereas income seekers should look elsewhere.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.130352
AutoTheta0.134788
AutoETS0.142450
AutoARIMA0.142455

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 47%
H-stat 0.28
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.750
Excess Kurtosis -0.55
Attribute Value
Sector Technology
Debt to Equity Ratio 58.39
Revenue per Share 39.59
Market Cap 49,337,520,128
Trailing P/E 39.37
Forward P/E 15.55
Profit Margins 12.32%
Website https://www.workday.com

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 1:18 a.m. EDT: Speculators are hedging downside risk with heavy put volume on the August 28 expiration, while call open interest remains concentrated at the money and extends to deep out-of-the-money strikes, indicating asymmetric upside bets.


Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.15430993
Address1 6,110 Stoneridge Mall Road
All Time High 311.28
All Time Low 45.05
Ask 215.07
Ask Size 1
Audit Risk 9
Average Analyst Rating 2.2 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 4,593,420
Average Daily Volume3 Month 4,944,143
Average Volume 4,944,143
Average Volume10Days 4,593,420
Bid 196.08
Bid Size 1
Board Risk 10
Book Value 26.839
City Pleasanton
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,798,675,200
Compensation Risk 10
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 204.72
Current Ratio 0.908
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 207.8399
Day Low 189.2486
Debt To Equity 58.39
Display Name Workday
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,787,862,600
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,787,862,600
Earnings Growth 2.06
Earnings Quarterly Growth 1.772
Earnings Timestamp 1,787,860,800
Earnings Timestamp End 1,787,860,800
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,787,860,800
Ebitda 1,586,000,000
Ebitda Margins 0.15618
Enterprise To Ebitda 31.341
Enterprise To Revenue 4.895
Enterprise Value 49,706,520,576
Eps Current Year 10.76116
Eps Forward 13.16924
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 5.2
Esg Populated 0
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fax 925 951 9001
Fifty Day Average 155.6818
Fifty Day Average Change 49.038208
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.31499
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -15.430993
Fifty Two Week High 249.85
Fifty Two Week High Change -45.130005
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.18062839
Fifty Two Week Low 110.36
Fifty Two Week Low Change 94.36
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.8550199
Fifty Two Week Range 110.36 - 249.85
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,350,048,600,000
Float Shares 194,503,870
Forward Eps 13.16924
Forward P E 15.545317
Free Cashflow 3,023,875,072
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 21,070
Fullday Change 11.15
Fullday Change Percent 5.76019
Fullday Price 204.25
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,785,542,400
Gross Margins 0.75795
Gross Profits 7,696,999,936
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.02199
Held Percent Institutions 1.12699
Implied Shares Outstanding 241,000,000
Industry Software - Application
Industry Disp Software - Application
Industry Key software-application
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Fiscal Year End 1,769,817,600
Long Business Summary 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. It also provides spend management solutions that help organizations to streamline supplier selection and contract management, build and execute sourcing events, such as requests for proposals, and manage indirect spend; expense management solutions to submit and approve expenses; and a suite of human capital management applications that enables HR teams to hire, onboard, pay, develop, reskill, and provide employee experiences. In addition, the company offers planning applications. Further, it provides supply chain and inventory solutions to healthcare organizations; solutions to manage the end-to-end student and faculty lifecycle; Workday Extend for customers and their developers to build custom applications. The company serves the professional and business services, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, media, education, government, technology, media, retail, and hospitality industries. It sells its solutions through its direct sales organization. The company was formerly known as North Tahoe Power Tools, Inc. and changed its name to Workday, Inc. in July 2005. Workday, Inc. was incorporated in 2005 and is headquartered in Pleasanton, California.
Long Name Workday, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 49,337,520,128
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_23815047
Most Recent Quarter 1,785,456,000
Net Income To Common 1,251,000,064
Next Fiscal Year End 1,801,353,600
Non Diluted Market Cap 47,806,656,330
Number Of Analyst Opinions 38
Open 190.68
Operating Cashflow 3,080,999,936
Operating Margins 0.11816
Overall Risk 10
Payout Ratio 0.0
Peg Ratio 0.75
Phone 925 951 9000
Post Market Change -0.47000122
Post Market Change Percent -0.22958246
Post Market Price 204.25
Post Market Time 1,787,961,493
Previous Close 193.57
Price Eps Current Year 19.023972
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 7.6277056
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 4.858446
Profit Margins 0.12319
Quick Ratio 0.806
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 2.19512
Region US
Regular Market Change 11.15
Regular Market Change Percent 5.76019
Regular Market Day High 207.8399
Regular Market Day Low 189.2486
Regular Market Day Range 189.2486 - 207.8399
Regular Market Open 190.68
Regular Market Previous Close 193.57
Regular Market Price 204.72
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,200
Regular Market Volume 8,655,791
Return On Assets 0.04513
Return On Equity 0.16006
Revenue Growth 0.128
Revenue Per Share 39.59
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20504117
Sector Technology
Sector Disp Technology
Sector Key technology
Share Holder Rights Risk 10
Shares Outstanding 196,000,000
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.081499994
Shares Short 20,124,869
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 27,369,617
Short Name Workday, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.1149
Short Ratio 3.97
Source Interval 15
State CA
Symbol WDAY
Target High Price 275.0
Target Low Price 92.0
Target Mean Price 188.2071
Target Median Price 200.0
Total Cash 3,403,000,064
Total Cash Per Share 14.12
Total Debt 3,772,000,000
Total Revenue 10,154,999,808
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Eps 5.2
Trailing P E 39.369232
Trailing Peg Ratio 0.761
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 160.96075
Two Hundred Day Average Change 43.759247
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.27186283
Type Disp Equity
Volume 8,655,791
Website https://www.workday.com
Zip 94,588