Workiva Inc. (WK)Technology | Software - Application | Ames, United States | NYSE
56.92 USD
-0.42
(-0.732%) ⇩
(April 20, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
Short-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Long-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Dividends: ★☆☆☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 19, 2026, 12:05 a.m. EDT
WK is a speculative recover play trapped between heavy short-term put floors and deteriorating fundamentals. Recent price action shows a volatile decline despite negative earnings (trailing EPS -0.47) and a negative book value, creating a crisis at the 52-week lows. While revenue growth (~19.5%) is solid, the market is pricing in a structural transition to profitability. The heavy put volume near current prices acts as a magnet, making a bottom confirmation difficult until premium order flow shifts away from downside protection. For now, the risk/reward leans negative due to negative cash flow on balance sheet (-797M debt vs 891M cash) and low conviction in the AI recovery narrative. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoARIMA ✓ | 0.270592 |
| AutoTheta | 0.270624 |
| AutoETS | 0.271044 |
| MSTL | 0.271114 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 34% |
| H-stat | 3.73 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.009 |
| Excess Kurtosis | 0.00 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Revenue per Share | 15.719 |
| Market Cap | 3,235,027,712 |
| Forward P/E | 16.95 |
| Beta | 0.68 |
| Profit Margins | -2.96% |
| Website | https://www.workiva.com |
As of April 19, 2026, 12:05 a.m. EDT: Short-term (April 17) volatility compression is extreme on Puts (IV 1.12) vs Calls (IV 0.88), indicating significant short-term bearish positioning. Put Open Interest (OI) dominates Call OI at the $55-$60 strikes, suggesting a 'floor' is being established there. However, new 'don't care' or hedging flow surrounds the $80 strike in later months. The massive disparity in IV suggests anticipated downside risk, but the OI pile-up significantly below current levels indicates put buying is directional, not purely hedging.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.17291486 |
| Address1 | 2,900 University Boulevard |
| All Time High | 173.24 |
| All Time Low | 10.915 |
| Ask | 0.0 |
| Ask Size | 100 |
| Audit Risk | 1 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 776,640 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 961,249 |
| Average Volume | 961,249 |
| Average Volume10Days | 776,640 |
| Beta | 0.679 |
| Bid | 0.0 |
| Bid Size | 200 |
| Board Risk | 7 |
| Book Value | -0.097 |
| City | Ames |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 3 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 56.92 |
| Current Ratio | 1.567 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 58.21 |
| Day Low | 56.68 |
| Display Name | Workiva |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,778,014,800 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,778,014,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,778,011,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,778,011,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,778,011,200 |
| Ebitda | -31,451,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | -0.03556 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | -99.862 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 3.551 |
| Enterprise Value | 3,140,754,688 |
| Eps Current Year | 2.71033 |
| Eps Forward | 3.35783 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -0.47 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 60.472 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -3.552002 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.05873796 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -17.291487 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 97.095 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -40.175003 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.41377005 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 51.99 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 4.9299965 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.09482586 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 51.99 - 97.095 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,418,394,600,000 |
| Float Shares | 47,294,377 |
| Forward Eps | 3.35783 |
| Forward P E | 16.951424 |
| Free Cashflow | 137,754,752 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 2,860 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,775,001,600 |
| Gross Margins | 0.78472 |
| Gross Profits | 694,137,984 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.03729 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.95321 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 56,834,640 |
| Industry | Software - Application |
| Industry Disp | Software - Application |
| Industry Key | software-application |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | Workiva Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides cloud-based reporting solutions in the United States and internationally. The company provides Workiva platform, a multi-tenant cloud software that provides data-linking capabilities; audit trail services; administrators access management; and connects and transforms data from various enterprise resource planning, human capital management, and customer relationship management systems, as well as other third-party cloud and on-premise applications. It serves public and private companies, government agencies, and higher-education institutions. Workiva Inc. was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Ames, Iowa. |
| Long Name | Workiva Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 3,235,027,712 |
| Market State | PRE |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_75963230 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Net Income To Common | -26,169,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 3,208,459,216 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 11 |
| Open | 57.19 |
| Operating Cashflow | 140,070,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.032899998 |
| Overall Risk | 8 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Phone | 888 275 3125 |
| Pre Market Change | 0.34000015 |
| Pre Market Change Percent | 0.59722495 |
| Pre Market Price | 57.27 |
| Pre Market Time | 1,776,765,136 |
| Previous Close | 57.34 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 21.001131 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | -586.8041 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 3.6571836 |
| Profit Margins | -0.029579999 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.444 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.420002 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -0.732476 |
| Regular Market Day High | 58.21 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 56.68 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 56.68 - 58.21 |
| Regular Market Open | 57.19 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 57.34 |
| Regular Market Price | 56.92 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,715,247 |
| Regular Market Volume | 613,927 |
| Return On Assets | -0.01854 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.195 |
| Revenue Per Share | 15.719 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.34445214 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 10 |
| Shares Outstanding | 52,798,288 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.073 |
| Shares Short | 4,149,749 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 4,067,713 |
| Short Name | Workiva Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.1005 |
| Short Ratio | 5.58 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | IA |
| Symbol | WK |
| Target High Price | 102.0 |
| Target Low Price | 79.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 89.45455 |
| Target Median Price | 90.0 |
| Total Cash | 891,620,992 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 15.688 |
| Total Debt | 797,347,968 |
| Total Revenue | 884,568,000 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -0.47 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 76.67745 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -19.757454 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.25766966 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 613,927 |
| Website | https://www.workiva.com |
| Zip | 50,010 |