“The improvement was primarily driven by higher cash collections of $723 million mainly due to increased sales, partially offset by increased supplier payments of $196 million to support our continued growth, increased employee-related payments of $191 million…”10-Q · Aug 27, 2026 ↗
Workday, Inc.
WDAY
Market read
Workday, Inc.'s move is being confirmed by its market group.
The latest filing evidence is available. 5 of 35 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 17 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Revenue increased 13.5% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating cash flow was 3.14x net income; review non-cash and one-time items before treating this as recurring conversion.
- At least 23 of 35 durable members become active together.
- Capital-flow agreement rises above 55%.
- A filing-linked outsider such as ASAN begins moving with the group.
Invalidation: The live read weakens if participation falls to 12 of 35 members or fewer.
Research brief
The story so far
The latest filing evidence is available. 5 of 35 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 17 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Revenue increased 13.5% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating margin improved 11.6 percentage points.
- Net income increased 226.5% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating cash flow was 3.14x net income; review non-cash and one-time items before treating this as recurring conversion.
- At least 23 of 35 durable members become active together.
- Capital-flow agreement rises above 55%.
- A filing-linked outsider such as ASAN begins moving with the group.
Company research
Understand the business, not just the ticker
Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.
- Which operating variable is changing?
- Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
- What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
- Latest annual revenue changed +13.1% year over year.
- Operating margin changed +2.6 percentage points in the latest annual period.
- Net margin changed +1.0 percentage points in the latest annual period.
- Capital investment and capacity has repeated favorable evidence across 5 filings.
- Demand and volume has repeated favorable evidence across 5 filings.
- Restructuring and cost reductions has repeated favorable evidence across 5 filings.
- Supply chain and availability has repeated favorable evidence across 5 filings.
No qualifying adverse evidence was identified; that is not proof there is no downside.
- P/E is 147% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Price as of Sep 10, 2026
185.07Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.
What management says matters
Persistent and emerging business drivers
“The increase in subscription revenue backlog was primarily driven by expansion within our existing customer base, sales to new customers, and timing of renewals for existing customers.”10-Q · Aug 27, 2026 ↗
“Provision For (Benefit From) Income Taxes The provision for (benefit from) income taxes was as follows (in millions): Three Months Ended July 31, Six Months Ended July 31, 2026 2025 2026 2025 Provision for (benefit from) income taxes $ (305) $ 76 $ (172) $ 11…”10-Q · Aug 27, 2026 ↗
“The improvement was primarily driven by higher cash collections of $723 million mainly due to increased sales, partially offset by increased supplier payments of $196 million to support our continued growth, increased employee-related payments of $191 million…”10-Q · Aug 27, 2026 ↗
Valuation discipline
Descriptive valuation snapshot
Price/sales 5.2× · EV/sales 5.4×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.
Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.
Price action
How the market is pricing the story
Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 10 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.
Developments
No sourced recent-development timeline yet
Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for WDAY. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.
Business and financial condition
Reported financial figures are not available yet
Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.
Latest filing assessment · baseline
Fundamentals strengthened in the latest filing
10-Q filed 2026-05-22 against the comparable filing from 2025-05-23.
What improved
- Revenue increased 13.5% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating margin improved 11.6 percentage points.
- Net income increased 226.5% versus the comparable filing period.
What weakened
- Operating cash flow was 3.14x net income; review non-cash and one-time items before treating this as recurring conversion.
Filing receipts
“The improvement was primarily driven by higher cash collections of $463 million mainly due to increased sales, partially offset by increased employee-related payments of $90 million, increased supplier payments of $66 million to support our continued growth, increased capital expenditures of $44 million, and decreased interest income of $30 million.”
“Share-based Compensation Costs and expenses include share-based compensation expense as follows (in millions): Three Months Ended April 30, 2026 2025 Costs of subscription services $ 37 $ 42 Costs of professional services 26 30 Product development 184 183 Sales and marketing 90 92 General and administrative 72 70 Restructuring 0 42 Total share-based compensation expense $ 409 $ 459 Percentage of total revenues 16.1 % 20.5 % Share-based compensation expense decreased by $50 million for the three months ended April 30, 2026, compared to the prior year period, primarily due to a reduction in restructuring expenses.”
“The improvement in cash provided by operating activities was primarily driven by higher cash collections of $463 million mainly due to increased sales, partially offset by increased employee-related payments of $90 million, increased supplier payments of $66 million to support our continued growth, and decreased interest income of $30 million.”
Retrospective baseline calibration. It was generated after the filing date and is not part of Jodie's live track record.
Business ecosystem
The relationships behind WDAY
Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.
Depends on
ORCLOracle CorporationcompetitorMay 22, 2026 ▾
“We currently compete with large, well-established, enterprise software vendors, such as Oracle Corporation (“ Oracle ”) and SAP SE (“SAP”).”
SANASana Biotechnology, Inc.investeeMar 6, 2026 ▾
“In November 2025, we completed our acquisition of Sana Labs AB (“Sana”) for approximately $1.0 billion in cash.”
Depended on by
NSPInsperity, Inc.partnerMay 1, 2026 ▾
“General and administrative expenses — Our general and administrative expenses primarily include: ◦ rent expenses related to our service centers and sales offices ◦ outside professional service fees related to legal, consulting and accounting services ◦ admini…”
Filing peers
Companies whose filings use similar operating language.
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What is moving around it
Live connections
WDAY is currently a Participant in the organic co-movement group Software Stocks. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 3 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.
Context history
Theme membership history
No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.