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Workday, Inc.

WDAY

Technology · 185.07 -0.5% today

Participation confirmed · construction unavailableMarket checked 10 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4

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.

What changed
  • 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.
Company-0.5% todayVolume comparison unavailable
Market group5 of 35 activeSoftware Stocks · inactive
Disclosed network0 of 8 confirmingNo filing-linked name is confirming now
What would change this read
  • 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.

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Research brief

The story so far

Technology · Software - Application

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.

Evidence that supports
  • 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.
Evidence that challenges
  • Operating cash flow was 3.14x net income; review non-cash and one-time items before treating this as recurring conversion.
What would clarify the read
  • 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

As of Sep 11, 2026
Business model and earnings drivers

Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.

Key research questions
  • Which operating variable is changing?
  • Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
  • What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
Annual periods9
Price observations601
Usable filing statements106
Verified relationships15
Evidence supporting the case
  • 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.
Evidence challenging the case

No qualifying adverse evidence was identified; that is not proof there is no downside.

Questions before a position
  • P/E is 147% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Longer-term price context

Price as of Sep 10, 2026

185.07
6m+34.3%12m-19.8%24m-27.6%
Annual trajectory

Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.

PeriodRevenueYoYDiluted EPSShare change
2022-01-31$5.1B+19.0%$0.12+7.2%
2023-01-31$6.2B+21.0%$-1.44+0.3%
2024-01-31$7.3B+16.8%$5.21+4.1%
2025-01-31$8.4B+16.4%$1.95+1.5%
2026-01-31$9.6B+13.1%$2.59-0.4%

What management says matters

Persistent and emerging business drivers

Capital investment and capacitypositive · 5 filings
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
Demand and volumepositive · 5 filings
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
Restructuring and cost reductionspositive · 5 filings
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
Supply chain and availabilitypositive · 5 filings
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.

Scenario scaffold

Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.

Price action

How the market is pricing the story

185.07-0.5% today

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.

constructive
OperationsconstructiveEvidence score +3
liquidityneutralEvidence score 0
valuationmixed

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.