Workday Past Earnings Performance

Past criteria checks 5/6

Workday has been growing earnings at an average annual rate of 46.1%, while the Software industry saw earnings growing at 11.7% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 15% per year. Workday's return on equity is 19.4%, and it has net margins of 12.3%.

Key information

46.10%

Earnings growth rate

46.19%

EPS growth rate

Software Industry Growth	14.86%
Revenue growth rate	15.03%
Return on equity	19.37%
Net Margin	12.32%
Last Earnings Update	31 Jul 2026

Recent past performance updates

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Revenue & Expenses Breakdown

How Workday makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.

Earnings and Revenue History

WBAG:WDAY Revenue, expenses and earnings (USD Millions)
Date	Revenue	Earnings	G+A Expenses	R&D Expenses
31 Jul 26	10,155	1,251	3,668	2,808
30 Apr 26	9,854	847	3,588	2,721
31 Jan 26	9,552	693	3,528	2,679
31 Oct 25	9,231	642	3,451	2,662
31 Jul 25	8,959	583	3,358	2,643
30 Apr 25	8,696	487	3,314	2,633
31 Jan 25	8,446	526	3,252	2,626
31 Oct 24	8,157	1,620	3,152	2,587
31 Jul 24	7,863	1,541	3,049	2,559
30 Apr 24	7,565	1,488	2,927	2,520
31 Jan 24	7,259	1,381	2,841	2,464
31 Oct 23	6,983	67	2,759	2,445
31 Jul 23	6,717	-122	2,669	2,392
30 Apr 23	6,465	-265	2,576	2,329
31 Jan 23	6,216	-367	2,441	2,247
31 Oct 22	5,946	-314	2,336	2,193
31 Jul 22	5,674	-196	2,200	2,083
30 Apr 22	5,398	-26	2,072	1,979
31 Jan 22	5,139	29	1,948	1,879
31 Oct 21	4,894	31	1,851	1,781
31 Jul 21	4,673	-37	1,768	1,745
30 Apr 21	4,475	-171	1,672	1,719
31 Jan 21	4,318	-282	1,647	1,721
31 Oct 20	4,163	-339	1,579	1,673
31 Jul 20	3,995	-430	1,550	1,655
30 Apr 20	3,821	-523	1,540	1,615
31 Jan 20	3,627	-481	1,514	1,550
31 Oct 19	3,440	-457	1,412	1,465
31 Jul 19	3,245	-495	1,421	1,381
30 Apr 19	3,029	-460	1,323	1,296
31 Jan 19	2,822	-418	1,214	1,212
31 Oct 18	2,616	-403	1,140	1,128
31 Jul 18	2,428	-335	988	1,049
30 Apr 18	2,282	-332	948	978
31 Jan 18	2,143	-321	906	911
31 Oct 17	2,000	-320	880	849
31 Jul 17	1,858	-345	849	794
30 Apr 17	1,707	-370	802	735
31 Jan 17	1,574	-385	763	681
31 Oct 16	1,458	-378	714	620
31 Jul 16	1,350	-345	662	559
30 Apr 16	1,259	-307	624	512
31 Jan 16	1,157	-275	562	470
31 Oct 15	1,065	-268	537	428

Quality Earnings: WDAY has high quality earnings.

Growing Profit Margin: WDAY's current net profit margins (12.3%) are higher than last year (6.5%).

Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis

Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: WDAY has become profitable over the past 5 years, growing earnings by 46.1% per year.

Accelerating Growth: WDAY's earnings growth over the past year (114.6%) exceeds its 5-year average (46.1% per year).

Earnings vs Industry: WDAY earnings growth over the past year (114.6%) exceeded the Software industry 13.7%.

Return on Equity

High ROE: WDAY's Return on Equity (19.4%) is considered low.

Return on Assets

Return on Capital Employed

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2026/09/10 19:25
End of Day Share Price	2026/09/09 00:00
Earnings	2026/07/31
Annual Earnings	2026/01/31

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Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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Analyst Sources

Workday, Inc. is covered by 69 analysts. 40 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Mark Marcon	Baird
Raimo Lenschow	Barclays
Mark Moerdler	Bernstein