Workday, Inc.

SWX:WDAY Stock Report

Market Cap: CHF 28.7b

Workday Valuation

Is WDAY undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Future Cash Flow Value

What is the Fair Price of WDAY when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

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Below Future Cash Flow Value: WDAY (CHF112.64) is trading below our estimate of future cash flow value (CHF311.19)

Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value: WDAY is trading below future cash flow value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for WDAY?

Key metric: As WDAY is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for WDAY. This is calculated by dividing WDAY's market cap by their current earnings.
What is WDAY's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio40.2x
EarningsUS$847.00m
Market CapUS$35.48b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does WDAY's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for WDAY vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average27.2x
TEMN Temenos
19.7x2.21%CHF 4.6b
ROP Roper Technologies
20.9x7.63%US$36.7b
FICO Fair Isaac
38.7x16.23%US$30.2b
ADSK Autodesk
29.7x15.29%US$44.8b
WDAY Workday
40.2x23.15%CHF 35.5b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: WDAY is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (40.2x) compared to the peer average (27.2x).

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio compares a stock's price to its earnings over time. Higher ratios indicate that investors are willing to pay more for the stock.

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Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does WDAY's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Software Industry?

8 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
WDAY 40.2xIndustry Avg. 22.2xNo. of Companies26PE020406080100+
8 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: WDAY is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (40.2x) compared to the European Software industry average (22.2x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is WDAY's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

WDAY PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio40.2x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate WDAY's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst WDAY forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentCHF 112.64
CHF 137.08
+21.70%
19.24%CHF 220.98CHF 92.41n/a39
Jul ’27CHF 104.90
CHF 137.72
+31.29%
19.24%CHF 222.01CHF 92.84n/a39
Jun ’27n/a
CHF 134.62
0%
19.32%CHF 216.32CHF 90.46n/a38
May ’27n/a
CHF 140.92
0%
24.12%CHF 235.89CHF 90.42n/a38
Apr ’27n/a
CHF 142.49
0%
23.62%CHF 235.76CHF 90.38n/a38
Mar ’27n/a
CHF 145.98
0%
27.52%CHF 251.98CHF 88.89n/a38
Feb ’27n/a
CHF 209.53
0%
10.57%CHF 252.00CHF 163.46n/a39
Jan ’27n/a
CHF 218.52
0%
9.11%CHF 258.22CHF 182.18n/a39
Dec ’26n/a
CHF 222.73
0%
8.95%CHF 261.87CHF 184.75n/a37
Nov ’26n/a
CHF 225.99
0%
8.28%CHF 272.35CHF 184.24n/a37
Oct ’26n/a
CHF 224.99
0%
8.28%CHF 271.14CHF 183.42n/a37
Sep ’26n/a
CHF 224.37
0%
9.89%CHF 272.82CHF 176.53n/a35
Aug ’26n/a
CHF 235.61
0%
9.32%CHF 270.29CHF 186.82n/a36
Jul ’26n/a
CHF 235.98
0%
8.78%CHF 269.76CHF 198.35CHF 104.9037
Jun ’26CHF 197.08
CHF 244.83
+24.23%
8.67%CHF 279.73CHF 205.68n/a38
May ’26n/a
CHF 247.07
0%
10.01%CHF 287.93CHF 190.30n/a36
Apr ’26n/a
CHF 275.79
0%
7.54%CHF 318.42CHF 221.13n/a37
Mar ’26n/a
CHF 282.81
0%
8.40%CHF 325.02CHF 225.71n/a37
Feb ’26n/a
CHF 267.94
0%
7.96%CHF 316.47CHF 218.81n/a36
Jan ’26n/a
CHF 263.24
0%
9.68%CHF 315.20CHF 180.11n/a36
Dec ’25n/a
CHF 255.33
0%
9.13%CHF 309.05CHF 176.60n/a36
Nov ’25n/a
CHF 250.27
0%
8.27%CHF 303.21CHF 173.26n/a35
Oct ’25n/a
CHF 245.36
0%
8.38%CHF 297.59CHF 170.05n/a34
Sep ’25n/a
CHF 243.06
0%
9.41%CHF 294.55CHF 168.31n/a34
Aug ’25n/a
CHF 246.19
0%
10.95%CHF 312.04CHF 169.39n/a34
Jul ’25n/a
CHF 250.70
0%
11.00%CHF 314.42CHF 170.68n/a35
CHF 139.36
Fair Value
19.2% undervalued intrinsic discount
39
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but analysts are not within a statistically confident range of agreement.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/07/08 23:05
End of Day Share Price 2026/07/08 00:00
Earnings2026/04/30
Annual Earnings2026/01/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

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Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Workday, Inc. is covered by 67 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.

AnalystInstitution
Mark MarconBaird
Raimo LenschowBarclays
Yun Suk KimBenchmark Company