Workday, Inc.

NasdaqGS:WDAY Stock Report

Market Cap: US$70.6b

Workday Valuation

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

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair 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.

Discounted Cash Flow
Simply Wall St
US$389.37
Fair Value
33.2% undervalued intrinsic discount
36
Number of Analysts

Below Fair Value: WDAY ($260.07) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($389.37)

Significantly Below Fair Value: WDAY is trading below fair 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 Ratio42.7x
EarningsUS$1.62b
Market CapUS$70.60b

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 Average58.9x
ADSK Autodesk
61x14.2%US$65.4b
SNPS Synopsys
56.4x13.2%US$79.3b
ROP Roper Technologies
39.5x10.7%US$58.2b
CDNS Cadence Design Systems
78.6x13.7%US$79.5b
WDAY Workday
42.7x10.4%US$70.6b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: WDAY is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (42.7x) compared to the peer average (58.9x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

10 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
YXT YXT.COM Group Holding
1.5xn/aUS$111.74m
NISN Nisun International Enterprise Development Group
1.8xn/aUS$27.83m
NXTT Next Technology Holding
0.4xn/aUS$9.77m
ULY Urgent.ly
0.07x-13.0%US$6.61m
WDAY 42.7xIndustry Avg. 44.5xNo. of Companies12PE020406080100+
10 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: WDAY is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (42.7x) compared to the US Software industry average (44.5x).

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 Ratio42.7x
Fair PE Ratio43.1x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: WDAY is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (42.7x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (43.1x).

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
CurrentUS$260.07
US$296.33
+13.9%
8.0%US$350.00US$242.00n/a36
Jan ’26US$258.03
US$292.30
+13.3%
9.7%US$350.00US$200.00n/a36
Dec ’25US$249.99
US$289.16
+15.7%
9.1%US$350.00US$200.00n/a36
Nov ’25US$239.12
US$288.89
+20.8%
8.3%US$350.00US$200.00n/a35
Oct ’25US$240.66
US$288.57
+19.9%
8.4%US$350.00US$200.00n/a34
Sep ’25US$263.19
US$288.81
+9.7%
9.4%US$350.00US$200.00n/a34
Aug ’25US$222.58
US$276.14
+24.1%
11.0%US$350.00US$190.00n/a34
Jul ’25US$224.72
US$279.08
+24.2%
11.0%US$350.00US$190.00n/a35
Jun ’25US$211.45
US$282.39
+33.6%
11.4%US$350.00US$190.00n/a36
May ’25US$244.96
US$316.30
+29.1%
8.9%US$350.00US$190.00n/a37
Apr ’25US$272.44
US$316.30
+16.1%
8.9%US$350.00US$190.00n/a37
Mar ’25US$291.92
US$312.81
+7.2%
9.6%US$350.00US$190.00n/a37
Feb ’25US$294.00
US$286.05
-2.7%
10.5%US$330.00US$175.00n/a37
Jan ’25US$276.06
US$278.30
+0.8%
9.6%US$320.00US$175.00US$258.0336
Dec ’24US$272.92
US$276.69
+1.4%
9.5%US$310.00US$175.00US$249.9935
Nov ’24US$211.46
US$253.10
+19.7%
8.8%US$295.00US$169.00US$239.1236
Oct ’24US$214.85
US$251.53
+17.1%
9.8%US$295.00US$169.00US$240.6637
Sep ’24US$248.49
US$255.07
+2.6%
9.9%US$295.00US$169.00US$263.1937
Aug ’24US$239.80
US$237.74
-0.9%
11.0%US$281.00US$142.00US$222.5836
Jul ’24US$225.89
US$234.35
+3.7%
9.9%US$275.00US$142.00US$224.7236
Jun ’24US$215.31
US$231.49
+7.5%
9.7%US$260.00US$142.00US$211.4536
May ’24US$186.34
US$214.84
+15.3%
9.7%US$250.00US$142.00US$244.9636
Apr ’24US$206.54
US$212.48
+2.9%
10.9%US$250.00US$142.00US$272.4436
Mar ’24US$184.12
US$211.81
+15.0%
11.2%US$250.00US$142.00US$291.9236
Feb ’24US$185.33
US$203.44
+9.8%
11.6%US$245.00US$142.00US$294.0036
Jan ’24US$167.33
US$204.63
+22.3%
11.5%US$245.00US$142.00US$276.0635
Analyst Price Target
Consensus Narrative from 36 Analysts
US$296.33
Fair Value
12.2% undervalued intrinsic discount
36
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/01/30 23:31
End of Day Share Price 2025/01/30 00:00
Earnings2024/10/31
Annual Earnings2024/01/31

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.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
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 72 analysts. 37 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Adam ShepherdArete Research Services LLP
Dimitri KallianiotisAtlantic Equities LLP
Mark MarconBaird