Workday, Inc. financial metrics

Professional SEC-based dashboard for profitability, financial health, and growth with transparent scoring logic. Latest period: Q4 2025.

Symbol
WDAY on Nasdaq
Location
Pleasanton, CA
Fiscal year end
31 January
Latest financial report
06 Mar 2026

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WDAY - Workday, Inc. Financial Facts

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Context
Latest metrics period: Q4 2025
Latest reported value
Return On Equity 8.2%

Based on company facts extracted from SEC 10-Q/10-K XBRL filings where available. Open metric pages to inspect the reported history.

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Quick Takeaways

  • WDAY - Workday, Inc. financial facts are built from SEC company filings data.
  • Latest metrics period on this page: Q4 2025.
  • Headline metric: Return On Equity 8.2%.

What Changed

  • Return On Equity YoY change: <span class="text-green-600">+34%</span>.
  • Most recent SEC facts end date: 31 Jan 2026.

Why This Matters

  • This gives a beginner-friendly first read before you inspect detailed formulas and metric tables.
  • Every metric card links to a deeper SEC-backed history page for verification.

Source Evidence

Based on latest 10-Q/10-K

Based on company facts extracted from SEC 10-Q/10-K XBRL filings where available. Open company facts to inspect the reported metric history.

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Latest SEC snapshot (2026-01-31) highlights Return On Equity 8.2%, Return On Assets 3.6%, and Operating Margin 12.0%.

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Financial Quality Score

Transparent 0-100 scoring model based on profitability, financial health, and growth factors.

63.1/100

Balanced Confidence high

Return On Equity

8.2%

Metric score 1.4/100

Return On Assets

3.6%

Metric score 19.4/100

Financial Health

Current Ratio
1.32x
Quick Ratio
1.22x
Debt to Equity
0.49x

Strengths

Current Ratio, Quick Ratio, and Debt-to-equity

Watchpoints

Return On Equity, Return On Assets, and Operating Margin

Key metrics snapshot

Return On Equity

8.2%

YoY: +34%

Industry median: 21% (n=103)

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Return On Assets

3.6%

YoY: +26%

Industry median: -10% (n=100)

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Operating Margin

12%

YoY: +54%

Industry median: -3.8% (n=72)

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Current Ratio

1.32x

YoY: -30%

Industry median: 1.09x (n=98)

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Quick Ratio

1.22x

YoY: -4.5%

Industry median: 0.92x (n=62)

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Debt-to-equity

0.49x

YoY: +9.8%

Industry median: 0.22x (n=79)

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Revenues YoY

13%

YoY:

Industry median: 8.4% (n=77)

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NetIncomeLoss YoY

32%

YoY:

Industry median: 15% (n=94)

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Profitability

Metric Latest value YoY change
Return On Equity 8.2% +34%
Return On Assets 3.6% +26%
Operating Margin 12% +54%

Financial Health

Metric Latest value YoY change
Current Ratio 1.32x -30%
Quick Ratio 1.22x -4.5%
Debt-to-equity 0.49x +9.8%

Growth

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenues YoY 13%
NetIncomeLoss YoY 32%

Share Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Basic 265,097,000 -0.06%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Diluted 268,117,000 -0.4%

Additional Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax $9,552,000,000 +13%
Research and Development Expense $2,679,000,000 +2%
Selling and Marketing Expense $2,616,000,000 +7.6%
General and Administrative Expense $912,000,000 +11%
Operating Income (Loss) $721,000,000 +74%
Nonoperating Income (Expense) $288,000,000 +29%
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes, Noncontrolling Interest $1,009,000,000 +58%
Income Tax Expense (Benefit) $316,000,000 +182%
Earnings Per Share, Basic 2.61 +32%
Earnings Per Share, Diluted 2.59 +33%
Cash and Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value $1,501,000,000 -2.7%
Marketable Securities, Current $3,942,000,000 -39%
Accounts Receivable, after Allowance for Credit Loss, Current $2,332,000,000 +20%
Assets, Current $8,429,000,000 -20%
Other Long-term Investments $233,000,000 -5.7%
Deferred Income Tax Assets, Net $829,000,000 -20%
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net $1,093,000,000 -12%
Operating Lease, Right-of-Use Asset $719,000,000 +114%
Goodwill $5,229,000,000 +50%
Other Assets, Noncurrent $460,000,000 +10%
Assets $18,074,000,000 +0.54%
Accounts Payable, Current $142,000,000 +31%
Employee-related Liabilities, Current $642,000,000 +11%
Accrued Liabilities, Current $454,000,000 +53%
Contract with Customer, Liability, Current $5,010,000,000 +12%
Liabilities, Current $6,378,000,000 +15%
Contract with Customer, Liability, Noncurrent $71,000,000 -11%
Operating Lease, Liability, Noncurrent $704,000,000 +152%
Other Liabilities, Noncurrent $129,000,000 +148%
Liabilities $10,269,000,000 +15%
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax $136,000,000 -262%
Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit) $512,000,000 +58%
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent $7,805,000,000 -14%
Liabilities and Equity $18,074,000,000 +0.54%
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents $1,509,000,000 -2.9%
Deferred Tax Assets, Valuation Allowance $1,433,000,000 +14%
Deferred Tax Assets, Gross $2,618,000,000 +0.73%
Operating Lease, Liability $834,000,000 +121%
Depreciation $237,000,000 -2.5%
Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax, Attributable to Parent $473,000,000 -20%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid $1,065,000,000 +146%
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross $2,495,000,000 -2.7%
Operating Lease, Liability, Current $130,000,000 +31%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Two $155,000,000 +68%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year One $146,000,000 +27%
Operating Lease, Weighted Average Discount Rate, Percent 0.0419 -0.24%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Undiscounted Excess Amount $231,000,000 +320%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Three $123,000,000 +50%
Preferred Stock, Shares Issued 0
Preferred Stock, Shares Authorized 10,000,000 0%
Unrecognized Tax Benefits $341,000,000 +10%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Four $86,000,000 +56%
Additional Paid in Capital $12,673,000,000 +11%
Preferred Stock, Shares Outstanding 0
Amortization of Intangible Assets $25,000,000 +25%
Deferred Tax Assets, Net of Valuation Allowance $1,185,000,000 -12%
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Expense $1,626,000,000 +7%
Preferred Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share 0.001 0%

How we score

This score is transparent and deterministic. We weight profitability, financial health, and growth metrics, then renormalize weights when SEC data is missing.

Metric Weight V1 threshold
ROIC205% to 20%
ROE158% to 25%
ROA102% to 10%
Operating Margin55% to 25%
Current Ratio121.0x to 2.0x
Quick Ratio80.8x to 1.5x
Debt to Equity100.3x to 2.0x (lower is better)
Revenue YoY10-10% to +20%
Net Income YoY10-10% to +20%

How Calculated (standard_v1)

Metrics are computed with a market-consensus convention designed for cross-portal comparability.

  • TTM Operating Income / TTM Revenues
  • Current Assets / Current Liabilities (latest instant quarter)
  • (Current Assets - Inventory) / Current Liabilities; fallback: (Cash+Short-Term Investments + Accounts Receivable) / Current Liabilities
  • Total Debt / Stockholders Equity (latest instant quarter; shared unit; freshest series)
  • TTM Net Income / Average Equity (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM Net Income / Average Assets (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM NOPAT / Average Invested Capital, where NOPAT=Operating Income*(1-tax rate), Invested Capital=Equity+Total Debt-Cash & ST Investments
  • TTM Revenues YoY
  • TTM Net Income YoY