Workday, Inc. (NASDAQ:WDAY) to Post Q4 2026 Earnings of $0.56 Per Share, Zacks Research Forecasts

Workday, Inc. (NASDAQ:WDAY) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research increased their Q4 2026 EPS estimates for shares of Workday in a research note issued on Tuesday, July 30th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the software maker will post earnings of $0.56 per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $0.46. The consensus estimate for Workday’s current full-year earnings is $2.12 per share.

Several other equities analysts also recently commented on WDAY. StockNews.com downgraded shares of Workday from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, April 8th. BMO Capital Markets dropped their price objective on shares of Workday from $338.00 to $300.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, May 24th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their target price on shares of Workday from $300.00 to $285.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, May 24th. Piper Sandler decreased their price target on shares of Workday from $280.00 to $262.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Friday, July 12th. Finally, JMP Securities reissued a “market outperform” rating and set a $315.00 target price on shares of Workday in a report on Friday, May 24th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have given a hold rating and twenty-one have given a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Workday has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $281.44.

Workday Stock Down 2.0 %

Shares of NASDAQ WDAY opened at $222.58 on Wednesday. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $220.44 and its 200-day moving average price is $255.67. The company has a current ratio of 2.00, a quick ratio of 2.00 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.37. The stock has a market capitalization of $58.98 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 40.10, a P/E/G ratio of 5.71 and a beta of 1.35. Workday has a 12-month low of $202.01 and a 12-month high of $311.28.

Workday (NASDAQ:WDAY) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, May 23rd. The software maker reported $0.51 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.31 by $0.20. The company had revenue of $1.99 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.97 billion. Workday had a net margin of 19.66% and a return on equity of 5.78%. Workday’s quarterly revenue was up 18.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.16 EPS.

Insider Transactions at Workday

In other Workday news, major shareholder David A. Duffield sold 56,000 shares of Workday stock in a transaction dated Friday, July 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $229.32, for a total transaction of $12,841,920.00. Following the transaction, the insider now directly owns 562,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $128,877,840. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. In other Workday news, insider Douglas A. Robinson sold 3,121 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $214.44, for a total transaction of $669,267.24. Following the sale, the insider now directly owns 204,066 shares in the company, valued at approximately $43,759,913.04. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, major shareholder David A. Duffield sold 56,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, July 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $229.32, for a total transaction of $12,841,920.00. Following the sale, the insider now owns 562,000 shares in the company, valued at $128,877,840. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 524,672 shares of company stock valued at $115,938,834. Corporate insiders own 20.00% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Workday

Large investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Vontobel Holding Ltd. increased its position in shares of Workday by 5.1% in the 4th quarter. Vontobel Holding Ltd. now owns 67,077 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $18,517,000 after purchasing an additional 3,260 shares during the last quarter. William Blair Investment Management LLC increased its position in shares of Workday by 17.6% in the 1st quarter. William Blair Investment Management LLC now owns 32,442 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $8,849,000 after purchasing an additional 4,865 shares during the last quarter. Assetmark Inc. increased its position in shares of Workday by 9.9% in the 4th quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 21,414 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $5,912,000 after purchasing an additional 1,933 shares during the last quarter. Bornite Capital Management LP purchased a new stake in shares of Workday in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $34,508,000. Finally, Nordea Investment Management AB increased its position in shares of Workday by 3.0% in the 1st quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 468,915 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $128,851,000 after purchasing an additional 13,502 shares during the last quarter. 89.81% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Workday Company Profile

Workday, Inc provides enterprise cloud applications in the United States and internationally. Its applications help its customers to plan, execute, analyze, and extend to other applications and environments to manage their business and operations. The company offers a suite of financial management applications to maintain accounting information in the general ledger; manage financial processes, such as payables and receivables; identify real-time financial, operational, and management insights; enhance financial consolidation; reduce time-to-close; promote internal control and auditability; and achieve consistency across finance operations.