Workday, Inc. (WDAY) - Stock Analysis

Last updated: Aug 22, 2026

Research Idea

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Recent Q1 FY2027 results drove a breakout, with revenue up 13.5% YoY to $2.542B and subscription revenue up 14.3%. Workday beat non-GAAP earnings and revenue, continues to push AI-linked product news and partnerships, and the stock is up about 19% over 21 trading days after clearing its prior range high.

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Idea window: 5/29/2026 – 6/5/2026Sector: Technology

AI Analyst Overview

Last Price
$205.13
Market Cap
$50.70B
1D Return
+5.97%
YTD Return
-4.49%

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Valuation Metrics

P/E
39.3
P/B
7.5
P/S
5.0
EV/EBITDA
35.7
Div Yield
—

Fundamental Analysis

6.0

Key Financial Insights: • Improving Profitability • Strong Cash Flow • Weaker Liquidity WDAY combines improving margins and strong cash generation with weakened liquidity, rising leverage, significant dilution, and balance-sheet risks.

CashGeneration
LiquidityRisk

Price Behavior

6.0

Key Price Behavior Insights: • Strong Rally • Overbought Momentum • Volatile Pullbacks Support Level: $190–191; stronger support at $175–181 Resistance Level: $206.45 WDAY's strong rally remains bullish above $190 and especially $176–181, but resistance at $206.45, RSI near 70, and recent volatility warrant caution.

Bullish
Cautious

Sentiment & News

5.0

Key News Insights: • Buyout Speculation • Slowing Growth • AI Opportunities Preliminary Silver Lake talks boosted Workday shares, but slowing growth, competition, and execution risks temper optimism around its AI-led outlook.

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Growth
AI

AI Summary

6.0
Neutral

Workday should be viewed as an execution-dependent AI reacceleration story rather than a dependable growth compounder, so investors should demand evidence of stronger bookings, AI monetization, and lower SBC before buying into the rally, especially given valuation, slowing core growth, and Silver Lake event risk.

AIOpportunity
ValuationRisk
Neutral
AI summary updated 6 days ago

Description

Workday, Inc. is a Pleasanton, California–based provider of enterprise cloud applications for finance, human resources, planning, analytics and spend management used by organizations worldwide. Its financial management and HCM suites support accounting, payroll, talent and workforce lifecycle activities, while its planning and analytics tools deliver reporting, benchmarking and automation to inform operational and management decisions. The company serves a broad range of sectors including financial services, healthcare, education, government, technology, retail and hospitality and was incorporated in 2005.

Idea History

DateCloseTickerCompanySummaryStatusP/L
May 29Jun 5WDAYWorkday, Inc.
Recent Q1 FY2027 results drove a breakout, with revenue up 13.5% YoY to $2.542B and subscription revenue up 14.3%. Workday beat non-GAAP earnings and revenue, continues to push AI-linked product news and partnerships, and the stock is up about 19% over 21 trading days after clearing its prior range high.
Closed-1.3%
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