FY2025 EPS Estimates for Workday Boosted by Zacks Research

Workday, Inc. (NASDAQ:WDAY) – Zacks Research lifted their FY2025 EPS estimates for shares of Workday in a report released on Monday, December 16th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the software maker will earn $2.58 per share for the year, up from their previous forecast of $2.36. The consensus estimate for Workday’s current full-year earnings is $2.58 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Workday’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.59 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.66 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.67 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.75 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.10 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $3.17 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $0.89 EPS, Q2 2027 earnings at $1.08 EPS, Q3 2027 earnings at $1.13 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $4.58 EPS.

Several other research analysts have also recently weighed in on WDAY. BMO Capital Markets reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $300.00 price target on shares of Workday in a research report on Wednesday, September 18th. Loop Capital lowered their price target on shares of Workday from $270.00 to $242.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, November 27th. Oppenheimer reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $300.00 price objective on shares of Workday in a report on Tuesday, December 3rd. JMP Securities reissued a “market outperform” rating and set a $315.00 target price on shares of Workday in a research note on Thursday, September 19th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group increased their target price on Workday from $300.00 to $305.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, September 19th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have issued a hold rating and twenty have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Workday has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $291.36.

Workday Stock Down 0.3 %

NASDAQ:WDAY traded down $0.90 during mid-day trading on Thursday, reaching $268.03. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 450,910 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,254,397. Workday has a 1 year low of $199.81 and a 1 year high of $311.28. The firm has a market capitalization of $71.30 billion, a PE ratio of 44.45, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 5.04 and a beta of 1.34. The company has a quick ratio of 2.05, a current ratio of 2.05 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.35. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $255.93 and a 200-day moving average of $240.27.

Workday (NASDAQ:WDAY) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, November 26th. The software maker reported $1.89 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.76 by $0.13. The business had revenue of $2.16 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.13 billion. Workday had a return on equity of 6.13% and a net margin of 19.86%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 15.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.47 earnings per share.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of WDAY. Oddo BHF Asset Management Sas bought a new position in shares of Workday in the third quarter valued at about $15,663,000. Garde Capital Inc. raised its position in shares of Workday by 60.6% in the 3rd quarter. Garde Capital Inc. now owns 3,120 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $763,000 after buying an additional 1,177 shares in the last quarter. Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp lifted its stake in shares of Workday by 21.3% in the 3rd quarter. Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp now owns 2,280 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $557,000 after acquiring an additional 401 shares during the last quarter. Synovus Financial Corp boosted its holdings in shares of Workday by 5.7% during the 3rd quarter. Synovus Financial Corp now owns 19,590 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $4,788,000 after acquiring an additional 1,051 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Tidal Investments LLC increased its holdings in Workday by 43.8% in the 3rd quarter. Tidal Investments LLC now owns 13,546 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $3,311,000 after purchasing an additional 4,128 shares in the last quarter. 89.81% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Activity

In related news, major shareholder David A. Duffield sold 70,003 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, December 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $251.20, for a total value of $17,584,753.60. Following the sale, the insider now owns 102,997 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $25,872,846.40. The trade was a 40.46 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, Director Wayne A.I. Frederick sold 1,828 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, October 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $241.85, for a total value of $442,101.80. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 8,674 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,097,806.90. This trade represents a 17.41 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 304,463 shares of company stock valued at $74,309,458. Insiders own 20.00% of the company’s stock.

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.