Workiva (NYSE:WK) Announces FY 2026 Earnings Guidance

Workiva (NYSE:WK) issued an update on its FY 2026 earnings guidance on Friday morning. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 2.800-2.830 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 2.950. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.0 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.0 billion. Workiva also updated its Q4 2026 guidance to 0.780-0.800 EPS.

Workiva Price Performance

NYSE WK traded down $12.93 during trading on Friday, hitting $72.58. 1,111,090 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,021,814. The firm has a market cap of $4.07 billion, a P/E ratio of 88.48 and a beta of 0.46. Workiva has a 12-month low of $43.34 and a 12-month high of $95.00. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $75.92 and a two-hundred day moving average of $63.12.

Workiva (NYSE:WK) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November 5th. The software maker reported $0.72 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.80 by ($0.08). The firm had revenue of $262.96 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $261.37 million. Workiva had a net margin of 4.87% and a negative return on equity of 140.17%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 17.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.55 EPS. As a group, analysts expect that Workiva will post 1.31 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages have weighed in on WK. UBS Group set a $70.00 price objective on shares of Workiva in a report on Wednesday, August 5th. Zacks Research lowered shares of Workiva from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, October 5th. Citigroup restated a “buy” rating on shares of Workiva in a research note on Thursday, August 6th. BTIG Research set a $85.00 target price on shares of Workiva in a report on Wednesday, September 16th. Finally, Weiss Ratings downgraded shares of Workiva from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Nine analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, one has assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $87.00.

Insider Activity

In other news, EVP Brandon Ziegler sold 6,571 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, August 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $75.97, for a total transaction of $499,198.87. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 126,216 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $9,588,629.52. The trade was a 4.95% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Insiders own 4.77% of the company’s stock.

More Workiva News

Here are the key news stories impacting Workiva this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Q3 revenue was $262.96 million, ahead of the $261.37 million consensus and up 17.3% year over year. Workiva Q3 2026 results
• Neutral Sentiment: Workiva expects FY 2026 revenue of about $1.0 billion, in line with analyst expectations. Workiva guidance
• Negative Sentiment: Q3 EPS of $0.72 missed the roughly $0.80 consensus, despite improving from $0.55 a year earlier. Workiva Q3 earnings miss
• Negative Sentiment: Q4 EPS guidance of $0.78–$0.80 is below the $0.92 consensus; revenue guidance of $275–$278 million is also just below the $278.1 million estimate. FY 2026 EPS guidance of $2.80–$2.83 likewise trails the $2.95 consensus, pointing to weaker expected profitability than analysts anticipated. Workiva outlook

About Workiva

Workiva Inc (NYSE: WK) provides cloud-based software designed to help organizations manage reporting, compliance, risk and other complex business processes. Its platform connects financial, operational and environmental, social and governance (ESG) data so teams can collaborate on information used for internal and external reporting.

The company’s products support financial reporting, regulatory filings, audit and compliance workflows, investor communications, and sustainability reporting.