What is DA Davidson’s Estimate for Workday Q1 Earnings?

Workday, Inc. (NASDAQ:WDAY) – DA Davidson issued their Q1 2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Workday in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, February 26th. DA Davidson analyst G. Luria forecasts that the software maker will earn $0.82 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Workday’s current full-year earnings is $2.63 per share. DA Davidson also issued estimates for Workday’s FY2026 earnings at $3.74 EPS, FY2027 earnings at $5.02 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $5.02 EPS.

Other analysts also recently issued reports about the company. UBS Group upped their price objective on Workday from $255.00 to $285.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their target price on Workday from $285.00 to $310.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Royal Bank of Canada increased their target price on Workday from $320.00 to $340.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Barclays cut their target price on Workday from $314.00 to $305.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, November 27th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus increased their target price on Workday from $270.00 to $310.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Ten research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $302.14.

Workday Stock Up 1.1 %

WDAY opened at $263.34 on Friday. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $259.69 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $254.92. 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 company has a market cap of $70.05 billion, a PE ratio of 43.67, a P/E/G ratio of 3.55 and a beta of 1.35. Workday has a 52 week low of $199.81 and a 52 week high of $294.00.

Workday (NASDAQ:WDAY) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 25th. The software maker reported $0.48 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.75 by ($1.27). The company had revenue of $2.21 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.18 billion. Workday had a net margin of 19.86% and a return on equity of 6.13%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Workday

In other news, CEO Carl M. Eschenbach sold 6,250 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, January 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $253.86, for a total transaction of $1,586,625.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 13,972 shares in the company, valued at $3,546,931.92. This trade represents a 30.91 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, major shareholder David A. Duffield sold 70,003 shares of the firm’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 in the company, valued at $25,872,846.40. This trade represents a 40.46 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 433,321 shares of company stock worth $111,763,803. 20.00% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Workday

Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Crews Bank & Trust acquired a new stake in shares of Workday during the fourth quarter worth $26,000. Roxbury Financial LLC purchased a new position in shares of Workday in the 4th quarter worth $25,000. Avion Wealth raised its position in shares of Workday by 452.6% in the 4th quarter. Avion Wealth now owns 105 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $27,000 after buying an additional 86 shares during the period. Capital Performance Advisors LLP purchased a new position in shares of Workday in the 3rd quarter worth $26,000. Finally, TCTC Holdings LLC purchased a new position in shares of Workday in the 4th quarter worth $35,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 89.81% 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.