Q1 Earnings Forecast for Workday Issued By William Blair

Workday, Inc. (NASDAQ:WDAY) – Analysts at William Blair issued their Q1 2026 EPS estimates for Workday in a note issued to investors on Wednesday, February 26th. William Blair analyst J. Roberge anticipates that the software maker will earn $0.78 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Workday’s current full-year earnings is $2.63 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Workday’s Q2 2026 earnings at $0.89 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.97 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.03 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $3.67 EPS.

Workday (NASDAQ:WDAY) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, February 25th. The software maker reported $0.48 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.75 by ($1.27). The firm had revenue of $2.21 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.18 billion. Workday had a net margin of 19.86% and a return on equity of 6.13%.

A number of other equities research analysts also recently commented on the company. Piper Sandler lifted their target price on Workday from $270.00 to $290.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 26th. Scotiabank boosted their price objective on shares of Workday from $340.00 to $355.00 and gave the company a “sector outperform” rating in a report on Thursday. Canaccord Genuity Group upped their target price on shares of Workday from $300.00 to $330.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 26th. BMO Capital Markets lifted their price target on shares of Workday from $300.00 to $314.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday. Finally, Loop Capital boosted their price target on shares of Workday from $242.00 to $260.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 19th. Ten research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Workday presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $302.14.

Workday Stock Up 1.1 %

WDAY stock opened at $263.34 on Monday. The firm has a market cap of $70.05 billion, a PE ratio of 43.67, a PEG ratio of 3.55 and a beta of 1.35. Workday has a one year low of $199.81 and a one year high of $294.00. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.35, a quick ratio of 2.05 and a current ratio of 2.05. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $259.69 and its 200-day moving average price is $255.14.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Roxbury Financial LLC bought a new position in shares of Workday during the 4th quarter valued at about $25,000. Capital Performance Advisors LLP acquired a new stake in Workday during the third quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Crews Bank & Trust bought a new stake in Workday during the fourth quarter worth approximately $26,000. Avion Wealth grew its position in Workday by 452.6% in the fourth quarter. Avion Wealth now owns 105 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $27,000 after buying an additional 86 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Meeder Asset Management Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Workday by 42.2% in the third quarter. Meeder Asset Management Inc. now owns 145 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $35,000 after buying an additional 43 shares in the last quarter. 89.81% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Transactions at Workday

In related news, CEO Carl M. Eschenbach sold 6,250 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred 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 of the company’s stock, valued at $3,546,931.92. The trade was a 30.91 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, major shareholder David A. Duffield sold 70,090 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, January 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $254.53, for a total value of $17,840,007.70. Following the transaction, the insider now directly owns 102,997 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $26,215,826.41. The trade was a 40.49 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last three months, insiders sold 363,318 shares of company stock valued at $94,179,050. Company insiders own 20.00% of the company’s stock.

About Workday

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.