Growth Metrics

Workday (WDAY) Capital Expenditures (2012 - 2026)

Workday's quarterly Capital Expenditures came in at $127.0 million in Q1 2026, up 47.67% year-on-year from $86.0 million in Q1 2025, and up 537.93% quarter-over-quarter from -$29.0 million in Q4 2025.

Workday has reported Capital Expenditures for 15 years, with the latest figure at $127.0 million in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Capital Expenditures rose 47.67% year-over-year to $127.0 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 stood at $162.0 million (down 14.29% YoY), and the FY2026 full-year result was $162.0 million, down 39.78% from the prior year.
  • Capital Expenditures for Q1 2026 stood at $127.0 million, up from -$29.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Capital Expenditures was $214.0 million in Q1 2024, with the low at -$124.5 million in Q1 2022.
  • Average Capital Expenditures over 5 years is $48.8 million, with a median of $56.0 million recorded in 2025.
  • Year-over-year, Capital Expenditures tumbled 2286.48% in 2022 and jumped 294900.0% in 2023.
  • Tracing WDAY's Capital Expenditures over 5 years: stood at $181000.0 in 2022, then soared by 9844.75% to $18.0 million in 2023, then surged by 161.11% to $47.0 million in 2024, then tumbled by 161.7% to -$29.0 million in 2025, then jumped by 537.93% to $127.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Capital Expenditures figures came in at $127.0 million (Q1 2026), -$29.0 million (Q4 2025), and $56.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Capital Expenditures (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 253.17 Bn 235.20 Bn 8.16 Bn -
2 Salesforce 171.07 Bn 161.50 Bn 8.69 Bn 141.00 Mn
3 Uber Technologies 151.10 Bn 150.06 Bn 11.88 Bn 65.00 Mn
4 Shopify 134.25 Bn 128.50 Bn 1.55 Bn 5.00 Mn
5 ServiceNow 105.72 Bn 100.54 Bn 2.83 Bn 100.00 Mn
6 Cadence Design Systems 101.64 Bn 100.23 Bn 1.26 Bn 48.82 Mn
7 Adobe 100.35 Bn 93.46 Bn 5.73 Bn 37.00 Mn
8 Automatic Data Processing 90.91 Bn 87.68 Bn 2.87 Bn 50.60 Mn
9 Intuit 88.30 Bn 81.52 Bn 6.77 Bn 64.00 Mn
10 Workday 33.97 Bn 28.53 Bn 1.86 Bn 127.00 Mn

Historic Data

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Jan 31, 2026 127.00 Mn
Jan 31, 2026 127.00 Mn
Oct 31, 2025 -29.00 Mn
Oct 31, 2025 -29.00 Mn
Jul 31, 2025 56.00 Mn
Jul 31, 2025 56.00 Mn
Apr 30, 2025 8.00 Mn
Apr 30, 2025 8.00 Mn
Jan 31, 2025 86.00 Mn
Jan 31, 2025 86.00 Mn
Oct 31, 2024 47.00 Mn
Oct 31, 2024 47.00 Mn
Jul 31, 2024 -25.00 Mn
Jul 31, 2024 -25.00 Mn
Apr 30, 2024 81.00 Mn
Apr 30, 2024 81.00 Mn
Jan 31, 2024 214.00 Mn
Jan 31, 2024 214.00 Mn
Oct 31, 2023 18.00 Mn
Oct 31, 2023 18.00 Mn
Jul 31, 2023 65.00 Mn
Jul 31, 2023 65.00 Mn
Apr 30, 2023 59.00 Mn
Apr 30, 2023 59.00 Mn
Jan 31, 2023 77.99 Mn
Jan 31, 2023 77.99 Mn
Oct 31, 2022 181,000.00
Oct 31, 2022 181,000.00
Jul 31, 2022 168.60 Mn
Jul 31, 2022 168.60 Mn
Apr 30, 2022 20,000.00
Apr 30, 2022 20,000.00
Jan 31, 2022 -124.50 Mn
Jan 31, 2022 -124.50 Mn
Oct 31, 2021 33.34 Mn
Oct 31, 2021 33.34 Mn
Jul 31, 2021 87.78 Mn
Jul 31, 2021 87.78 Mn
Apr 30, 2021 78.47 Mn
Apr 30, 2021 78.47 Mn
Jan 31, 2021 5.69 Mn
Jan 31, 2021 5.69 Mn
Oct 31, 2020 1.07 Mn
Oct 31, 2020 1.07 Mn
Jul 31, 2020 66.56 Mn
Jul 31, 2020 66.56 Mn
Apr 30, 2020 59.94 Mn
Apr 30, 2020 59.94 Mn
Jan 31, 2020 47.42 Mn
Jan 31, 2020 47.42 Mn
Oct 31, 2019 55.16 Mn
Oct 31, 2019 55.16 Mn
Jul 31, 2019 34.15 Mn
Jul 31, 2019 34.15 Mn
Apr 30, 2019 77.43 Mn
Apr 30, 2019 77.43 Mn
Jan 31, 2019 120.38 Mn
Jan 31, 2019 120.38 Mn
Oct 31, 2018 55.43 Mn
Oct 31, 2018 55.43 Mn
Jul 31, 2018 53.35 Mn
Jul 31, 2018 53.35 Mn
Apr 30, 2018 39.23 Mn
Apr 30, 2018 39.23 Mn
Jan 31, 2018 -28.61 Mn
Jan 31, 2018 -28.61 Mn
Oct 31, 2017 27.62 Mn
Oct 31, 2017 27.62 Mn
Jul 31, 2017 38.53 Mn
Jul 31, 2017 38.53 Mn
Apr 30, 2017 30.59 Mn
Apr 30, 2017 30.59 Mn
Jan 31, 2017 81.08 Mn
Jan 31, 2017 81.08 Mn
Oct 31, 2016 59.71 Mn
Oct 31, 2016 59.71 Mn
Jul 31, 2016 11.43 Mn
Jul 31, 2016 11.43 Mn
Apr 30, 2016 21.51 Mn
Apr 30, 2016 21.51 Mn
Jan 31, 2016 -3.19 Mn
Jan 31, 2016 -3.19 Mn
Oct 31, 2015 17.24 Mn
Oct 31, 2015 17.24 Mn
Jul 31, 2015 18.64 Mn
Jul 31, 2015 18.64 Mn
Apr 30, 2015 9.30 Mn
Apr 30, 2015 9.30 Mn
Jan 31, 2015 94.59 Mn
Jan 31, 2015 94.59 Mn
Oct 31, 2014 -3.12 Mn
Oct 31, 2014 -3.12 Mn
Jul 31, 2014 28.41 Mn
Jul 31, 2014 28.41 Mn
Apr 30, 2014 9.87 Mn
Apr 30, 2014 9.87 Mn
Jan 31, 2014 -46.77 Mn
Jan 31, 2014 -46.77 Mn
Oct 31, 2013 16.76 Mn
Oct 31, 2013 16.76 Mn
Jul 31, 2013 29.73 Mn
Jul 31, 2013 29.73 Mn
Apr 30, 2013 13.28 Mn
Apr 30, 2013 13.28 Mn
Jan 31, 2013 -6.80 Mn
Jan 31, 2013 -6.80 Mn
Oct 31, 2012 801,000.00
Oct 31, 2012 801,000.00
Jul 31, 2012 3.81 Mn
Jul 31, 2012 3.81 Mn