Workday (WDAY) Capital Expenditures (2012 - 2026)
Workday's Capital Expenditures was $60 million in fiscal Q4 2026 (quarter ended Jan 31, 2026), down 30.2% from $86 million a year earlier but up 57.9% from the prior quarter.
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Workday (WDAY) Capital Expenditures (2012 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026 (ended Jan 31, 2026), Capital Expenditures at Workday came in at $162 million, down 39.8% from FY2025.
- Capital Expenditures shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of -8.6% (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In earlier fiscal years, Capital Expenditures was $269 million in FY2025 (+15.9%), $232 million in FY2024 (-36.3%), $364 million in FY2023 (+37.9%) and $264 million in FY2022 (+4.2%).
- Quarterly Capital Expenditures has moved between $28 million (fiscal Q2 2026) and $171.42 million (fiscal Q1 2022) over five years.
- Compared with a year earlier, Capital Expenditures has declined for four straight quarters, with an average decline of 9.8% over the last eight quarters.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Capital Expenditures over five years was fiscal Q1 2022 (growth of 186.0%); the worst was fiscal Q1 2023 (a decline of 65.7%).
- Per Business Quant data, WDAY's Capital Expenditures in the three fiscal quarters before Q4 2026 was $38 million (Q3 2026), $28 million (Q2 2026) and $36 million (Q1 2026).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Capex (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 450.50 Bn | 419.56 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 14.55 Mn |
| 2 | Oracle | 401.01 Bn | 273.57 Bn | - | 28.50 Bn |
| 3 | Sap Se | 257.03 Bn | 178.11 Bn | 8.40 Bn | -134.83 Mn |
| 4 | Salesforce | 187.04 Bn | 142.92 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 171.00 Mn |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 135.91 Bn | 114.37 Bn | 2.82 Bn | 114.00 Mn |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing | 104.14 Bn | 86.27 Bn | 2.51 Bn | 72.80 Mn |
| 7 | Intuit | 72.30 Bn | 51.65 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 27.00 Mn |
| 8 | Relx | 60.17 Bn | 57.14 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 55.31 Bn | 48.30 Bn | 81.55 Mn | 1.77 Mn |
| 10 | Workday | 45.49 Bn | 21.61 Bn | 2.00 Bn | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jan 31, 2026 | 60.00 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 38.00 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 28.00 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 36.00 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 86.00 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 47.00 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 55.00 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 81.00 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 49.00 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 60.00 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2023 | 65.00 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 59.00 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2023 | 77.99 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2022 | 58.67 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 168.60 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 58.75 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2022 | 73.09 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 33.34 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2021 | 87.78 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2021 | 171.42 Mn |
API Access
Workday Capital Expenditures API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=capital-expenditures&ticker=WDAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "capital-expenditures", "ticker": "WDAY", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=capital-expenditures&ticker=WDAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();