Growth Metrics

Workday (WDAY) Cash from Investing Activities (2012 - 2026)

Workday's quarterly Cash from Investing Activities came in at -$844.0 million in Q1 2026, down 16.09% year-on-year from -$1.0 billion in Q1 2025, and down 150.03% quarter-over-quarter from $1.7 billion in Q4 2025.

Workday has reported Cash from Investing Activities for 15 years, with the latest figure at -$844.0 million in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Cash from Investing Activities fell 16.09% year-over-year to -$844.0 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 stood at $333.0 million (up 118.7% YoY), and the FY2026 full-year result was $333.0 million, up 118.7% from the prior year.
  • Cash from Investing Activities for Q1 2026 stood at -$844.0 million, down from $1.7 billion in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Cash from Investing Activities was $1.7 billion in Q4 2025, with the low at -$1.5 billion in Q2 2022.
  • Average Cash from Investing Activities over 5 years is -$361.4 million, with a median of -$439.1 million recorded in 2022.
  • Year-over-year, Cash from Investing Activities plunged 249.52% in 2022 and jumped 474.89% in 2025.
  • Tracing WDAY's Cash from Investing Activities over 5 years: stood at -$168.1 million in 2022, then retreated by 2.34% to -$172.0 million in 2023, then plunged by 161.63% to -$450.0 million in 2024, then jumped by 474.89% to $1.7 billion in 2025, then plunged by 150.03% to -$844.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Cash from Investing Activities figures came in at -$844.0 million (Q1 2026), $1.7 billion (Q4 2025), and $13.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Cash from Investing Activities (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 253.17 Bn 235.20 Bn 8.16 Bn 961.18 Mn
2 Salesforce 171.07 Bn 161.50 Bn 8.69 Bn -8.71 Bn
3 Uber Technologies 151.10 Bn 150.06 Bn 11.88 Bn -773.00 Mn
4 Shopify 134.25 Bn 128.50 Bn 1.55 Bn 310.00 Mn
5 ServiceNow 105.72 Bn 100.54 Bn 2.83 Bn -451.00 Mn
6 Cadence Design Systems 101.64 Bn 100.23 Bn 1.26 Bn -2.11 Bn
7 Adobe 100.35 Bn 93.46 Bn 5.73 Bn 474.00 Mn
8 Automatic Data Processing 90.91 Bn 87.68 Bn 2.87 Bn -1.22 Bn
9 Intuit 88.30 Bn 81.52 Bn 6.77 Bn -1.60 Bn
10 Workday 33.97 Bn 28.53 Bn 1.86 Bn -844.00 Mn

Historic Data

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Jan 31, 2026 -844.00 Mn
Jan 31, 2026 -844.00 Mn
Oct 31, 2025 1.69 Bn
Oct 31, 2025 1.69 Bn
Jul 31, 2025 13.00 Mn
Jul 31, 2025 13.00 Mn
Apr 30, 2025 -523.00 Mn
Apr 30, 2025 -523.00 Mn
Jan 31, 2025 -727.00 Mn
Jan 31, 2025 -727.00 Mn
Oct 31, 2024 -450.00 Mn
Oct 31, 2024 -450.00 Mn
Jul 31, 2024 -346.00 Mn
Jul 31, 2024 -346.00 Mn
Apr 30, 2024 -258.00 Mn
Apr 30, 2024 -258.00 Mn
Jan 31, 2024 -481.00 Mn
Jan 31, 2024 -481.00 Mn
Oct 31, 2023 -172.00 Mn
Oct 31, 2023 -172.00 Mn
Jul 31, 2023 -385.00 Mn
Jul 31, 2023 -385.00 Mn
Apr 30, 2023 -713.00 Mn
Apr 30, 2023 -713.00 Mn
Jan 31, 2023 -380.20 Mn
Jan 31, 2023 -380.20 Mn
Oct 31, 2022 -168.06 Mn
Oct 31, 2022 -168.06 Mn
Jul 31, 2022 -487.00 Mn
Jul 31, 2022 -487.00 Mn
Apr 30, 2022 -1.47 Bn
Apr 30, 2022 -1.47 Bn
Jan 31, 2022 -439.09 Mn
Jan 31, 2022 -439.09 Mn
Oct 31, 2021 -166.86 Mn
Oct 31, 2021 -166.86 Mn
Jul 31, 2021 -139.33 Mn
Jul 31, 2021 -139.33 Mn
Apr 30, 2021 -861.72 Mn
Apr 30, 2021 -861.72 Mn
Jan 31, 2021 -298.97 Mn
Jan 31, 2021 -298.97 Mn
Oct 31, 2020 -462.67 Mn
Oct 31, 2020 -462.67 Mn
Jul 31, 2020 -202.64 Mn
Jul 31, 2020 -202.64 Mn
Apr 30, 2020 -277.35 Mn
Apr 30, 2020 -277.35 Mn
Jan 31, 2020 -541.38 Mn
Jan 31, 2020 -541.38 Mn
Oct 31, 2019 32.56 Mn
Oct 31, 2019 32.56 Mn
Jul 31, 2019 -320.75 Mn
Jul 31, 2019 -320.75 Mn
Apr 30, 2019 -67.36 Mn
Apr 30, 2019 -67.36 Mn
Jan 31, 2019 -202.43 Mn
Jan 31, 2019 -202.43 Mn
Oct 31, 2018 -1.27 Bn
Oct 31, 2018 -1.27 Bn
Jul 31, 2018 912.31 Mn
Jul 31, 2018 912.31 Mn
Apr 30, 2018 -284.59 Mn
Apr 30, 2018 -284.59 Mn
Jan 31, 2018 -361.98 Mn
Jan 31, 2018 -361.98 Mn
Oct 31, 2017 -595.46 Mn
Oct 31, 2017 -595.46 Mn
Jul 31, 2017 201.35 Mn
Jul 31, 2017 201.35 Mn
Apr 30, 2017 -222.89 Mn
Apr 30, 2017 -222.89 Mn
Jan 31, 2017 18.36 Mn
Jan 31, 2017 18.36 Mn
Oct 31, 2016 -99.12 Mn
Oct 31, 2016 -99.12 Mn
Jul 31, 2016 -26.78 Mn
Jul 31, 2016 -26.78 Mn
Apr 30, 2016 -61.34 Mn
Apr 30, 2016 -61.34 Mn
Jan 31, 2016 -39.27 Mn
Jan 31, 2016 -39.27 Mn
Oct 31, 2015 -64.99 Mn
Oct 31, 2015 -64.99 Mn
Jul 31, 2015 -73.40 Mn
Jul 31, 2015 -73.40 Mn
Apr 30, 2015 -122.49 Mn
Apr 30, 2015 -122.49 Mn
Jan 31, 2015 42.94 Mn
Jan 31, 2015 42.94 Mn
Oct 31, 2014 -112.93 Mn
Oct 31, 2014 -112.93 Mn
Jul 31, 2014 18.19 Mn
Jul 31, 2014 18.19 Mn
Apr 30, 2014 -352.37 Mn
Apr 30, 2014 -352.37 Mn
Jan 31, 2014 -237.96 Mn
Jan 31, 2014 -237.96 Mn
Oct 31, 2013 -260.30 Mn
Oct 31, 2013 -260.30 Mn
Jul 31, 2013 -301.43 Mn
Jul 31, 2013 -301.43 Mn
Apr 30, 2013 117.06 Mn
Apr 30, 2013 117.06 Mn
Jan 31, 2013 -361.50 Mn
Jan 31, 2013 -361.50 Mn
Oct 31, 2012 -269.62 Mn
Oct 31, 2012 -269.62 Mn
Jul 31, 2012 641,000.00
Jul 31, 2012 641,000.00