Workday (WDAY) Cash from Operations (2012 - 2026)
Workday (WDAY) recorded Cash from Operations of $1.28 billion in fiscal Q4 2026 (quarter ended Jan 31, 2026), up 14.9% from $1.11 billion a year earlier and up 117.3% from the prior quarter.
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Workday (WDAY) Cash from Operations (2012 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026 (ended Jan 31, 2026), Workday reported Cash from Operations of $2.94 billion, up 19.4% from FY2025.
- Annual Cash from Operations has increased for 13 straight fiscal years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 18.3% (FY2021 to FY2026).
- Across earlier fiscal years, Cash from Operations came in at $2.46 billion in FY2025 (+14.5%), $2.15 billion in FY2024 (+29.7%), $1.66 billion in FY2023 (+0.4%) and $1.65 billion in FY2022 (+30.2%).
- The fiscal Q4 2026 figure is the highest quarterly Cash from Operations in data going back to fiscal Q2 2013.
- On a year-over-year basis, Cash from Operations has increased for five consecutive quarters, with growth averaging 20.1% over the last eight quarters.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Cash from Operations in the last five years was growth of 271.6% in fiscal Q2 2024, against a decline of 42.4% in fiscal Q2 2023 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three fiscal quarters came in at $588 million (Q3 2026), $616 million (Q2 2026) and $457 million (Q1 2026).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Cash from Ops. (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 450.50 Bn | 419.56 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 1.22 Bn |
| 2 | Oracle | 401.01 Bn | 273.57 Bn | - | 23.10 Bn |
| 3 | Sap Se | 257.03 Bn | 178.11 Bn | 8.40 Bn | 3.66 Bn |
| 4 | Salesforce | 187.04 Bn | 142.92 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 1.27 Bn |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 135.91 Bn | 114.37 Bn | 2.82 Bn | 587.00 Mn |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing | 104.14 Bn | 86.27 Bn | 2.51 Bn | 1.43 Bn |
| 7 | Intuit | 72.30 Bn | 51.65 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 1.33 Bn |
| 8 | Relx | 60.17 Bn | 57.14 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 55.31 Bn | 48.30 Bn | 81.55 Mn | -4.14 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 | 1.28 Bn |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 588.00 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 616.00 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 457.00 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 1.11 Bn |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 406.00 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 571.00 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 372.00 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 996.00 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 451.00 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2023 | 425.00 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 277.00 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2023 | 694.26 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2022 | 408.67 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 114.36 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 439.72 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2022 | 615.45 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 384.65 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2021 | 198.47 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2021 | 452.43 Mn |
API Access
Workday Cash from Operations 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=cash-from-operations&ticker=WDAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "cash-from-operations", "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=cash-from-operations&ticker=WDAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();