Workday (WDAY) Cost of Revenue (2011 - 2026)
Workday (WDAY) recorded quarterly Cost of Revenue of $675.0 million in Q1 2026, little changed quarter-over-quarter from $677.0 million in Q4 2025, and up 7.48% on a YoY basis from $628.0 million in Q1 2025.
Workday (WDAY) Cost of Revenue (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Workday's Cost of Revenue history runs 16 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $675.0 million for Q1 2026.
- In Q1 2026, Cost of Revenue rose 7.48% year-over-year to $675.0 million; the TTM figure through Jan 2026 stood at $2.6 billion (up 7.57% YoY), while the FY2026 annual figure was $2.6 billion, up 7.57% from the prior year.
- Cost of Revenue was $675.0 million for Q1 2026 at Workday, roughly flat from $677.0 million in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Cost of Revenue ranged from a high of $677.0 million in Q4 2025 to a low of $411.0 million in Q1 2022.
- Historically, Cost of Revenue has averaged $555.3 million across 5 years, with a median of $558.0 million in 2024.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2025: Cost of Revenue surged 31.49% in 2022, then increased 4.91% in 2025.
- A 5-year view of Cost of Revenue shows it stood at $470.2 million in 2022, then climbed by 14.42% to $538.0 million in 2023, then grew by 15.24% to $620.0 million in 2024, then gained by 9.19% to $677.0 million in 2025, then decreased by 0.3% to $675.0 million in 2026.
- The last three Cost of Revenue figures came in at $675.0 million (Q1 2026), $677.0 million (Q4 2025), and $641.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Cost of Rev (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sap Se | 238.14 Bn | 220.17 Bn | 8.16 Bn | 3.02 Bn |
| 2 | Full Truck Alliance | 166.83 Bn | 164.28 Bn | - | 55.33 Mn |
| 3 | Uber Technologies | 150.36 Bn | 149.32 Bn | 11.88 Bn | 1.33 Bn |
| 4 | Shopify | 147.75 Bn | 142.01 Bn | 1.55 Bn | 1.62 Bn |
| 5 | Salesforce | 140.39 Bn | 128.55 Bn | 8.56 Bn | 3.77 Bn |
| 6 | Cadence Design Systems | 105.73 Bn | 104.32 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 211.49 Mn |
| 7 | ServiceNow | 105.42 Bn | 100.24 Bn | 2.83 Bn | 940.00 Mn |
| 8 | Automatic Data Processing | 89.57 Bn | 86.34 Bn | 2.87 Bn | 3.07 Bn |
| 9 | Adobe | 85.05 Bn | 78.16 Bn | 5.90 Bn | 715.00 Mn |
| 10 | Workday | 33.61 Bn | 28.17 Bn | 1.86 Bn | 675.00 Mn |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jan 31, 2026 | 675.00 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 675.00 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 677.00 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 677.00 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 641.00 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 641.00 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 623.00 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 623.00 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 628.00 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 628.00 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 620.00 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 620.00 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 611.00 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 611.00 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 573.00 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 573.00 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 558.00 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 558.00 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 538.00 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 538.00 Mn |