Workday (WDAY) Cost of Revenue (2011 - 2026)
Workday (WDAY) posted Cost of Revenue of $652 million for fiscal Q2 2027 (quarter ended Jul 31, 2026), up 12.0% from $582 million a year earlier.
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Workday (WDAY) Cost of Revenue (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Jul 31, 2026, Cost of Revenue at Workday was $2.44 billion, up 11.3% year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended Jan 31, 2026), it was $2.32 billion, up 12.2% from FY2025.
- Annual Cost of Revenue has increased for nine consecutive fiscal years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 14.1% (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In prior fiscal years, Workday's Cost of Revenue was $2.07 billion in FY2025 (+16.8%), $1.77 billion in FY2024 (+3.6%), $1.71 billion in FY2023 (+19.7%) and $1.43 billion in FY2022 (+19.2%).
- The fiscal Q2 2027 figure stands as the highest quarterly Cost of Revenue in data going back to fiscal Q3 2012.
- Across the past five years, year-over-year growth in Cost of Revenue ran from 2.1% in fiscal Q3 2024 to 24.5% in fiscal Q4 2022.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Cost of Rev (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 450.50 Bn | 419.56 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 296.87 Mn |
| 2 | Oracle | 401.01 Bn | 273.57 Bn | - | - |
| 3 | Sap Se | 257.03 Bn | 178.11 Bn | 8.40 Bn | 3.08 Bn |
| 4 | Salesforce | 187.04 Bn | 142.92 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 2.65 Bn |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 135.91 Bn | 114.37 Bn | 2.82 Bn | 1.17 Bn |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing | 104.14 Bn | 86.27 Bn | 2.51 Bn | 2.96 Bn |
| 7 | Intuit | 72.30 Bn | 51.65 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 910.00 Mn |
| 8 | Relx | 60.17 Bn | 57.14 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 55.31 Bn | 48.30 Bn | 81.55 Mn | 40.82 Mn |
| 10 | Workday | 45.49 Bn | 21.61 Bn | 2.00 Bn | 652.00 Mn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | 652.00 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 611.00 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 591.00 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 582.00 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 537.00 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 539.00 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 530.00 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 511.00 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 489.00 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 460.00 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 445.00 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2023 | 448.00 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 417.00 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2023 | 448.30 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2022 | 435.79 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 423.09 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 402.82 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2022 | 389.70 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 359.72 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2021 | 345.52 Mn |
API Access
Workday Cost of Revenue 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=cost-of-revenue&ticker=WDAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "cost-of-revenue", "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=cost-of-revenue&ticker=WDAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();