Growth Metrics

Workday (WDAY) Cost of Revenue (2011 - 2026)

Workday's quarterly Cost of Revenue came in at $675.0 million in Q1 2026, up 7.48% year-on-year from $628.0 million in Q1 2025, and little changed quarter-over-quarter from $677.0 million in Q4 2025.

Workday has reported Cost of Revenue for 16 years, with the latest figure at $675.0 million in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Cost of Revenue rose 7.48% year-over-year to $675.0 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 stood at $2.6 billion (up 7.57% YoY), and the FY2026 full-year result was $2.6 billion, up 7.57% from the prior year.
  • Cost of Revenue for Q1 2026 stood at $675.0 million, roughly flat from $677.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Cost of Revenue was $677.0 million in Q4 2025, with the low at $411.0 million in Q1 2022.
  • Average Cost of Revenue over 5 years is $555.3 million, with a median of $558.0 million recorded in 2024.
  • Year-over-year, Cost of Revenue jumped 31.49% in 2022 and gained 4.91% in 2025.
  • Tracing WDAY's Cost of Revenue over 5 years: stood at $470.2 million in 2022, then grew by 14.42% to $538.0 million in 2023, then increased by 15.24% to $620.0 million in 2024, then advanced by 9.19% to $677.0 million in 2025, then slipped 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 253.17 Bn 235.20 Bn 8.16 Bn 3.02 Bn
2 Salesforce 171.07 Bn 161.50 Bn 8.69 Bn 4.02 Bn
3 Uber Technologies 151.10 Bn 150.06 Bn 11.88 Bn 1.33 Bn
4 Shopify 134.25 Bn 128.50 Bn 1.55 Bn 1.62 Bn
5 ServiceNow 105.72 Bn 100.54 Bn 2.83 Bn 940.00 Mn
6 Cadence Design Systems 101.64 Bn 100.23 Bn 1.26 Bn 211.49 Mn
7 Adobe 100.35 Bn 93.46 Bn 5.73 Bn 1.71 Bn
8 Automatic Data Processing 90.91 Bn 87.68 Bn 2.87 Bn 3.07 Bn
9 Intuit 88.30 Bn 81.52 Bn 6.77 Bn 1.79 Bn
10 Workday 33.97 Bn 28.53 Bn 1.86 Bn 675.00 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
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
Jul 31, 2023 524.00 Mn
Jul 31, 2023 524.00 Mn
Apr 30, 2023 519.00 Mn
Apr 30, 2023 519.00 Mn
Jan 31, 2023 483.80 Mn
Jan 31, 2023 483.80 Mn
Oct 31, 2022 470.20 Mn
Oct 31, 2022 470.20 Mn
Jul 31, 2022 458.70 Mn
Jul 31, 2022 458.70 Mn
Apr 30, 2022 429.30 Mn
Apr 30, 2022 429.30 Mn
Jan 31, 2022 411.03 Mn
Jan 31, 2022 411.03 Mn
Oct 31, 2021 366.32 Mn
Oct 31, 2021 366.32 Mn
Jul 31, 2021 358.16 Mn
Jul 31, 2021 358.16 Mn
Apr 30, 2021 326.49 Mn
Apr 30, 2021 326.49 Mn
Jan 31, 2021 335.25 Mn
Jan 31, 2021 335.25 Mn
Oct 31, 2020 302.87 Mn
Oct 31, 2020 302.87 Mn
Jul 31, 2020 276.50 Mn
Jul 31, 2020 276.50 Mn
Apr 30, 2020 318.56 Mn
Apr 30, 2020 318.56 Mn
Jan 31, 2020 306.62 Mn
Jan 31, 2020 306.62 Mn
Oct 31, 2019 286.79 Mn
Oct 31, 2019 286.79 Mn
Jul 31, 2019 280.20 Mn
Jul 31, 2019 280.20 Mn
Apr 30, 2019 272.94 Mn
Apr 30, 2019 272.94 Mn
Jan 31, 2019 249.95 Mn
Jan 31, 2019 249.95 Mn
Oct 31, 2018 246.16 Mn
Oct 31, 2018 246.16 Mn
Jul 31, 2018 202.46 Mn
Jul 31, 2018 202.46 Mn
Apr 30, 2018 192.77 Mn
Apr 30, 2018 192.77 Mn
Jan 31, 2018 179.59 Mn
Jan 31, 2018 179.59 Mn
Oct 31, 2017 176.12 Mn
Oct 31, 2017 176.12 Mn
Jul 31, 2017 171.95 Mn
Jul 31, 2017 171.95 Mn
Apr 30, 2017 155.71 Mn
Apr 30, 2017 155.71 Mn
Jan 31, 2017 153.27 Mn
Jan 31, 2017 153.27 Mn
Oct 31, 2016 149.54 Mn
Oct 31, 2016 149.54 Mn
Jul 31, 2016 134.90 Mn
Jul 31, 2016 134.90 Mn
Apr 30, 2016 127.62 Mn
Apr 30, 2016 127.62 Mn
Jan 31, 2016 100.55 Mn
Jan 31, 2016 100.55 Mn
Oct 31, 2015 111.66 Mn
Oct 31, 2015 111.66 Mn
Jul 31, 2015 106.43 Mn
Jul 31, 2015 106.43 Mn
Apr 30, 2015 94.90 Mn
Apr 30, 2015 94.90 Mn
Jan 31, 2015 88.47 Mn
Jan 31, 2015 88.47 Mn
Oct 31, 2014 80.68 Mn
Oct 31, 2014 80.68 Mn
Jul 31, 2014 78.52 Mn
Jul 31, 2014 78.52 Mn
Apr 30, 2014 68.17 Mn
Apr 30, 2014 68.17 Mn
Jan 31, 2014 60.81 Mn
Jan 31, 2014 60.81 Mn
Oct 31, 2013 54.05 Mn
Oct 31, 2013 54.05 Mn
Jul 31, 2013 44.15 Mn
Jul 31, 2013 44.15 Mn
Apr 30, 2013 38.36 Mn
Apr 30, 2013 38.36 Mn
Jan 31, 2013 39.89 Mn
Jan 31, 2013 39.89 Mn
Oct 31, 2012 30.19 Mn
Oct 31, 2012 30.19 Mn
Jul 31, 2012 29.63 Mn
Jul 31, 2012 29.63 Mn
Apr 30, 2012 25.09 Mn
Apr 30, 2012 25.09 Mn
Jan 31, 2012 22.58 Mn
Jan 31, 2012 22.58 Mn
Oct 31, 2011 17.68 Mn
Oct 31, 2011 17.68 Mn