Workday (WDAY) EBIT Margin (2011 - 2026)
Workday (WDAY) posted EBIT Margin of 11.82% for Q3 2026, up 71.94% on a QoQ basis from 6.87% in Q1 2026, and up 125.0% year-over-year from 5.25% in Q3 2025.
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Workday (WDAY) EBIT Margin (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Workday has reported EBIT Margin for 16 years, with the latest figure at 11.82% in Q3 2026.
- On a quarterly basis, EBIT Margin rose 125.0% year-over-year to 11.82% in Q3 2026; TTM through Jul 2026 was 9.98%, a 410.0% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2026 full-year figure at 7.55%, up 263.0% from the prior year.
- EBIT Margin was 11.82% for Q3 2026 at Workday, up from 6.87% in the prior quarter.
- The five-year high for EBIT Margin was 11.82% in Q3 2026, with the low at 7.3% in Q1 2022.
- Average EBIT Margin over 5 years is 2.73%, with a median of 3.3% recorded in 2025.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: EBIT Margin sank 345 bps in 2022, then surged 950 bps in 2024.
- Over 5 years, EBIT Margin stood at 1.65% in 2022, then jumped by 387 bps to 4.72% in 2023, then jumped by 62 bps to 7.64% in 2024, then jumped by 39 bps to 10.65% in 2025, then climbed by 11 bps to 11.82% in 2026.
- The last three EBIT Margin figures came in at 11.82% (Q3 2026), 6.87% (Q1 2026), and 10.65% (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | EBIT Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 460.85 Bn | 451.55 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 47.12% |
| 2 | Oracle | 437.09 Bn | 400.44 Bn | - | 34.78% |
| 3 | Sap Se | 258.74 Bn | 237.66 Bn | 8.40 Bn | 26.76% |
| 4 | Salesforce | 195.52 Bn | 184.12 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 20.55% |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 145.61 Bn | 140.94 Bn | 2.82 Bn | 4.06% |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing | 104.89 Bn | 100.66 Bn | 2.51 Bn | -33.33% |
| 7 | Intuit | 76.97 Bn | 69.77 Bn | 3.46 Bn | 10.91% |
| 8 | Relx | 60.41 Bn | 60.04 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 57.09 Bn | 54.64 Bn | 81.55 Mn | -6,808.11% |
| 10 | Workday | 46.40 Bn | 42.99 Bn | 2.21 Bn | 11.82% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | 11.82% |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 6.87% |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 10.65% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 10.56% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 1.74% |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 3.39% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 7.64% |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 5.32% |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 3.22% |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 4.11% |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 4.72% |
| Jul 31, 2023 | 2.01% |
| Apr 30, 2023 | -1.19% |
| Jan 31, 2023 | -5.39% |
| Oct 31, 2022 | -1.65% |
| Jul 31, 2022 | -2.22% |
| Apr 30, 2022 | -5.08% |
| Jan 31, 2022 | -7.30% |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 1.80% |
| Jul 31, 2021 | -0.09% |
API Access
Workday EBIT Margin 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=ebit-margin&ticker=WDAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "ebit-margin", "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=ebit-margin&ticker=WDAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();