Workday (WDAY) EBITDA Margin (2011 - 2026)
Workday (WDAY) recorded quarterly EBITDA Margin of 6.87% in Q1 2026, down 35.47% quarter-over-quarter from 10.65% in Q4 2025, and up 348.0% on a YoY basis from 1.53% in Q1 2025.
Workday (WDAY) EBITDA Margin (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Workday's EBITDA Margin history runs 16 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 6.87% for Q1 2026.
- In Q1 2026, EBITDA Margin rose 348.0% year-over-year to 6.87%; the TTM figure through Jan 2026 stood at 7.54% (up 262.0% YoY), while the FY2026 annual figure was 7.55%, up 263.0% from the prior year.
- EBITDA Margin was 6.87% for Q1 2026 at Workday, down from 10.65% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, EBITDA Margin ranged from a high of 10.65% in Q4 2025 to a low of 7.3% in Q1 2022.
- Historically, EBITDA Margin has averaged 2.2% across 5 years, with a median of 3.22% in 2024.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: EBITDA Margin slumped 345 bps in 2022, then jumped 950 bps in 2024.
- A 5-year view of EBITDA Margin shows it stood at 1.65% in 2022, then soared by 387 bps to 4.72% in 2023, then soared by 62 bps to 7.64% in 2024, then soared by 39 bps to 10.65% in 2025, then sank by 35 bps to 6.87% in 2026.
- The last three EBITDA Margin figures came in at 6.87% (Q1 2026), 10.65% (Q4 2025), and 10.56% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Powered by 
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | EBITDA Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sap Se | 238.14 Bn | 220.17 Bn | 8.16 Bn | 28.69% |
| 2 | Full Truck Alliance | 166.83 Bn | 164.28 Bn | - | - |
| 3 | Uber Technologies | 150.36 Bn | 149.32 Bn | 11.88 Bn | 14.56% |
| 4 | Shopify | 147.75 Bn | 142.01 Bn | 1.55 Bn | -18.49% |
| 5 | Salesforce | 140.39 Bn | 128.55 Bn | 8.56 Bn | 21.08% |
| 6 | Cadence Design Systems | 105.73 Bn | 104.32 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 29.26% |
| 7 | ServiceNow | 105.42 Bn | 100.24 Bn | 2.83 Bn | 12.12% |
| 8 | Automatic Data Processing | 89.57 Bn | 86.34 Bn | 2.87 Bn | -22.99% |
| 9 | Adobe | 85.05 Bn | 78.16 Bn | 5.90 Bn | 33.82% |
| 10 | Workday | 33.61 Bn | 28.17 Bn | 1.86 Bn | 6.87% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 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% |
| Apr 30, 2021 | -3.26% |