Workday (WDAY) EBITDA Margin (2011 - 2026)
Workday (WDAY) posted EBITDA Margin of 17.06% for fiscal Q2 2027 (quarter ended Jul 31, 2026), down 0.02 percentage points from 17.08% a year earlier.
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Workday (WDAY) EBITDA Margin (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Jul 31, 2026, EBITDA Margin at Workday was 16.26%, up 3.61 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended Jan 31, 2026), it came in at 14.24%, up 2.49 percentage points from FY2025.
- Annual EBITDA Margin has increased for three consecutive fiscal years, with a five-year change of +10.58 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In prior fiscal years, Workday's EBITDA Margin was 11.75% in FY2025 (+2.41 pp), 9.34% in FY2024 (+4.24 pp), 5.10% in FY2023 (-2.04 pp) and 7.14% in FY2022 (+3.48 pp).
- Quarterly EBITDA Margin has run from a low of 1.94% in fiscal Q4 2022 to a high of 17.23% in fiscal Q3 2026 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, EBITDA Margin increased in four of the last seven quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +1.76 percentage points.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for EBITDA Margin in the past five years was fiscal Q4 2024, with a gain of 7.88 percentage points; the weakest was fiscal Q3 2023, with a drop of 4.14 percentage points.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | EBITDA Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 450.50 Bn | 419.56 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 47.55% |
| 2 | Oracle | 401.01 Bn | 273.57 Bn | - | 52.36% |
| 3 | Sap Se | 257.03 Bn | 178.11 Bn | 8.40 Bn | 29.96% |
| 4 | Salesforce | 187.04 Bn | 142.92 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 34.25% |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 135.91 Bn | 114.37 Bn | 2.82 Bn | 18.59% |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing | 104.14 Bn | 86.27 Bn | 2.51 Bn | -25.13% |
| 7 | Intuit | 72.30 Bn | 51.65 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 15.92% |
| 8 | Relx | 60.17 Bn | 57.14 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 55.31 Bn | 48.30 Bn | 81.55 Mn | -6,798.02% |
| 10 | Workday | 45.49 Bn | 21.61 Bn | 2.00 Bn | 17.06% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | 17.06% |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 13.74% |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 17.23% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 17.08% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 8.53% |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 10.49% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 14.35% |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 12.09% |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 9.95% |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 10.87% |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 11.31% |
| Jul 31, 2023 | 8.90% |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 5.88% |
| Jan 31, 2023 | 3.00% |
| Oct 31, 2022 | 6.90% |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 6.57% |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 3.93% |
| Jan 31, 2022 | 1.94% |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 11.04% |
| Jul 31, 2021 | 9.36% |
API Access
Workday EBITDA 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=ebitda-margin&ticker=WDAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "ebitda-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=ebitda-margin&ticker=WDAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();