Growth Metrics

Workday (WDAY) FCF Margin (2012 - 2026)

Workday's quarterly FCF Margin came in at 45.46% in Q1 2026, down 95.0% year-on-year from 909.16% in Q1 2025, and up 79.18% quarter-over-quarter from 25.37% in Q4 2025.

Workday has reported FCF Margin for 15 years, with the latest figure at 45.46% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, FCF Margin fell 95.0% year-over-year to 45.46%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 stood at 29.07% (up 217.0% YoY), and the FY2026 full-year result was 29.07%, up 312.0% from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 45.46%, up from 25.37% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for FCF Margin was 53.76% in Q1 2022, with the low at 3.53% in Q3 2022.
  • Average FCF Margin over 5 years is 27.16%, with a median of 25.37% recorded in 2025.
  • Peak annual rise in FCF Margin reached 2368 bps in 2023, while the deepest fall reached 1770 bps in 2023.
  • Tracing WDAY's FCF Margin over 5 years: stood at 25.54% in 2022, then declined by 9 bps to 23.2% in 2023, then retreated by 28 bps to 16.62% in 2024, then soared by 53 bps to 25.37% in 2025, then soared by 79 bps to 45.46% in 2026.
  • The last three FCF Margin figures came in at 45.46% (Q1 2026), 25.37% (Q4 2025), and 23.85% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Margin (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 253.17 Bn 235.20 Bn 8.16 Bn 36.77%
2 Salesforce 171.07 Bn 161.50 Bn 8.69 Bn 47.52%
3 Uber Technologies 151.10 Bn 150.06 Bn 11.88 Bn 17.31%
4 Shopify 134.25 Bn 128.50 Bn 1.55 Bn 15.02%
5 ServiceNow 105.72 Bn 100.54 Bn 2.83 Bn 41.64%
6 Cadence Design Systems 101.64 Bn 100.23 Bn 1.26 Bn 20.82%
7 Adobe 100.35 Bn 93.46 Bn 5.73 Bn 45.65%
8 Automatic Data Processing 90.91 Bn 87.68 Bn 2.87 Bn 36.83%
9 Intuit 88.30 Bn 81.52 Bn 6.77 Bn 61.18%
10 Workday 33.97 Bn 28.53 Bn 1.86 Bn 45.46%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jan 31, 2026 45.46%
Oct 31, 2025 25.37%
Jul 31, 2025 23.85%
Apr 30, 2025 20.04%
Jan 31, 2025 46.40%
Oct 31, 2024 16.62%
Jul 31, 2024 28.59%
Apr 30, 2024 14.62%
Jan 31, 2024 40.69%
Oct 31, 2023 23.20%
Jul 31, 2023 20.15%
Apr 30, 2023 12.95%
Jan 31, 2023 37.43%
Oct 31, 2022 25.54%
Jul 31, 2022 -3.53%
Apr 30, 2022 30.65%
Jan 31, 2022 53.76%
Oct 31, 2021 26.47%
Jul 31, 2021 8.78%
Apr 30, 2021 31.83%
Jan 31, 2021 48.43%
Oct 31, 2020 26.47%
Jul 31, 2020 8.54%
Apr 30, 2020 20.01%
Jan 31, 2020 25.58%
Oct 31, 2019 21.62%
Jul 31, 2019 7.45%
Apr 30, 2019 15.97%
Jan 31, 2019 16.50%
Oct 31, 2018 7.92%
Jul 31, 2018 0.64%
Apr 30, 2018 23.44%
Jan 31, 2018 26.64%
Oct 31, 2017 20.96%
Jul 31, 2017 -4.45%
Apr 30, 2017 31.14%
Jan 31, 2017 6.52%
Oct 31, 2016 2.87%
Jul 31, 2016 -1.31%
Apr 30, 2016 40.64%
Jan 31, 2016 31.44%
Oct 31, 2015 11.64%
Jul 31, 2015 -1.22%
Apr 30, 2015 33.03%
Jan 31, 2015 -20.47%
Oct 31, 2014 20.53%
Jul 31, 2014 -20.03%
Apr 30, 2014 7.40%
Jan 31, 2014 57.49%
Oct 31, 2013 -7.57%
Jul 31, 2013 -39.65%
Apr 30, 2013 4.40%
Jan 31, 2013 15.63%
Oct 31, 2012 -13.99%
Jul 31, 2012 -3.00%