Workday (WDAY) FCF Margin (2012 - 2026)
Workday's FCF Margin was 48.10% in fiscal Q4 2026 (quarter ended Jan 31, 2026), up 1.70 percentage points from 46.40% a year earlier and up 25.49 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Workday (WDAY) FCF Margin (2012 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026 (ended Jan 31, 2026), FCF Margin at Workday came in at 29.07%, up 3.12 percentage points from FY2025.
- FCF Margin shows a five-year change of +5.56 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In earlier fiscal years, FCF Margin was 25.95% in FY2025 (-0.46 pp), 26.41% in FY2024 (+5.61 pp), 20.80% in FY2023 (-6.19 pp) and 26.99% in FY2022 (+3.48 pp).
- The fiscal Q4 2026 figure marks the highest quarterly FCF Margin since fiscal Q4 2024.
- Compared with a year earlier, FCF Margin has increased for four straight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +1.41 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The best year-over-year quarter for FCF Margin over five years was fiscal Q2 2024 (a gain of 23.68 percentage points); the worst was fiscal Q1 2024 (a drop of 13.61 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, WDAY's FCF Margin in the three fiscal quarters before Q4 2026 was 22.62% (Q3 2026), 25.04% (Q2 2026) and 18.79% (Q1 2026).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | FCF Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 455.76 Bn | 424.82 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 62.08% |
| 2 | Oracle | 414.53 Bn | 287.08 Bn | - | -27.89% |
| 3 | Sap Se | 258.85 Bn | 179.93 Bn | 8.40 Bn | 33.09% |
| 4 | Salesforce | 192.62 Bn | 148.50 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 9.68% |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 140.24 Bn | 118.70 Bn | 2.82 Bn | 11.86% |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing | 104.89 Bn | 87.01 Bn | 2.51 Bn | 24.76% |
| 7 | Intuit | 74.02 Bn | 53.37 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 29.95% |
| 8 | Relx | 60.96 Bn | 57.93 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 55.82 Bn | 48.81 Bn | 81.55 Mn | -4.83% |
| 10 | Workday | 45.69 Bn | 21.82 Bn | 2.00 Bn | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jan 31, 2026 | 48.10% |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 22.62% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 25.04% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 18.79% |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 46.40% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 16.62% |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 24.75% |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 14.62% |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 49.27% |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 20.95% |
| Jul 31, 2023 | 20.15% |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 12.95% |
| Jan 31, 2023 | 37.43% |
| Oct 31, 2022 | 21.89% |
| Jul 31, 2022 | -3.53% |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 26.55% |
| Jan 31, 2022 | 39.41% |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 26.47% |
| Jul 31, 2021 | 8.78% |
| Apr 30, 2021 | 23.91% |
API Access
Workday FCF 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=fcf-margin&ticker=WDAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "fcf-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=fcf-margin&ticker=WDAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();