Workday (WDAY) Free Cash Flow (2012 - 2026)
Workday (WDAY) reported Free Cash Flow of $1.22 billion for fiscal Q4 2026 (quarter ended Jan 31, 2026), up 18.7% from $1.03 billion a year earlier and up 121.5% from the prior quarter.
Workday (WDAY) Free Cash Flow (2012 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026 (ended Jan 31, 2026), Workday posted Free Cash Flow of $2.78 billion, up 26.7% from FY2025.
- Free Cash Flow has increased for three consecutive fiscal years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 22.3% (FY2021 to FY2026).
- By fiscal year, Free Cash Flow came in at $2.19 billion in FY2025 (+14.3%), $1.92 billion in FY2024 (+48.3%), $1.29 billion in FY2023 (-6.8%) and $1.39 billion in FY2022 (+36.6%).
- The fiscal Q4 2026 figure ranks as the highest quarterly Free Cash Flow in data going back to fiscal Q2 2013.
- Year over year, Free Cash Flow has now increased in each of the last five quarters, with growth averaging 25.9% over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Free Cash Flow in five years was fiscal Q3 2022 (growth of 62.9%); the low point was fiscal Q1 2024 (a decline of 42.8%).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q4 2026 came in at $550 million (Q3 2026), $588 million (Q2 2026) and $421 million (Q1 2026).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | FCF (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 450.50 Bn | 419.56 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 1.20 Bn |
| 2 | Oracle | 401.01 Bn | 273.57 Bn | - | -5.40 Bn |
| 3 | Sap Se | 257.03 Bn | 178.11 Bn | 8.40 Bn | 3.80 Bn |
| 4 | Salesforce | 187.04 Bn | 142.92 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 1.10 Bn |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 135.91 Bn | 114.37 Bn | 2.82 Bn | 473.00 Mn |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing | 104.14 Bn | 86.27 Bn | 2.51 Bn | 1.36 Bn |
| 7 | Intuit | 72.30 Bn | 51.65 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 1.30 Bn |
| 8 | Relx | 60.17 Bn | 57.14 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 55.31 Bn | 48.30 Bn | 81.55 Mn | -5.91 Mn |
| 10 | Workday | 45.49 Bn | 21.61 Bn | 2.00 Bn | - |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jan 31, 2026 | 1.22 Bn |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 550.00 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 588.00 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 421.00 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 1.03 Bn |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 359.00 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 516.00 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 291.00 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 947.00 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 391.00 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2023 | 360.00 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 218.00 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2023 | 616.27 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2022 | 350.00 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2022 | -54.24 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 380.97 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2022 | 542.36 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 351.32 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2021 | 110.69 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2021 | 281.01 Mn |
Workday Free Cash Flow 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=free-cash-flow&ticker=WDAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "free-cash-flow", "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=free-cash-flow&ticker=WDAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();