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.
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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 Set
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
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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 |
API Access
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_KEYimport 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();