Workday (WDAY) Gross Margin (2011 - 2026)

Workday's (WDAY) quarterly Gross Margin came in at 83.57% in Q1 2026, down 2190.0% year-on-year from 4.0% in Q1 2025, and little changed quarter-over-quarter from 83.76% in Q4 2025.

Workday (WDAY) Gross Margin (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Workday's Gross Margin history runs 13 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 83.57% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Gross Margin fell 2190.0% year-over-year to 83.57% in Q1 2026; TTM through Jan 2026 was 87.33%, a 691.0% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2026 full-year figure at 83.97%, down 652.0% from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin was little changed at 83.57% in Q1 2026 per WDAY's latest filing, from 83.76% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Gross Margin topped out at 105.47% in Q1 2025 and bottomed at 70.69% in Q1 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Gross Margin is 88.16% (2022), against an average of 87.84%.
  • Across the five-year window, Gross Margin jumped 1962 bps in 2025 and plunged 2190 bps in 2026, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Gross Margin stood at 88.97% in 2022, then retreated by 4 bps to 85.85% in 2023, then advanced by 6 bps to 90.69% in 2024, then slipped by 8 bps to 83.76% in 2025, then decreased by 0 bps to 83.57% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest WDAY Gross Margin figures stand at 83.57% (Q1 2026), 83.76% (Q4 2025), and 90.97% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Gross Margin (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 208.91 Bn 189.27 Bn 8.16 Bn 72.98%
2 Full Truck Alliance 188.77 Bn 186.13 Bn - -
3 Shopify 145.98 Bn 140.23 Bn 1.55 Bn 48.77%
4 Uber Technologies 141.48 Bn 140.44 Bn 5.95 Bn 45.03%
5 Salesforce 128.51 Bn 116.67 Bn 8.56 Bn 76.92%
6 ServiceNow 98.38 Bn 93.20 Bn 2.82 Bn 70.68%
7 Automatic Data Processing 97.56 Bn 94.34 Bn 2.87 Bn 48.28%
8 Snowflake 91.55 Bn 88.59 Bn 926.45 Mn 66.61%
9 Cadence Design Systems 89.91 Bn 88.50 Bn 1.41 Bn 95.85%
10 Workday 33.90 Bn 28.45 Bn 2.12 Bn 83.57%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jan 31, 2026 83.57%
Oct 31, 2025 83.76%
Jul 31, 2025 90.97%
Apr 30, 2025 91.65%
Jan 31, 2025 105.47%
Oct 31, 2024 90.69%
Jul 31, 2024 90.07%
Apr 30, 2024 90.00%
Jan 31, 2024 85.85%
Oct 31, 2023 85.85%
Jul 31, 2023 85.67%
Apr 30, 2023 85.81%
Jan 31, 2023 70.69%
Oct 31, 2022 88.97%
Jul 31, 2022 88.40%
Apr 30, 2022 88.16%
Jan 31, 2022 87.70%
Oct 31, 2021 88.02%
Jul 31, 2021 87.88%
Apr 30, 2021 87.16%