Growth Metrics

Workday (WDAY) Gross Margin (2016 - 2026)

Workday has reported Gross Margin over the past 16 years, most recently at 73.34% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly results put Gross Margin at 73.34% for Q1 2026, up 174.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Jan 2026 was 72.61% (up 141.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2026 was 72.61%, up 141.0%.
  • Gross Margin for Q1 2026 was 73.34% at Workday, up from 72.16% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Gross Margin for WDAY hit a ceiling of 73.34% in Q1 2026 and a floor of 69.18% in Q2 2023.
  • Median Gross Margin over the past 5 years was 70.97% (2024), compared with a mean of 71.1%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Gross Margin: plummeted -214bps in 2022 and later surged 203bps in 2024.
  • Workday's Gross Margin stood at 70.6% in 2022, then grew by 1bps to 71.17% in 2023, then grew by 0bps to 71.3% in 2024, then grew by 1bps to 72.16% in 2025, then increased by 2bps to 73.34% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Gross Margin were 73.34% (Q1 2026), 72.16% (Q4 2025), and 72.7% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.