Workday (WDAY) Gross Margin (2011 - 2026)
Workday (WDAY) recorded Gross Margin of 75.39% in fiscal Q2 2027 (quarter ended Jul 31, 2026), up 0.17 percentage points from 75.21% a year earlier.
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Workday (WDAY) Gross Margin (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a TTM basis, Workday's Gross Margin came in at 75.54% as of Jul 31, 2026, down 0.03 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended Jan 31, 2026), it came in at 75.70%, up 0.20 percentage points from FY2025.
- Annual Gross Margin has a five-year change of +3.45 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- Across earlier fiscal years, Gross Margin came in at 75.50% in FY2025 (-0.10 pp), 75.60% in FY2024 (+3.11 pp), 72.49% in FY2023 (+0.28 pp) and 72.21% in FY2022 (-0.04 pp).
- Quarterly Gross Margin has ranged from 71.69% in fiscal Q4 2022 to 76.15% in fiscal Q3 2024 over the past five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Gross Margin rose in four of the last seven quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -0.02 percentage points.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Gross Margin in the last five years was a gain of 3.40 percentage points in fiscal Q3 2024, against a drop of 0.69 percentage points in fiscal Q3 2025 at the low end.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Gross Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 450.50 Bn | 419.56 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 84.66% |
| 2 | Oracle | 401.01 Bn | 273.57 Bn | - | - |
| 3 | Sap Se | 257.03 Bn | 178.11 Bn | 8.40 Bn | 73.17% |
| 4 | Salesforce | 187.04 Bn | 142.92 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 76.65% |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 135.91 Bn | 114.37 Bn | 2.82 Bn | 70.68% |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing | 104.14 Bn | 86.27 Bn | 2.51 Bn | 45.88% |
| 7 | Intuit | 72.30 Bn | 51.65 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 79.10% |
| 8 | Relx | 60.17 Bn | 57.14 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 55.31 Bn | 48.30 Bn | 81.55 Mn | 66.64% |
| 10 | Workday | 45.49 Bn | 21.61 Bn | 2.00 Bn | 75.39% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | 75.39% |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 75.87% |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 75.70% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 75.21% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 76.03% |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 75.62% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 75.46% |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 75.49% |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 75.43% |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 76.07% |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 76.15% |
| Jul 31, 2023 | 74.93% |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 75.24% |
| Jan 31, 2023 | 72.77% |
| Oct 31, 2022 | 72.75% |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 72.45% |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 71.92% |
| Jan 31, 2022 | 71.69% |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 72.90% |
| Jul 31, 2021 | 72.59% |
API Access
Workday Gross Margin API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=gross-margin&ticker=WDAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "gross-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=gross-margin&ticker=WDAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();