Workday (WDAY) Net Margin (2011 - 2026)
Workday (WDAY) posted Net Margin of 23.86% for Q3 2026, up 316.61% on a QoQ basis from 5.73% in Q1 2026, and up 1415.0% year-over-year from 1.57% in Q3 2025.
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Workday (WDAY) Net Margin (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Workday has reported Net Margin for 16 years, with the latest figure at 23.86% in Q3 2026.
- On a quarterly basis, Net Margin rose 1415.0% year-over-year to 23.86% in Q3 2026; TTM through Jul 2026 was 12.62%, a 611.0% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2026 full-year figure at 7.26%, up 103.0% from the prior year.
- Net Margin was 23.86% for Q3 2026 at Workday, up from 5.73% in the prior quarter.
- The five-year high for Net Margin was 61.81% in Q1 2024, with the low at 7.65% in Q1 2023.
- Average Net Margin over 5 years is 7.11%, with a median of 5.38% recorded in 2024.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2024 and 2025: Net Margin surged 6946 bps in 2024, then plunged 5756 bps in 2025.
- Over 5 years, Net Margin stood at 4.67% in 2022, then soared by 231 bps to 6.11% in 2023, then jumped by 46 bps to 8.94% in 2024, then gained by 16 bps to 10.36% in 2025, then jumped by 130 bps to 23.86% in 2026.
- The last three Net Margin figures came in at 23.86% (Q3 2026), 5.73% (Q1 2026), and 10.36% (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Net Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 460.85 Bn | 451.55 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 55.08% |
| 2 | Oracle | 437.09 Bn | 400.44 Bn | - | 24.19% |
| 3 | Sap Se | 258.74 Bn | 237.66 Bn | 8.40 Bn | 22.07% |
| 4 | Salesforce | 195.52 Bn | 184.12 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 31.08% |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 145.61 Bn | 140.94 Bn | 2.82 Bn | 7.47% |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing | 104.89 Bn | 100.66 Bn | 2.51 Bn | 17.88% |
| 7 | Intuit | 76.97 Bn | 69.77 Bn | 3.46 Bn | 8.34% |
| 8 | Relx | 60.41 Bn | 60.04 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 57.09 Bn | 54.64 Bn | 81.55 Mn | -7,044.56% |
| 10 | Workday | 46.40 Bn | 42.99 Bn | 2.21 Bn | 23.86% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | 23.86% |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 5.73% |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 10.36% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 9.71% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 3.04% |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 4.25% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 8.94% |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 6.33% |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 5.38% |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 61.81% |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 6.11% |
| Jul 31, 2023 | 4.42% |
| Jan 31, 2023 | -7.65% |
| Oct 31, 2022 | -4.67% |
| Jul 31, 2022 | -4.18% |
| Apr 30, 2022 | -7.12% |
| Jan 31, 2022 | -5.38% |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 3.27% |
| Jul 31, 2021 | 8.39% |
| Apr 30, 2021 | -3.95% |
API Access
Workday Net Margin 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=net-margin&ticker=WDAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "net-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=net-margin&ticker=WDAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();