Workday (WDAY) Net Margin (2011 - 2026)
Workday (WDAY) reported Net Margin of 23.86% for fiscal Q2 2027 (quarter ended Jul 31, 2026), up 14.15 percentage points from 9.71% a year earlier.
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Workday (WDAY) Net Margin (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Jul 31, 2026, Workday's Net Margin came in at 12.62%, up 6.11 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended Jan 31, 2026), it was 7.26%, up 1.03 percentage points from FY2025.
- Net Margin has a five-year change of +13.80 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- By fiscal year, Net Margin came in at 6.23% in FY2025 (-12.80 pp), 19.02% in FY2024 (+24.93 pp), -5.90% in FY2023 (-6.47 pp) and 0.56% in FY2022 (+7.11 pp).
- The fiscal Q2 2027 figure ranks as the highest quarterly Net Margin since fiscal Q4 2024.
- Year over year, Net Margin gained in five of the last seven quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -5.24 percentage points.
- The high point for year-over-year Net Margin in five years was fiscal Q4 2024 (a gain of 69.46 percentage points); the low point was fiscal Q4 2025 (a drop of 57.56 percentage points).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Net Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 450.50 Bn | 419.56 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 54.86% |
| 2 | Oracle | 401.01 Bn | 273.57 Bn | - | 24.19% |
| 3 | Sap Se | 257.03 Bn | 178.11 Bn | 8.40 Bn | 22.36% |
| 4 | Salesforce | 187.04 Bn | 142.92 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 31.08% |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 135.91 Bn | 114.37 Bn | 2.82 Bn | 7.47% |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing | 104.14 Bn | 86.27 Bn | 2.51 Bn | 17.88% |
| 7 | Intuit | 72.30 Bn | 51.65 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 8.34% |
| 8 | Relx | 60.17 Bn | 57.14 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 55.31 Bn | 48.30 Bn | 81.55 Mn | -7,044.56% |
| 10 | Workday | 45.49 Bn | 21.61 Bn | 2.00 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 | -5.35% |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 3.27% |
| Jul 31, 2021 | 8.39% |
| Apr 30, 2021 | -3.96% |
API Access
Workday Net Margin API
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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();