Workday (WDAY) Operating Expenses (2011 - 2026)
Workday (WDAY) recorded Operating Expenses of $2.34 billion in fiscal Q2 2027 (quarter ended Jul 31, 2026), up 11.2% from $2.1 billion a year earlier.
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Workday (WDAY) Operating Expenses (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a TTM basis, Workday's Operating Expenses came in at $8.97 billion as of Jul 31, 2026, up 6.3% year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended Jan 31, 2026), it came in at $8.83 billion, up 10.0% from FY2025.
- Annual Operating Expenses has increased for 14 straight fiscal years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 14.1% (FY2021 to FY2026).
- Across earlier fiscal years, Operating Expenses came in at $8.03 billion in FY2025 (+13.5%), $7.08 billion in FY2024 (+9.9%), $6.44 billion in FY2023 (+22.5%) and $5.26 billion in FY2022 (+15.1%).
- Quarterly Operating Expenses has ranged from $1.3 billion in fiscal Q3 2022 to $2.36 billion in fiscal Q4 2026 over the past five years.
- Over the past five years, the year-over-year growth in Operating Expenses ranged from 6.2% (fiscal Q4 2024) to 24.7% (fiscal Q3 2023).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Opex (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 462.03 Bn | 430.98 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 726.59 Mn |
| 2 | Oracle | 387.48 Bn | 259.61 Bn | - | 12.62 Bn |
| 3 | Sap Se | 266.80 Bn | 194.59 Bn | 8.40 Bn | -8.41 Bn |
| 4 | Salesforce | 199.03 Bn | 154.91 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 6.37 Bn |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 154.48 Bn | 132.94 Bn | 2.82 Bn | 2.66 Bn |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing | 117.71 Bn | 99.83 Bn | 2.51 Bn | 4.34 Bn |
| 7 | Intuit | 92.43 Bn | 71.78 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 3.88 Bn |
| 8 | Relx | 72.15 Bn | 71.24 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Thomson Reuters | 50.59 Bn | 47.38 Bn | - | -1.21 Bn |
| 10 | Workday | 50.01 Bn | 26.13 Bn | 2.00 Bn | 2.34 Bn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | 2.34 Bn |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 2.36 Bn |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 2.17 Bn |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 2.10 Bn |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 2.20 Bn |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 2.14 Bn |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 2.00 Bn |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 1.97 Bn |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 1.93 Bn |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 1.84 Bn |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 1.78 Bn |
| Jul 31, 2023 | 1.75 Bn |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 1.70 Bn |
| Jan 31, 2023 | 1.74 Bn |
| Oct 31, 2022 | 1.63 Bn |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 1.57 Bn |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 1.51 Bn |
| Jan 31, 2022 | 1.48 Bn |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 1.30 Bn |
| Jul 31, 2021 | 1.26 Bn |
API Access
Workday Operating Expenses 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=operating-expenses&ticker=WDAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-expenses", "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=operating-expenses&ticker=WDAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();