Workday (WDAY) Operating Expenses (2011 - 2026)

Workday's (WDAY) quarterly Operating Expenses came in at $2.4 billion in Q1 2026, up 10.39% year-on-year from $2.1 billion in Q1 2025, and up 8.51% quarter-over-quarter from $2.2 billion in Q4 2025.

Workday (WDAY) Operating Expenses (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Workday's Operating Expenses history runs 16 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $2.4 billion for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Operating Expenses rose 10.39% year-over-year to $2.4 billion in Q1 2026; TTM through Jan 2026 was $8.8 billion, a 9.97% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2026 full-year figure at $8.8 billion, up 9.96% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses rose to $2.4 billion in Q1 2026 per WDAY's latest filing, from $2.2 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $2.4 billion in Q1 2026 and bottomed at $1.5 billion in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $1.8 billion (2024), against an average of $1.9 billion.
  • Across the five-year window, Operating Expenses gained 24.71% in 2022 and gained 6.21% in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Operating Expenses stood at $1.6 billion in 2022, then increased by 9.39% to $1.8 billion in 2023, then rose by 12.2% to $2.0 billion in 2024, then gained by 8.92% to $2.2 billion in 2025, then climbed by 8.51% to $2.4 billion in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest WDAY Operating Expenses figures stand at $2.4 billion (Q1 2026), $2.2 billion (Q4 2025), and $2.1 billion (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 208.91 Bn 189.27 Bn 8.16 Bn -7.98 Bn
2 Full Truck Alliance 188.77 Bn 186.13 Bn - -269.42 Mn
3 Shopify 145.98 Bn 140.23 Bn 1.55 Bn 1.16 Bn
4 Uber Technologies 141.48 Bn 140.44 Bn 5.95 Bn 11.28 Bn
5 Salesforce 128.51 Bn 116.67 Bn 8.56 Bn 6.22 Bn
6 ServiceNow 98.38 Bn 93.20 Bn 2.82 Bn 2.66 Bn
7 Automatic Data Processing 97.56 Bn 94.34 Bn 2.87 Bn 4.23 Bn
8 Snowflake 91.55 Bn 88.59 Bn 926.45 Mn 1.25 Bn
9 Cadence Design Systems 89.91 Bn 88.50 Bn 1.41 Bn 1.04 Bn
10 Workday 33.90 Bn 28.45 Bn 2.12 Bn 2.36 Bn

Historic Data

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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
Apr 30, 2021 1.21 Bn