Workday (WDAY) Research & Development (2011 - 2026)

Workday's Research & Development history runs 16 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $691.0 million for Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, Research & Development rose 2.52% year-over-year to $691.0 million; the TTM figure through Jan 2026 stood at $2.7 billion (up 2.06% YoY), while the FY2026 annual figure was $2.7 billion, up 2.02% from the prior year.
• Research & Development was $691.0 million for Q1 2026 at Workday, up from $666.0 million in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Research & Development ranged from a high of $691.0 million in Q1 2026 to a low of $537.5 million in Q1 2022.
• Historically, Research & Development has averaged $620.9 million across 5 years, with a median of $635.0 million in 2024.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2025: Research & Development climbed 24.17% in 2022, then advanced 1.07% in 2025.
• A 5-year view of Research & Development shows it stood at $565.7 million in 2022, then gained by 9.42% to $619.0 million in 2023, then grew by 4.52% to $647.0 million in 2024, then rose by 2.94% to $666.0 million in 2025, then grew by 3.75% to $691.0 million in 2026.
• The last three Research & Development figures came in at $691.0 million (Q1 2026), $666.0 million (Q4 2025), and $660.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.