Growth Metrics

Workday (WDAY) Retained Earnings (2012 - 2026)

Workday's quarterly Retained Earnings came in at -$136.0 million in Q1 2026, down 261.9% year-on-year from $84.0 million in Q1 2025, and up 79.3% quarter-over-quarter from -$657.0 million in Q4 2025.

Workday has reported Retained Earnings for 15 years, with the latest figure at -$136.0 million in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Retained Earnings fell 261.9% year-over-year to -$136.0 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 stood at -$136.0 million (down 261.9% YoY), and the FY2026 full-year result was -$136.0 million, down 261.9% from the prior year.
  • Retained Earnings for Q1 2026 stood at -$136.0 million, up from -$657.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Retained Earnings was $104.1 million in Q4 2022, with the low at -$2.8 billion in Q2 2022.
  • Average Retained Earnings over 5 years is -$570.5 million, with a median of -$6.8 million recorded in 2023.
  • Year-over-year, Retained Earnings surged 604.75% in 2022 and slumped 21905.9% in 2024.
  • Tracing WDAY's Retained Earnings over 5 years: stood at $104.1 million in 2022, then tumbled by 68.11% to $33.2 million in 2023, then tumbled by 4011.83% to -$1.3 billion in 2024, then surged by 49.42% to -$657.0 million in 2025, then surged by 79.3% to -$136.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Retained Earnings figures came in at -$136.0 million (Q1 2026), -$657.0 million (Q4 2025), and -$909.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Retained Earnings (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 253.17 Bn 235.20 Bn 8.16 Bn 57.69 Bn
2 Salesforce 171.07 Bn 161.50 Bn 8.69 Bn 22.22 Bn
3 Uber Technologies 151.10 Bn 150.06 Bn 11.88 Bn -421.00 Mn
4 Shopify 134.25 Bn 128.50 Bn 1.55 Bn 2.28 Bn
5 ServiceNow 105.72 Bn 100.54 Bn 2.83 Bn 5.71 Bn
6 Cadence Design Systems 101.64 Bn 100.23 Bn 1.26 Bn -40.09 Mn
7 Adobe 100.35 Bn 93.46 Bn 5.73 Bn -295.00 Mn
8 Automatic Data Processing 90.91 Bn 87.68 Bn 2.87 Bn -853.10 Mn
9 Intuit 88.30 Bn 81.52 Bn 6.77 Bn 22.85 Bn
10 Workday 33.97 Bn 28.53 Bn 1.86 Bn -136.00 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jan 31, 2026 -136.00 Mn
Oct 31, 2025 -657.00 Mn
Jul 31, 2025 -909.00 Mn
Apr 30, 2025 -1.14 Bn
Jan 31, 2025 84.00 Mn
Oct 31, 2024 -1.30 Bn
Jul 31, 2024 -1.49 Bn
Apr 30, 2024 -1.62 Bn
Jan 31, 2024 21.00 Mn
Oct 31, 2023 33.21 Mn
Jul 31, 2023 -6.78 Mn
Apr 30, 2023 42.65 Mn
Jan 31, 2023 53.00 Mn
Oct 31, 2022 104.11 Mn
Jul 31, 2022 62.96 Mn
Apr 30, 2022 -2.85 Bn
Jan 31, 2022 7.71 Mn
Oct 31, 2021 -20.63 Mn
Jul 31, 2021 -44.15 Mn
Apr 30, 2021 -2.82 Bn
Jan 31, 2021 -2.91 Bn
Oct 31, 2020 -2.84 Bn
Jul 31, 2020 646,000.00
Apr 30, 2020 -2.79 Bn
Jan 31, 2020 -2.63 Bn
Oct 31, 2019 24.62 Mn
Jul 31, 2019 -2.38 Bn
Apr 30, 2019 -2.26 Bn
Jan 31, 2019 -809,000.00
Oct 31, 2018 3.77 Mn
Jul 31, 2018 -12.43 Mn
Apr 30, 2018 -30.77 Mn
Jan 31, 2018 -46.41 Mn
Oct 31, 2017 -16.31 Mn
Jul 31, 2017 -1.55 Bn
Apr 30, 2017 -190,000.00
Jan 31, 2017 -1.41 Bn
Oct 31, 2016 2.62 Mn
Jul 31, 2016 -1.30 Bn
Apr 30, 2016 -1.19 Bn
Jan 31, 2016 799,000.00
Oct 31, 2015 -1.03 Bn
Jul 31, 2015 320,000.00
Apr 30, 2015 -883.93 Mn
Jan 31, 2015 -140,000.00
Oct 31, 2014 -762.91 Mn
Jul 31, 2014 -702.99 Mn
Apr 30, 2014 481,000.00
Jan 31, 2014 269,000.00
Oct 31, 2013 -518.41 Mn
Jul 31, 2013 -470.87 Mn
Apr 30, 2013 -434.90 Mn
Jan 31, 2013 68,000.00
Oct 31, 2012 -370.94 Mn
Jan 31, 2012 3,000.00