Workday (WDAY) Retained Earnings (2012 - 2026)

Workday (WDAY) recorded quarterly Retained Earnings of -$136.0 million in Q1 2026, up 79.3% quarter-over-quarter from -$657.0 million in Q4 2025, and down 261.9% on a YoY basis from $84.0 million in Q1 2025.

Workday (WDAY) Retained Earnings (2012 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Workday's Retained Earnings history runs 15 years deep, the most recent figure standing at -$136.0 million for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Retained Earnings fell 261.9% year-over-year to -$136.0 million; the TTM figure through Jan 2026 stood at -$136.0 million (down 261.9% YoY), while the FY2026 annual figure was -$136.0 million, down 261.9% from the prior year.
  • Retained Earnings was -$136.0 million for Q1 2026 at Workday, up from -$657.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Retained Earnings ranged from a high of $104.1 million in Q4 2022 to a low of -$2.8 billion in Q2 2022.
  • Historically, Retained Earnings has averaged -$570.5 million across 5 years, with a median of -$6.8 million in 2023.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: Retained Earnings soared 604.75% in 2022, then slumped 21905.9% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Retained Earnings shows it stood at $104.1 million in 2022, then plunged by 68.11% to $33.2 million in 2023, then plunged by 4011.83% to -$1.3 billion in 2024, then jumped by 49.42% to -$657.0 million in 2025, then jumped 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 238.14 Bn 220.17 Bn 8.16 Bn 57.69 Bn
2 Full Truck Alliance 166.83 Bn 164.28 Bn - 350.50 Mn
3 Uber Technologies 150.36 Bn 149.32 Bn 11.88 Bn -421.00 Mn
4 Shopify 147.75 Bn 142.01 Bn 1.55 Bn 2.28 Bn
5 Salesforce 140.39 Bn 128.55 Bn 8.56 Bn 23.95 Bn
6 Cadence Design Systems 105.73 Bn 104.32 Bn 1.26 Bn -40.09 Mn
7 ServiceNow 105.42 Bn 100.24 Bn 2.83 Bn 5.71 Bn
8 Automatic Data Processing 89.57 Bn 86.34 Bn 2.87 Bn -853.10 Mn
9 Adobe 85.05 Bn 78.16 Bn 5.90 Bn -247.00 Mn
10 Workday 33.61 Bn 28.17 Bn 1.86 Bn -136.00 Mn

Historic Data

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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