Growth Metrics

Workday (WDAY) Share-based Compensation (2012 - 2026)

Workday's quarterly Share-based Compensation came in at $399.0 million in Q1 2026, up 0.5% year-on-year from $397.0 million in Q1 2025, and up 6.12% quarter-over-quarter from $376.0 million in Q4 2025.

Workday has reported Share-based Compensation for 15 years, with the latest figure at $399.0 million in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Share-based Compensation rose 0.5% year-over-year to $399.0 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 stood at $1.6 billion (up 6.97% YoY), and the FY2026 full-year result was $1.6 billion, up 7.04% from the prior year.
  • Share-based Compensation for Q1 2026 stood at $399.0 million, up from $376.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Share-based Compensation was $459.0 million in Q2 2025, with the low at $292.7 million in Q1 2022.
  • Average Share-based Compensation over 5 years is $361.7 million, with a median of $368.0 million recorded in 2024.
  • Year-over-year, Share-based Compensation climbed 23.45% in 2023 and slipped 4.51% in 2024.
  • Tracing WDAY's Share-based Compensation over 5 years: stood at $314.2 million in 2022, then climbed by 11.08% to $349.0 million in 2023, then grew by 5.44% to $368.0 million in 2024, then climbed by 2.17% to $376.0 million in 2025, then advanced by 6.12% to $399.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Share-based Compensation figures came in at $399.0 million (Q1 2026), $376.0 million (Q4 2025), and $392.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Share-based Compensation (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 253.17 Bn 235.20 Bn 8.16 Bn 333.66 Mn
2 Salesforce 171.07 Bn 161.50 Bn 8.69 Bn 1.08 Bn
3 Uber Technologies 151.10 Bn 150.06 Bn 11.88 Bn 473.00 Mn
4 Shopify 134.25 Bn 128.50 Bn 1.55 Bn 132.00 Mn
5 ServiceNow 105.72 Bn 100.54 Bn 2.83 Bn 547.00 Mn
6 Cadence Design Systems 101.64 Bn 100.23 Bn 1.26 Bn 138.18 Mn
7 Adobe 100.35 Bn 93.46 Bn 5.73 Bn 509.00 Mn
8 Automatic Data Processing 90.91 Bn 87.68 Bn 2.87 Bn 51.00 Mn
9 Intuit 88.30 Bn 81.52 Bn 6.77 Bn 485.00 Mn
10 Workday 33.97 Bn 28.53 Bn 1.86 Bn 399.00 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jan 31, 2026 399.00 Mn
Jan 31, 2026 399.00 Mn
Oct 31, 2025 376.00 Mn
Oct 31, 2025 376.00 Mn
Jul 31, 2025 392.00 Mn
Jul 31, 2025 392.00 Mn
Apr 30, 2025 459.00 Mn
Apr 30, 2025 459.00 Mn
Jan 31, 2025 397.00 Mn
Jan 31, 2025 397.00 Mn
Oct 31, 2024 368.00 Mn
Oct 31, 2024 368.00 Mn
Jul 31, 2024 370.00 Mn
Jul 31, 2024 370.00 Mn
Apr 30, 2024 385.00 Mn
Apr 30, 2024 385.00 Mn
Jan 31, 2024 345.00 Mn
Jan 31, 2024 345.00 Mn
Oct 31, 2023 349.00 Mn
Oct 31, 2023 349.00 Mn
Jul 31, 2023 352.00 Mn
Jul 31, 2023 352.00 Mn
Apr 30, 2023 369.00 Mn
Apr 30, 2023 369.00 Mn
Jan 31, 2023 361.29 Mn
Jan 31, 2023 361.29 Mn
Oct 31, 2022 314.20 Mn
Oct 31, 2022 314.20 Mn
Jul 31, 2022 308.01 Mn
Jul 31, 2022 308.01 Mn
Apr 30, 2022 311.51 Mn
Apr 30, 2022 311.51 Mn
Jan 31, 2022 292.65 Mn
Jan 31, 2022 292.65 Mn
Oct 31, 2021 279.00 Mn
Oct 31, 2021 279.00 Mn
Jul 31, 2021 264.72 Mn
Jul 31, 2021 264.72 Mn
Apr 30, 2021 264.64 Mn
Apr 30, 2021 264.64 Mn
Jan 31, 2021 257.11 Mn
Jan 31, 2021 257.11 Mn
Oct 31, 2020 259.83 Mn
Oct 31, 2020 259.83 Mn
Jul 31, 2020 251.24 Mn
Jul 31, 2020 251.24 Mn
Apr 30, 2020 236.67 Mn
Apr 30, 2020 236.67 Mn
Jan 31, 2020 234.42 Mn
Jan 31, 2020 234.42 Mn
Oct 31, 2019 231.00 Mn
Oct 31, 2019 231.00 Mn
Jul 31, 2019 208.91 Mn
Jul 31, 2019 208.91 Mn
Apr 30, 2019 185.24 Mn
Apr 30, 2019 185.24 Mn
Jan 31, 2019 184.77 Mn
Jan 31, 2019 184.77 Mn
Oct 31, 2018 187.97 Mn
Oct 31, 2018 187.97 Mn
Jul 31, 2018 147.06 Mn
Jul 31, 2018 147.06 Mn
Apr 30, 2018 132.66 Mn
Apr 30, 2018 132.66 Mn
Jan 31, 2018 126.64 Mn
Jan 31, 2018 126.64 Mn
Oct 31, 2017 122.48 Mn
Oct 31, 2017 122.48 Mn
Jul 31, 2017 121.52 Mn
Jul 31, 2017 121.52 Mn
Apr 30, 2017 107.79 Mn
Apr 30, 2017 107.79 Mn
Jan 31, 2017 105.72 Mn
Jan 31, 2017 105.72 Mn
Oct 31, 2016 100.10 Mn
Oct 31, 2016 100.10 Mn
Jul 31, 2016 88.22 Mn
Jul 31, 2016 88.22 Mn
Apr 30, 2016 78.24 Mn
Apr 30, 2016 78.24 Mn
Jan 31, 2016 69.27 Mn
Jan 31, 2016 69.27 Mn
Oct 31, 2015 68.66 Mn
Oct 31, 2015 68.66 Mn
Jul 31, 2015 64.76 Mn
Jul 31, 2015 64.76 Mn
Apr 30, 2015 47.27 Mn
Apr 30, 2015 47.27 Mn
Jan 31, 2015 39.38 Mn
Jan 31, 2015 39.38 Mn
Oct 31, 2014 47.01 Mn
Oct 31, 2014 47.01 Mn
Jul 31, 2014 40.78 Mn
Jul 31, 2014 40.78 Mn
Apr 30, 2014 28.87 Mn
Apr 30, 2014 28.87 Mn
Jan 31, 2014 24.97 Mn
Jan 31, 2014 24.97 Mn
Oct 31, 2013 19.68 Mn
Oct 31, 2013 19.68 Mn
Jul 31, 2013 9.78 Mn
Jul 31, 2013 9.78 Mn
Apr 30, 2013 7.42 Mn
Apr 30, 2013 7.42 Mn
Jan 31, 2013 5.45 Mn
Jan 31, 2013 5.45 Mn
Oct 31, 2012 6.15 Mn
Oct 31, 2012 6.15 Mn
Jul 31, 2012 2.28 Mn
Jul 31, 2012 2.28 Mn