Workday (WDAY) Share-based Compensation (2012 - 2026)
Workday (WDAY) reported Share-based Compensation of $399 million for fiscal Q4 2026 (quarter ended Jan 31, 2026), up 0.5% from $397 million a year earlier and up 6.1% from the prior quarter.
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Workday (WDAY) Share-based Compensation (2012 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026 (ended Jan 31, 2026), Workday posted Share-based Compensation of $1.63 billion, up 7.0% from FY2025.
- Share-based Compensation has increased for 14 consecutive fiscal years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 10.1% (FY2021 to FY2026).
- By fiscal year, Share-based Compensation came in at $1.52 billion in FY2025 (+7.3%), $1.42 billion in FY2024 (+9.3%), $1.3 billion in FY2023 (+17.6%) and $1.1 billion in FY2022 (+9.6%).
- Five-year quarterly Share-based Compensation spans a low of $264.64 million in fiscal Q1 2022 and a high of $459 million in fiscal Q1 2026.
- Year over year, Share-based Compensation has now increased in each of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 7.2% over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Share-based Compensation in five years was fiscal Q4 2023 (growth of 23.5%); the low point was fiscal Q4 2024 (a decline of 4.5%).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q4 2026 came in at $376 million (Q3 2026), $392 million (Q2 2026) and $459 million (Q1 2026).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Stock Comp. (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 450.50 Bn | 419.56 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 265.21 Mn |
| 2 | Oracle | 401.01 Bn | 273.57 Bn | - | 1.13 Bn |
| 3 | Sap Se | 257.03 Bn | 178.11 Bn | 8.40 Bn | -185.98 Mn |
| 4 | Salesforce | 187.04 Bn | 142.92 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 906.00 Mn |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 135.91 Bn | 114.37 Bn | 2.82 Bn | 283.00 Mn |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing | 104.14 Bn | 86.27 Bn | 2.51 Bn | 59.70 Mn |
| 7 | Intuit | 72.30 Bn | 51.65 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 507.00 Mn |
| 8 | Relx | 60.17 Bn | 57.14 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 55.31 Bn | 48.30 Bn | 81.55 Mn | 14.27 Mn |
| 10 | Workday | 45.49 Bn | 21.61 Bn | 2.00 Bn | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jan 31, 2026 | 399.00 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 376.00 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 392.00 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 459.00 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 397.00 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 368.00 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 370.00 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 385.00 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 345.00 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 349.00 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2023 | 352.00 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 369.00 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2023 | 361.29 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2022 | 314.20 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 308.01 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 311.51 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2022 | 292.65 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 279.00 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2021 | 264.72 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2021 | 264.64 Mn |
API Access
Workday Share-based Compensation API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=share-based-compensation&ticker=WDAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "share-based-compensation", "ticker": "WDAY", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=share-based-compensation&ticker=WDAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();