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

Workday's (WDAY) quarterly Share-based Compensation came in at $1.1 billion in Q1 2026, up 763.36% year-on-year from $131.0 million in Q1 2025, and up 417.7% quarter-over-quarter from -$356.0 million in Q4 2025.

Workday (WDAY) Share-based Compensation (2012 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Workday's Share-based Compensation history runs 15 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $1.1 billion for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Share-based Compensation rose 763.36% year-over-year to $1.1 billion in Q1 2026; TTM through Jan 2026 was $1.6 billion, a 84.98% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2026 full-year figure at $1.6 billion, up 155.66% from the prior year.
  • Share-based Compensation improved to $1.1 billion in Q1 2026 per WDAY's latest filing, from -$356.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Share-based Compensation topped out at $1.1 billion in Q1 2026 and bottomed at -$1.0 billion in Q1 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Share-based Compensation is $292.7 million (2022), against an average of $144.3 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Share-based Compensation slumped 419.05% in 2023 and soared 7866.67% in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Share-based Compensation stood at $314.2 million in 2022, then advanced by 11.08% to $349.0 million in 2023, then climbed by 5.44% to $368.0 million in 2024, then plunged by 196.74% to -$356.0 million in 2025, then soared by 417.7% to $1.1 billion in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest WDAY Share-based Compensation figures stand at $1.1 billion (Q1 2026), -$356.0 million (Q4 2025), and $640.0 million (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Share-based Compensation (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 208.91 Bn 189.27 Bn 8.16 Bn 333.66 Mn
2 Full Truck Alliance 188.77 Bn 186.13 Bn - -
3 Shopify 145.98 Bn 140.23 Bn 1.55 Bn 132.00 Mn
4 Uber Technologies 141.48 Bn 140.44 Bn 5.95 Bn 473.00 Mn
5 Salesforce 128.51 Bn 116.67 Bn 8.56 Bn 250.00 Mn
6 ServiceNow 98.38 Bn 93.20 Bn 2.82 Bn 283.00 Mn
7 Automatic Data Processing 97.56 Bn 94.34 Bn 2.87 Bn 51.00 Mn
8 Snowflake 91.55 Bn 88.59 Bn 926.45 Mn 402.47 Mn
9 Cadence Design Systems 89.91 Bn 88.50 Bn 1.41 Bn 123.09 Mn
10 Workday 33.90 Bn 28.45 Bn 2.12 Bn 1.13 Bn

Historic Data

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Jan 31, 2026 1.13 Bn
Jan 31, 2026 1.13 Bn
Oct 31, 2025 -356.00 Mn
Oct 31, 2025 -356.00 Mn
Jul 31, 2025 640.00 Mn
Jul 31, 2025 640.00 Mn
Apr 30, 2025 211.00 Mn
Apr 30, 2025 211.00 Mn
Jan 31, 2025 131.00 Mn
Jan 31, 2025 131.00 Mn
Oct 31, 2024 368.00 Mn
Oct 31, 2024 368.00 Mn
Jul 31, 2024 141.00 Mn
Jul 31, 2024 141.00 Mn
Apr 30, 2024 239.00 Mn
Apr 30, 2024 239.00 Mn
Jan 31, 2024 -1.05 Bn
Jan 31, 2024 -1.05 Bn
Oct 31, 2023 349.00 Mn
Oct 31, 2023 349.00 Mn