Workday (WDAY) Shares Outstanding (Diluted) (2020 - 2026)
Workday (WDAY) posted Shares Outstanding (Diluted) of 246.31 million for fiscal Q2 2027 (quarter ended Jul 31, 2026), down 8.8% from 270.18 million a year earlier.
Workday (WDAY) Shares Outstanding (Diluted) (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026 (ended Jan 31, 2026), Workday's Shares Outstanding (Diluted) came in at 268.12 million, down 0.4% from FY2025.
- Annual Shares Outstanding (Diluted) shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of 2.5% (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In prior fiscal years, Workday's Shares Outstanding (Diluted) was 269.21 million in FY2025 (+1.5%), 265.29 million in FY2024 (+4.1%), 254.82 million in FY2023 (+0.3%) and 254.03 million in FY2022 (+7.2%).
- The fiscal Q2 2027 figure stands as the lowest quarterly Shares Outstanding (Diluted) since fiscal Q1 2022.
- On a year-over-year basis, Shares Outstanding (Diluted) increased in three of the last seven quarters, with an average decline of 0.9%.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Shares Outstanding (Diluted) in the past five years was fiscal Q4 2022, with growth of 7.2%; the weakest was fiscal Q2 2027, with a decline of 8.8%.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Shares Outstanding (Dil.) (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 471.42 Bn | 440.48 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 2.57 Bn |
| 2 | Oracle | 379.54 Bn | 252.10 Bn | - | 3.00 Bn |
| 3 | Sap Se | 295.84 Bn | 224.19 Bn | 8.40 Bn | 1.18 Bn |
| 4 | Salesforce | 205.95 Bn | 161.82 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 821.00 Mn |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 162.33 Bn | 140.79 Bn | 2.82 Bn | 1.03 Bn |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing | 122.50 Bn | 104.63 Bn | 2.51 Bn | 403.30 Mn |
| 7 | Intuit | 95.25 Bn | 74.60 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 277.00 Mn |
| 8 | Relx | 73.89 Bn | 73.01 Bn | - | 1.84 Bn |
| 9 | Thomson Reuters | 54.85 Bn | 51.63 Bn | - | 449.53 Mn |
| 10 | Workday | 50.64 Bn | 26.77 Bn | 2.00 Bn | 246.31 Mn |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | 246.31 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 268.12 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 268.63 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 270.18 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 270.30 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 269.21 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 268.55 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 267.95 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 270.30 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 265.29 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 266.38 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2023 | 264.44 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 261.37 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2023 | 254.82 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2022 | 255.75 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 254.36 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 251.74 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2022 | 254.03 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 254.76 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2021 | 260.02 Mn |
Workday Shares Outstanding (Diluted) 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=shares-outstanding-diluted&ticker=WDAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "shares-outstanding-diluted", "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=shares-outstanding-diluted&ticker=WDAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();