Growth Metrics

Workday (WDAY) Short-term Investments (2012 - 2026)

Workday's quarterly Short-term Investments came in at $3.9 billion in Q1 2026, down 39.11% year-on-year from $6.5 billion in Q1 2025, and down 6.9% quarter-over-quarter from $4.2 billion in Q4 2025.

Workday has reported Short-term Investments for 9 years, with the latest figure at $3.9 billion in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Short-term Investments fell 39.11% year-over-year to $3.9 billion; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 stood at $3.9 billion (down 39.11% YoY), and the FY2026 full-year result was $3.9 billion, down 39.11% from the prior year.
  • Short-term Investments for Q1 2026 stood at $3.9 billion, down from $4.2 billion in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Short-term Investments was $7.0 billion in Q2 2025, with the low at $2.1 billion in Q1 2022.
  • Average Short-term Investments over 5 years is $5.0 billion, with a median of $5.2 billion recorded in 2023.
  • Year-over-year, Short-term Investments soared 100.72% in 2023 and sank 39.11% in 2026.
  • Tracing WDAY's Short-term Investments over 5 years: stood at $3.9 billion in 2022, then surged by 35.75% to $5.3 billion in 2023, then climbed by 9.97% to $5.8 billion in 2024, then decreased by 27.57% to $4.2 billion in 2025, then retreated by 6.9% to $3.9 billion in 2026.
  • The last three Short-term Investments figures came in at $3.9 billion (Q1 2026), $4.2 billion (Q4 2025), and $6.9 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

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

Historic Data

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Jan 31, 2026 3.94 Bn
Oct 31, 2025 4.23 Bn
Jul 31, 2025 6.92 Bn
Apr 30, 2025 7.00 Bn
Jan 31, 2025 6.47 Bn
Oct 31, 2024 5.85 Bn
Jul 31, 2024 5.74 Bn
Apr 30, 2024 5.43 Bn
Jan 31, 2024 5.80 Bn
Oct 31, 2023 5.32 Bn
Jul 31, 2023 5.22 Bn
Apr 30, 2023 4.89 Bn
Jan 31, 2023 4.24 Bn
Oct 31, 2022 3.92 Bn
Jul 31, 2022 3.81 Bn
Apr 30, 2022 3.48 Bn
Jan 31, 2022 2.11 Bn
Oct 31, 2021 2.26 Bn
Jul 31, 2021 2.22 Bn
Apr 30, 2021 2.04 Bn
Jan 31, 2021 2.15 Bn
Oct 31, 2020 1.88 Bn
Jan 31, 2020 1.21 Bn
Jan 31, 2013 769.66 Mn
Jan 31, 2012 100.77 Mn