Here Are the Facts You Need to Understand Workday (WDAY)

Large-cap technology company Workday has moved -1.0% this evening, reaching $245.19 per share. In contrast, the average analyst target price for the stock is $257.12.

Workday, Inc. provides enterprise cloud applications in the United States and internationally. The company is based in the United States.

What to Consider if You Are Thinking of Buying Workday:

  • Workday has moved 53.0% over the last year.

  • WDAY has a forward P/E ratio of 37.1 based on its EPS guidance of 6.61.

  • Over the last 6 years, earnings per share (EPS) have been growing at a compounded average rate of 17.7%.

  • The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 1.45.

  • Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 10.24

Workday Has Irregular Cash Flows

Date Reported Cash Flow from Operations ($ k) Capital expenditures ($ k) Free Cash Flow ($ k) YoY Growth (%)
2023-02-27 1,657,195 -364,488 2,021,683 -3.48
2022-02-28 1,650,704 -443,775 2,094,479 36.81
2021-03-02 1,268,441 -262,446 1,530,887 26.68
2020-03-03 864,598 -343,852 1,208,450 20.75
2019-03-18 606,658 -394,137 1,000,795 34.68
2018-03-14 465,727 -277,347 743,074

Workday's free cash flows have a decent average of $1.43 Billion over the last 6 years, but they are highly variable since their coefficient of variability is 2853336100.7%. The compounded average growth rate over this period is 0.0%.

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