Reported Q: Q4 2026 Rev YoY: +14.5% EPS YoY: +57.1% Move: -1.92%
Workday Inc
WDAY
$148.14 -1.92%
Exchange NASDAQ Sector Technology Industry Software Application
Q4 2026
Published: Mar 6, 2026

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Reported

Report Date

Mar 6, 2026

Quarter Q4 2026

Revenue

2.53B

YoY: +14.5%

EPS

0.55

YoY: +57.1%

Market Move

-1.92%

Previous quarter: Q3 2026

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Earnings Highlights

  • Revenue of $2.53B up 14.5% year-over-year
  • EPS of $0.55 increased by 57.1% from previous year
  • Gross margin of 75.9%
  • Net income of 145.00M
  • ""The future? It's the marriage of deterministic enterprise apps with probabilistic AI that leads to 3 things: a redefined user experience that is prompt based, a greatly improved business process automation and execution platform with work done by agents and humans; and lastly, much deeper AI-generated insights."" - Aneel Bhusri
WDAY
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Executive Summary

Workday delivered a solid Q4 FY2026 with 15% total revenue growth to $2.532 billion and 16% subscription growth to $2.360 billion, underscoring the durability of its cloud-based HR and finance platform. The quarter was marked by a meaningful contribution from AI-enabled offerings, including Sana Core and Sana Enterprise, and the company reaffirmed a longer-term trajectory of reaccelerated growth driven by agentic AI. Management stressed a shift toward organic agent development and a consumption-based model (Flex Credits), suggesting a multi-year path to higher growth and improved ROI for customers, even as near-term profitability is weighted toward AI investments.

Key highlights include a 12-month subscription backlog (cRPO) of $8.83 billion (up 15.8% YoY) and total subscription backlog of $28.1 billion (up 12%). Non-GAAP operating margins remained strong at 30.6% for Q4 and 29.6% for the full year, while GAAP margins are expected to be meaningfully lower due to accelerated AI investments. Free cash flow for the year was $2.78 billion, up 27%, and Workday returned a substantial amount of capital with $2.9 billion of share repurchases in FY2026. The company guided FY2027 subscription revenue to $9.925–$9.950 billion (12–13% growth) with non-GAAP margins around 30% and free cash flow guidance of approximately $3.18 billion, signaling a durable, higher-ROI growth profile anchored by AI-driven products and an expanded partner ecosystem.

Key Performance Indicators

Revenue
Increasing
2.53B
QoQ: 4.11% | YoY: 14.52%
Gross Profit
Increasing
1.92B
75.87% margin
QoQ: 4.35% | YoY: 14.89%
Operating Income
Increasing
304.00M
QoQ: 17.37% | YoY: 305.33%
Net Income
Increasing
145.00M
QoQ: -42.46% | YoY: 54.26%
EPS
Increasing
0.55
QoQ: -42.11% | YoY: 57.14%

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Margin Analysis

Historical Earnings Comparison

PeriodRevenue ($M)EPS ($)YoY GrowthReport
Q4 2026 2,532.00 0.55 +14.5% View
Q3 2026 2,432.00 0.94 +12.6% View
Q2 2026 2,348.00 0.84 +12.6% View
Q1 2026 2,240.00 0.25 +13.0% View
Q4 2025 2,211.00 0.35 +15.8% View