Analyst Upside

AU · rank #4 · 2026-09-09

WDAY

NASDAQ · $47.81B (USD)

SignalStrong Buy5.0strength 5.0 / 10
verdict · PROCEED

The exact numbers the algorithm saw.

Factor scores and the inputs behind this pick.
Composite score
Z-score blend of all factors below.
2.158
EPS revisions (30d)
Change in consensus EPS estimate over the past 30 days ($/share).
+$0.57
Net revisions (30d)
Number of analysts revising upward minus downward.
32
Insider signal (90d)
$0 across 0 unique buyers.
-0.153
Analyst upside
Consensus target $206.68
+11.0%
Momentum acceleration
3-month minus 12-month momentum.
+47.53%
Analyst rating
5 = Strong Buy, 1 = Strong Sell.
4.05
Gross margin TTM+75.8%
52w high$249.85
Market cap (USD)$47.81B

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Summary

Workday is an enterprise cloud platform for HR, finance, and IT management with $8.8B in subscription revenue and a $27.4B long-term backlog anchoring high revenue visibility.

Rationale

With 23 analyst target raises in 30 days, 97% revision agreement, a 5.27% earnings beat, and momentum acceleration of 47.5%, the analyst_upside signal is reinforced by genuine fundamental re-rating following consecutive beats and margin expansion — not mere sentiment drift.

Material risks

  • 1A Silver Lake-led leveraged buyout could load the balance sheet with debt, crowd out R&D investment, and structurally impair the AI-native product roadmap that underpins the long-term competitive moat.
  • 2Hyperscale cloud vendors and AI-native HCM startups are investing aggressively in the same agentic HR/finance layer, threatening to commoditize Workday's differentiation and erode pricing power at renewal.

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