AU · rank #4 · 2026-09-09
WDAY
NASDAQ · $47.81B (USD)
The exact numbers the algorithm saw.
| Composite score Z-score blend of all factors below. | 2.158 |
|---|---|
| EPS revisions (30d) Change in consensus EPS estimate over the past 30 days ($/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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