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WDAY Workday, Inc.

software · 2026-10-14

N/A
too hard · 52
Owner-earnings value$111.07
Price$186.02
Margin of safety -40.3%

Quality gate · 52/100

Returns on capital 0/30
Consistency 9.4/22
Margins / pricing power 15.9/16
Balance sheet 12.1/16
Cash conversion 10/10
Capital allocation 5.1/6

⚠ sub-hurdle returns (median roic 4% < 9%)

Median ROIC3.6%
Gross margin75.8%
Net debt / EBITDA1.3x
FCF conversion366%
Share count / yr-0.6%
Profitable years3/4

Moat & management

Owner-earnings inputs

Owner earnings (TTM)1.38B
Owner-earnings yield3.1%
Free-cash-flow yield6.3%
Growth used (normalized)10.0%
Market-implied growth (reverse DCF)23.2%
Terminal growth3.0%
Discount rate (hurdle)10.1%

Projected owner earnings

YrOwner earningsGrowthPV
11.52B 10.0%1.38B
21.66B 9.2%1.37B
31.80B 8.4%1.35B
41.93B 7.7%1.32B
52.07B 6.9%1.28B
62.19B 6.1%1.24B
72.31B 5.3%1.18B
82.42B 4.6%1.12B
92.51B 3.8%1.06B
102.58B 3.0%991.30M

⚠ maintenance capex ≈ min(capex, D&A), capped at FCF · Price pays for ~23%/yr owner-earnings growth over 10y (reverse DCF); model credits 10%.

History

DateQualityPriceValueMoSRating
2026-10-14 52 $186.02 $111.07 -40.3% N/A
2026-09-09 52 $186.28 $117.57 -36.9% N/A
2026-08-06 52 $170.63 $87.13 -48.9% N/A
2026-07-02 52 $130.27 $87.42 -32.9% N/A
2026-06-25 52 $118.09 $88.48 -25.1% N/A
2026-06-23 52 $115.13 $87.16 -24.3% N/A