Workday Inc (NASDAQ: WDAY) is -2.08% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $199.81 and a high of $311.28 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The WDAY stock was last observed hovering at around $264.15 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 6.17%.
Currently trading at $270.32, the stock is 10.27% and 9.90% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.66 million and changing 2.34% at the moment leaves the stock 8.45% off its SMA200. WDAY registered 17.53% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of 9.49%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $245.7702 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $249.39114.
The stock witnessed a 11.49% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 21.31%, and is 12.05% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 3.27% over the week and 2.41% over the month.
Workday Inc (WDAY) has around 18800 employees, a market worth around $71.91B and $7.82B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 47.14 and Fwd P/E is 32.35. Profit margin for the company is 19.71%. Distance from 52-week low is 35.29% and -13.16% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (13.27%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 20.69% this year.
Workday Inc (WDAY) Top Institutional Holders
1508.0 institutions hold shares in Workday Inc (WDAY), with institutional investors hold 92.25% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 210.67M, and float is at 209.81M with Short Float at 2.25%. Institutions hold 91.11% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 15.46 million shares valued at $3.46 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 5.8456% of the WDAY Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 13.89 million shares valued at $3.11 billion to account for 5.2539 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are BAILLIE GIFFORD & CO which holds 6.56 million shares representing 2.4816% and valued at over $1.47 billion, while NORGES BANK holds 2.0284 of the shares totaling 5.36 million with a market value of $1.2 billion.
Workday Inc (WDAY) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by DUFFIELD DAVID A, the company’s 10% Owner. SEC filings show that DUFFIELD DAVID A sold 56,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Oct 14 ’24 at a price of $242.01 per share for a total of $13.55 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.28 million shares.
Workday Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Oct 11 ’24 that Frederick Wayne A.I. (Director) sold a total of 1,828 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Oct 11 ’24 and was made at $241.85 per share for $0.44 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 8674.0 shares of the WDAY stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Oct 14 ’24, DAVE & CHERYL DUFFIELD FOUNDAT (10% Owner) Proposed Sale 56,000 shares at an average price of $240.90 for $13.49 million. The insider now directly holds shares of Workday Inc (WDAY).
