Workday Inc (NASDAQ: WDAY) is -2.14% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $199.81 and a high of $294.00 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 $251.91 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.59%.
Currently trading at $252.50, the stock is -0.36% and -1.66% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.8 million and changing 0.23% at the moment leaves the stock 2.87% off its SMA200. WDAY registered -5.88% loss for a year compared to 6-month gain of 1.32%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $256.766 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $245.4632.
The stock witnessed a -4.98% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -7.74%, and is 4.48% 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 2.80% over the week and 3.23% over the month.
Workday Inc (WDAY) has around 20400 employees, a market worth around $67.16B and $8.42B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 129.14 and Fwd P/E is 25.01. Profit margin for the company is 6.25%. Distance from 52-week low is 26.37% and -14.12% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (4.28%).
with sales reaching $2.22B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 16.83% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 12.69% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 11.46% in year-over-year returns.
1591.0 institutions hold shares in Workday Inc (WDAY), with institutional investors hold 96.60% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 215.02M, and float is at 212.77M with Short Float at 3.57%. Institutions hold 95.73% 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 2.4734 and valued at over $$1.47 billion, while NORGES BANK holds 2.0218 of the shares totaling 5.36 million with a market value of $$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 71,672 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 17 ’25 at a price of $248.58 per share for a total of $17.82 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.1 million shares.
Workday Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Mar 14 ’25 that DUFFIELD DAVID A (10% Owner) sold a total of 15,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Mar 14 ’25 and was made at $243.17 per share for $3.65 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 45000.0 shares of the WDAY stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 13 ’25, STILL GEORGE J JR (Director) disposed off 7,500 shares at an average price of $241.33 for $1.81 million. The insider now directly holds 75,000 shares of Workday Inc (WDAY).
