Workday Inc (NASDAQ: WDAY) is -2.81% 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 $252.83 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -2.04%.
Currently trading at $250.79, the stock is 0.01% and -2.32% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.0 million and changing -0.81% at the moment leaves the stock 1.77% off its SMA200. WDAY registered -9.63% loss for a year compared to 6-month gain of 2.35%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $256.6556 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $246.2474.
The stock witnessed a -1.74% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -8.15%, and is -0.68% down 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 2.32% over the week and 3.11% over the month.
Workday Inc (WDAY) has around 20400 employees, a market worth around $66.71B and $8.42B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 128.26 and Fwd P/E is 24.84. Profit margin for the company is 6.25%. Distance from 52-week low is 25.51% and -14.70% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (4.28%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 16.83% this year
1590.0 institutions hold shares in Workday Inc (WDAY), with institutional investors hold 96.64% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 215.02M, and float is at 212.79M with Short Float at 3.83%. Institutions hold 95.77% 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 5.2367 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 70,144 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 24 ’25 at a price of $250.26 per share for a total of $17.55 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.1 million shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 17 ’25, DUFFIELD DAVID A (10% Owner) disposed off 71,672 shares at an average price of $248.58 for $17.82 million. The insider now directly holds 102,997 shares of Workday Inc (WDAY).
