Stock Analysis on Net

Workday Inc. (NASDAQ:WDAY)

Analysis of Liquidity Ratios
Quarterly Data

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Liquidity Ratios (Summary)

Workday Inc., liquidity ratios (quarterly data)

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Jan 31, 2025 Oct 31, 2024 Jul 31, 2024 Apr 30, 2024 Jan 31, 2024 Oct 31, 2023 Jul 31, 2023 Apr 30, 2023 Jan 31, 2023 Oct 31, 2022 Jul 31, 2022 Apr 30, 2022 Jan 31, 2022 Oct 31, 2021 Jul 31, 2021 Apr 30, 2021 Jan 31, 2021 Oct 31, 2020 Jul 31, 2020 Apr 30, 2020 Jan 31, 2020 Oct 31, 2019 Jul 31, 2019 Apr 30, 2019
Current ratio 1.90 2.05 2.04 2.00 1.97 2.13 2.00 1.95 1.75 1.87 1.61 1.56 1.03 1.10 1.04 0.93 1.12 1.09 1.45 1.25 1.04 1.19 0.81 1.09
Quick ratio 1.80 1.94 1.92 1.88 1.87 2.01 1.90 1.83 1.66 1.75 1.52 1.47 0.96 1.03 0.98 0.86 1.07 1.02 1.35 1.15 0.95 1.09 0.74 1.00
Cash ratio 1.45 1.62 1.63 1.62 1.55 1.71 1.59 1.56 1.32 1.48 1.30 1.31 0.72 0.83 0.77 0.71 0.83 0.81 1.08 0.94 0.65 0.84 0.56 0.77

Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2025-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-04-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2024-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-04-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-04-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-04-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-04-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-04-30).

Liquidity ratio Description The company
Current ratio A liquidity ratio calculated as current assets divided by current liabilities. Workday Inc. current ratio improved from Q2 2025 to Q3 2025 but then deteriorated significantly from Q3 2025 to Q4 2025.
Quick ratio A liquidity ratio calculated as (cash plus short-term marketable investments plus receivables) divided by current liabilities. Workday Inc. quick ratio improved from Q2 2025 to Q3 2025 but then deteriorated significantly from Q3 2025 to Q4 2025.
Cash ratio A liquidity ratio calculated as (cash plus short-term marketable investments) divided by current liabilities. Workday Inc. cash ratio deteriorated from Q2 2025 to Q3 2025 and from Q3 2025 to Q4 2025.

Current Ratio

Workday Inc., current ratio calculation (quarterly data)

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Jan 31, 2025 Oct 31, 2024 Jul 31, 2024 Apr 30, 2024 Jan 31, 2024 Oct 31, 2023 Jul 31, 2023 Apr 30, 2023 Jan 31, 2023 Oct 31, 2022 Jul 31, 2022 Apr 30, 2022 Jan 31, 2022 Oct 31, 2021 Jul 31, 2021 Apr 30, 2021 Jan 31, 2021 Oct 31, 2020 Jul 31, 2020 Apr 30, 2020 Jan 31, 2020 Oct 31, 2019 Jul 31, 2019 Apr 30, 2019
Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions)
Current assets 10,545 9,078 9,200 8,874 9,939 8,574 8,382 7,873 8,108 6,970 7,805 7,443 5,214 4,694 4,461 3,906 4,802 3,958 3,714 3,450 3,095 2,955 2,789 2,665
Current liabilities 5,548 4,422 4,513 4,428 5,055 4,029 4,182 4,044 4,628 3,723 4,858 4,781 5,068 4,275 4,274 4,211 4,283 3,625 2,553 2,771 2,969 2,491 3,434 2,443
Liquidity Ratio
Current ratio1 1.90 2.05 2.04 2.00 1.97 2.13 2.00 1.95 1.75 1.87 1.61 1.56 1.03 1.10 1.04 0.93 1.12 1.09 1.45 1.25 1.04 1.19 0.81 1.09
Benchmarks
Current Ratio, Competitors2
Accenture PLC 1.47 1.10 1.16 1.26 1.33 1.30 1.37 1.29 1.26 1.23 1.27 1.23 1.22 1.25 1.42 1.39 1.45 1.40 1.37 1.38 1.39
Adobe Inc. 1.07 1.11 1.16 1.05 1.34 1.25 1.16 1.12 1.11 1.14 1.07 1.04 1.25 1.39 1.31 1.27 1.48 1.44 1.29 1.23
Cadence Design Systems Inc. 2.93 2.45 1.43 1.32 1.24 1.44 1.37 1.44 1.27 1.33 1.59 1.81 1.77 1.70 1.57 1.70 1.86 1.55 1.42 1.38
CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. 1.77 1.86 1.90 1.80 1.76 1.74 1.82 1.78 1.73 1.76 1.80 1.83 1.83 1.90 1.98 2.07 2.65 1.91 2.18 2.25 2.38 2.53 2.94 1.03
International Business Machines Corp. 1.04 1.06 1.12 1.13 0.96 0.91 1.06 1.16 0.92 0.95 0.88 0.92 0.88 0.84 0.84 0.93 0.98 1.05 1.04 0.96
Intuit Inc. 1.27 1.24 1.29 1.50 1.17 1.25 1.47 1.51 1.23 1.37 1.39 1.63 1.18 2.10 1.94 1.96 1.53 3.09 2.26 1.79 1.67 1.80
Microsoft Corp. 1.35 1.30 1.27 1.24 1.22 1.66 1.77 1.91 1.93 1.84 1.78 1.99 2.25 2.16 2.08 2.29 2.58 2.53 2.52 2.90 2.80 2.85
Oracle Corp. 1.02 0.81 0.72 0.72 0.85 0.79 0.87 0.91 0.82 0.65 0.60 1.62 1.52 1.65 2.04 2.30 2.16 2.17 2.66 3.03 2.12 2.37 2.25
Palantir Technologies Inc. 5.96 5.67 5.92 5.91 5.55 5.53 5.22 5.41 5.17 4.28 4.36 4.38 4.34 4.13 3.90 3.88
Palo Alto Networks Inc. 0.84 0.84 0.89 0.84 0.83 0.86 0.78 0.74 0.64 0.70 0.77 0.74 0.66 0.68 0.91 1.38 0.98 1.63 1.91 1.29 1.78 1.78
Salesforce Inc. 1.06 1.11 1.04 1.11 1.09 1.04 1.02 1.02 1.02 1.05 1.06 1.03 1.05 1.06 0.93 1.33 1.23 1.22 1.15 1.15 1.08 1.05 0.97 0.96
ServiceNow Inc. 1.10 1.13 1.12 1.05 1.06 1.08 1.14 1.17 1.11 1.24 1.12 1.12 1.05 1.13 1.08 1.23 1.21 1.40 1.17 1.03
Synopsys Inc. 2.68 2.44 2.02 1.86 1.29 1.15 1.20 1.15 1.11 1.09 1.14 1.25 1.19 1.16 1.18 1.19 1.10 1.19 1.06 0.95 0.95

Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2025-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-04-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2024-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-04-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-04-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-04-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-04-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-04-30).

1 Q4 2025 Calculation
Current ratio = Current assets ÷ Current liabilities
= 10,545 ÷ 5,548 = 1.90

2 Click competitor name to see calculations.

Liquidity ratio Description The company
Current ratio A liquidity ratio calculated as current assets divided by current liabilities. Workday Inc. current ratio improved from Q2 2025 to Q3 2025 but then deteriorated significantly from Q3 2025 to Q4 2025.

Quick Ratio

Workday Inc., quick ratio calculation (quarterly data)

Microsoft Excel
Jan 31, 2025 Oct 31, 2024 Jul 31, 2024 Apr 30, 2024 Jan 31, 2024 Oct 31, 2023 Jul 31, 2023 Apr 30, 2023 Jan 31, 2023 Oct 31, 2022 Jul 31, 2022 Apr 30, 2022 Jan 31, 2022 Oct 31, 2021 Jul 31, 2021 Apr 30, 2021 Jan 31, 2021 Oct 31, 2020 Jul 31, 2020 Apr 30, 2020 Jan 31, 2020 Oct 31, 2019 Jul 31, 2019 Apr 30, 2019
Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions)
Cash and cash equivalents 1,543 1,311 1,635 1,752 2,012 1,564 1,436 1,444 1,886 1,576 2,487 2,776 1,534 1,297 1,087 959 1,384 1,067 1,240 1,214 731 913 620 782
Marketable securities 6,474 5,846 5,738 5,430 5,801 5,316 5,221 4,885 4,235 3,916 3,806 3,479 2,110 2,258 2,221 2,035 2,151 1,881 1,514 1,385 1,213 1,192 1,307 1,110
Trade and other receivables, net 1,950 1,404 1,292 1,133 1,639 1,225 1,271 1,089 1,570 1,040 1,105 778 1,243 865 873 647 1,032 743 694 584 878 616 613 543
Total quick assets 9,967 8,561 8,665 8,315 9,452 8,105 7,928 7,418 7,691 6,533 7,398 7,033 4,887 4,420 4,181 3,642 4,568 3,691 3,448 3,183 2,822 2,720 2,540 2,435
 
Current liabilities 5,548 4,422 4,513 4,428 5,055 4,029 4,182 4,044 4,628 3,723 4,858 4,781 5,068 4,275 4,274 4,211 4,283 3,625 2,553 2,771 2,969 2,491 3,434 2,443
Liquidity Ratio
Quick ratio1 1.80 1.94 1.92 1.88 1.87 2.01 1.90 1.83 1.66 1.75 1.52 1.47 0.96 1.03 0.98 0.86 1.07 1.02 1.35 1.15 0.95 1.09 0.74 1.00
Benchmarks
Quick Ratio, Competitors2
Accenture PLC 1.33 0.98 1.03 1.13 1.18 1.18 1.24 1.15 1.12 1.12 1.14 1.10 1.10 1.14 1.31 1.27 1.34 1.29 1.25 1.25 1.28
Adobe Inc. 0.95 0.97 1.02 0.93 1.22 1.12 1.03 1.00 1.00 1.01 0.93 0.89 1.11 1.25 1.18 1.12 1.34 1.28 1.11 1.06
Cadence Design Systems Inc. 2.43 2.00 1.06 0.96 0.94 1.10 1.10 1.19 1.02 1.13 1.36 1.56 1.47 1.48 1.33 1.43 1.59 1.44 1.30 1.22
CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. 1.58 1.69 1.72 1.64 1.60 1.59 1.66 1.63 1.58 1.62 1.66 1.68 1.68 1.76 1.81 1.93 2.50 1.76 2.01 2.07 2.18 2.36 2.76 0.87
International Business Machines Corp. 0.90 0.89 0.95 0.98 0.82 0.74 0.90 0.99 0.76 0.75 0.68 0.73 0.69 0.64 0.66 0.75 0.83 0.88 0.88 0.80
Intuit Inc. 0.68 0.54 0.71 1.00 0.55 0.66 1.25 1.29 1.02 1.10 1.17 1.29 0.78 1.71 1.60 1.72 1.20 2.74 2.04 1.54 1.30 1.34
Microsoft Corp. 1.10 1.06 1.06 1.05 1.02 1.45 1.54 1.66 1.66 1.59 1.57 1.77 2.05 1.96 1.90 2.10 2.36 2.30 2.33 2.73 2.65 2.68
Oracle Corp. 0.87 0.67 0.59 0.59 0.69 0.63 0.73 0.74 0.65 0.50 0.49 1.43 1.34 1.45 1.90 2.15 2.00 2.02 2.50 2.83 1.91 2.16 2.09
Palantir Technologies Inc. 5.83 5.55 5.77 5.80 5.41 5.39 5.08 5.25 4.92 4.08 4.09 4.15 4.11 3.90 3.79 3.73
Palo Alto Networks Inc. 0.78 0.77 0.82 0.78 0.78 0.81 0.72 0.66 0.58 0.65 0.73 0.70 0.62 0.64 0.86 1.23 0.88 1.48 1.78 1.16 1.64 1.64
Salesforce Inc. 0.93 0.90 0.86 0.95 0.96 0.86 0.86 0.86 0.90 0.89 0.91 0.88 0.93 0.89 0.79 1.19 1.11 1.05 0.98 1.00 0.95 0.87 0.82 0.81
ServiceNow Inc. 1.02 1.05 1.03 0.98 1.00 1.01 1.08 1.11 1.06 1.17 1.06 1.06 1.01 1.07 1.03 1.19 1.16 1.33 1.11 0.98
Synopsys Inc. 1.99 1.88 1.10 0.99 0.88 0.85 0.92 0.90 0.86 0.85 0.87 0.99 0.93 0.89 0.90 0.92 0.83 0.94 0.82 0.73 0.73

Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2025-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-04-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2024-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-04-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-04-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-04-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-04-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-04-30).

1 Q4 2025 Calculation
Quick ratio = Total quick assets ÷ Current liabilities
= 9,967 ÷ 5,548 = 1.80

2 Click competitor name to see calculations.

Liquidity ratio Description The company
Quick ratio A liquidity ratio calculated as (cash plus short-term marketable investments plus receivables) divided by current liabilities. Workday Inc. quick ratio improved from Q2 2025 to Q3 2025 but then deteriorated significantly from Q3 2025 to Q4 2025.

Cash Ratio

Workday Inc., cash ratio calculation (quarterly data)

Microsoft Excel
Jan 31, 2025 Oct 31, 2024 Jul 31, 2024 Apr 30, 2024 Jan 31, 2024 Oct 31, 2023 Jul 31, 2023 Apr 30, 2023 Jan 31, 2023 Oct 31, 2022 Jul 31, 2022 Apr 30, 2022 Jan 31, 2022 Oct 31, 2021 Jul 31, 2021 Apr 30, 2021 Jan 31, 2021 Oct 31, 2020 Jul 31, 2020 Apr 30, 2020 Jan 31, 2020 Oct 31, 2019 Jul 31, 2019 Apr 30, 2019
Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions)
Cash and cash equivalents 1,543 1,311 1,635 1,752 2,012 1,564 1,436 1,444 1,886 1,576 2,487 2,776 1,534 1,297 1,087 959 1,384 1,067 1,240 1,214 731 913 620 782
Marketable securities 6,474 5,846 5,738 5,430 5,801 5,316 5,221 4,885 4,235 3,916 3,806 3,479 2,110 2,258 2,221 2,035 2,151 1,881 1,514 1,385 1,213 1,192 1,307 1,110
Total cash assets 8,017 7,157 7,373 7,182 7,813 6,880 6,657 6,329 6,121 5,492 6,293 6,255 3,644 3,555 3,308 2,995 3,536 2,948 2,754 2,599 1,945 2,105 1,927 1,892
 
Current liabilities 5,548 4,422 4,513 4,428 5,055 4,029 4,182 4,044 4,628 3,723 4,858 4,781 5,068 4,275 4,274 4,211 4,283 3,625 2,553 2,771 2,969 2,491 3,434 2,443
Liquidity Ratio
Cash ratio1 1.45 1.62 1.63 1.62 1.55 1.71 1.59 1.56 1.32 1.48 1.30 1.31 0.72 0.83 0.77 0.71 0.83 0.81 1.08 0.94 0.65 0.84 0.56 0.77
Benchmarks
Cash Ratio, Competitors2
Accenture PLC 0.48 0.26 0.30 0.32 0.41 0.50 0.50 0.38 0.36 0.45 0.41 0.35 0.37 0.52 0.67 0.65 0.68 0.67 0.54 0.49 0.52
Adobe Inc. 0.75 0.78 0.85 0.72 0.95 0.90 0.82 0.76 0.75 0.77 0.72 0.65 0.84 1.00 0.94 0.85 1.09 1.03 0.84 0.80
Cadence Design Systems Inc. 1.93 1.66 0.69 0.69 0.63 0.76 0.73 0.78 0.65 0.82 0.99 1.18 1.12 1.12 0.91 0.94 1.17 1.17 1.03 0.93
CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. 1.25 1.42 1.48 1.38 1.29 1.35 1.42 1.41 1.28 1.36 1.41 1.44 1.42 1.54 1.57 1.71 2.22 1.51 1.76 1.81 1.85 2.01 2.42 0.58
International Business Machines Corp. 0.45 0.48 0.54 0.60 0.39 0.36 0.50 0.57 0.28 0.32 0.24 0.32 0.22 0.23 0.22 0.31 0.36 0.41 0.37 0.30
Intuit Inc. 0.34 0.39 0.54 0.76 0.24 0.45 0.97 0.97 0.54 0.82 0.90 1.09 0.48 1.52 1.46 1.52 1.02 2.69 2.00 1.46 1.03 1.28
Microsoft Corp. 0.66 0.68 0.60 0.68 0.67 1.15 1.07 1.22 1.22 1.23 1.10 1.35 1.62 1.62 1.47 1.74 1.96 1.97 1.89 2.34 2.25 2.35
Oracle Corp. 0.60 0.39 0.34 0.34 0.40 0.36 0.48 0.44 0.38 0.27 0.32 1.12 1.12 1.21 1.70 1.93 1.77 1.81 2.26 2.50 1.64 1.88 1.89
Palantir Technologies Inc. 5.25 4.84 4.96 5.15 4.93 4.77 4.53 4.83 4.48 3.59 3.69 3.77 3.83 3.64 3.43 3.50
Palo Alto Networks Inc. 0.43 0.46 0.34 0.41 0.43 0.52 0.31 0.46 0.39 0.46 0.44 0.50 0.45 0.48 0.57 0.98 0.72 1.22 1.39 0.87 1.40 1.39
Salesforce Inc. 0.50 0.66 0.60 0.76 0.53 0.61 0.60 0.65 0.48 0.65 0.67 0.68 0.48 0.62 0.55 0.98 0.67 0.78 0.72 0.76 0.54 0.62 0.59 0.61
ServiceNow Inc. 0.69 0.78 0.75 0.73 0.66 0.73 0.82 0.85 0.71 0.89 0.81 0.83 0.67 0.80 0.76 0.94 0.83 1.04 0.82 0.68
Synopsys Inc. 1.62 1.53 0.79 0.66 0.48 0.53 0.67 0.62 0.48 0.56 0.60 0.70 0.51 0.65 0.66 0.65 0.47 0.58 0.51 0.42 0.34

Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2025-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-04-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2024-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-04-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-04-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-04-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-04-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-04-30).

1 Q4 2025 Calculation
Cash ratio = Total cash assets ÷ Current liabilities
= 8,017 ÷ 5,548 = 1.45

2 Click competitor name to see calculations.

Liquidity ratio Description The company
Cash ratio A liquidity ratio calculated as (cash plus short-term marketable investments) divided by current liabilities. Workday Inc. cash ratio deteriorated from Q2 2025 to Q3 2025 and from Q3 2025 to Q4 2025.