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How Workday, Inc. stacks up
WDAY · against 501 other Technology companies listed in US-listed
Profitability
68/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #189 of 502 · scores higher than 61% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score55 peers with a profitability score of 60–69, including WDAY · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 68?
Weighted metrics compared with all Technology companies.Mainly thanks to its return on assets and operating margin, which are stronger than most Technology peers.
- Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 9.8% vs peer median 6.8%
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 65% of peers. Operating margin: 10.7% vs peer median 6.3%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 80% of peers. Return on assets: 7.9% vs peer median 2.9%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = WDAY, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | WDAY | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 474 reported | 9.8% | 7.4% | 57% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 501 reported | 10.7% | 6.9% | 61% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 496 reported | 7.9% | 3.4% | 71% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 465 reported | 16.0% | 9.2% | 66% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 505 reported | 75.8% | 51.0% | 81% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around WDAY| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4.84T USD | 99 | 57 | |
| 1 | 95.8B USD | 99 | 67 | |
| 1 | 598.2B USD | 99 | 60 | |
| 1 | 4.0B USD | 99 | 84 | |
| 1 | 15.6B USD | 99 | 63 | |
| 189 | 4.3B USD | 68 | 51 | |
| 189 | 2.4B USD | 68 | 56 | |
| 189 | 3.1B USD | 68 | 68 | |
| 189 | 4.2B USD | 68 | 68 | |
| 189 | 47.7B USD | 68 | 58 | |
| 189 | 218M USD | 68 | 80 | |
| 198 | 4.8B USD | 67 | 56 | |
| 198 | 20.1B USD | 67 | 68 | |
| 198 | 1.1B USD | 67 | 46 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score