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Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Workday's (NASDAQ:WDAY) Q1: Beats On Revenue
Finance and HR software company Workday (NASDAQ:WDAY) reported Q1 CY2025 results topping the market's revenue expectations , with sales up 12.6% year on year to $2.24 billion. Its non-GAAP profit of $2.23 per share was 11% above analysts' consensus estimates. Is now the time to buy Workday? Find out in our full research report. Revenue: $2.24 billion vs analyst estimates of $2.22 billion (12.6% year-on-year growth, 1% beat) Adjusted EPS: $2.23 vs analyst estimates of $2.01 (11% beat) Adjusted Operating Income: $677 million vs analyst estimates of $621.7 million (30.2% margin, 8.9% beat) Q2 guidance for subscription revenue beats expectations, but full-year subscription revenue guidance in line Operating Margin: 1.7%, down from 3.2% in the same quarter last year Free Cash Flow Margin: 18.8%, down from 46.4% in the previous quarter Billings: $1.57 billion at quarter end, up 6.4% year on year Market Capitalization: $71.83 billion "Workday delivered another solid quarter, a testament to the durability of our business and the relevance of our platform as CEOs increasingly turn to us to drive efficiency, agility, and growth," said Carl Eschenbach, CEO, Workday. Founded by industry veterans Aneel Bushri and Dave Duffield after their former company PeopleSoft was acquired by Oracle in a hostile takeover, Workday (NASDAQ:WDAY) provides cloud-based software for organizations to manage and plan finance and human resources. A company's long-term sales performance is one signal of its overall quality. Any business can experience short-term success, but top-performing ones enjoy sustained growth for years. Over the last three years, Workday grew its sales at a 17.2% compounded annual growth rate. Although this growth is acceptable on an absolute basis, it fell slightly short of our standards for the software sector, which enjoys a number of secular tailwinds. This quarter, Workday reported year-on-year revenue growth of 12.6%, and its $2.24 billion of revenue exceeded Wall Street's estimates by 1%. Looking ahead, sell-side analysts expect revenue to grow 12.8% over the next 12 months, a deceleration versus the last three years. Despite the slowdown, this projection is above the sector average and suggests the market sees some success for its newer products and services. Here at StockStory, we certainly understand the potential of thematic investing. Diverse winners from Microsoft (MSFT) to Alphabet (GOOG), Coca-Cola (KO) to Monster Beverage (MNST) could all have been identified as promising growth stories with a megatrend driving the growth. So, in that spirit, we've identified a relatively under-the-radar profitable growth stock benefiting from the rise of AI, available to you FREE via this link. Billings is a non-GAAP metric that is often called 'cash revenue' because it shows how much money the company has collected from customers in a certain period. This is different from revenue, which must be recognized in pieces over the length of a contract. Workday's billings punched in at $1.57 billion in Q1, and over the last four quarters, its growth slightly outpaced the sector as it averaged 12.9% year-on-year increases. This alternate topline metric grew slower than total sales, meaning the company recognizes revenue faster than it collects cash - a headwind for its liquidity that could also signal a slowdown in future revenue growth. The customer acquisition cost (CAC) payback period represents the months required to recover the cost of acquiring a new customer. Essentially, it's the break-even point for sales and marketing investments. A shorter CAC payback period is ideal, as it implies better returns on investment and business scalability. Workday does a decent job acquiring new customers, and its CAC payback period checked in at 47.5 months this quarter. The company's relatively fast recovery of its customer acquisition costs gives it the option to accelerate growth by increasing its sales and marketing investments. It was good to see Workday narrowly top analysts' revenue expectations this quarter. Looking ahead, Q2 subscription revenue guidance was ahead of Wall Street Consensus, but full-year subscription revenue guidance was roughly in line. Additionally, its billings missed. Overall, this was a mixed quarter. The stock traded down 3.2% to $263.44 immediately after reporting. Workday's earnings report left more to be desired. Let's look forward to see if this quarter has created an opportunity to buy the stock. What happened in the latest quarter matters, but not as much as longer-term business quality and valuation, when deciding whether to invest in this stock. We cover that in our actionable full research report which you can read here, it's free.
Wall Street Journal
22-05-2025
- Business
- Wall Street Journal
Workday Logs Higher Revenue, Backs Outlook; Initiates Buyback Program
Workday WDAY 1.31%increase; green up pointing triangle logged higher first-quarter revenue and reaffirmed its full-year outlook as sales in its key subscription segment continue to rise. The human-resources software company on Thursday posted a profit of $68 million, or 25 cents a share, compared with $107 million, or 40 cents a share, a year earlier. Profit was impacted by restructuring expenses of $166 million, the company said.
Reuters
07-05-2025
- Business
- Reuters
Dayforce sees lower-than-expected second-quarter revenue on muted spending
May 7 (Reuters) - Human resources software provider Dayforce (DAY.N), opens new tab on Wednesday forecast second-quarter revenue below market estimates, anticipating reduced spending on its payroll and HR services amid macroeconomic uncertainty. Shares of the Minneapolis, Minnesota-based company fell 10% following the results. Job growth in the U.S. was choppy in the first quarter, slowing more than expected in January before picking up pace in February, at a time when the labor market outlook was clouded by the country's trade policy changes. The murky economic backdrop has been particularly hitting small- and medium-sized businesses, forcing them to reassess their budgets. Dayforce expects its total second-quarter revenue to be between $454 million and $460 million, below analysts' average estimate of $465.5 million, according to data compiled by LSEG. It forecast full-year revenue between $1.93 billion and $1.94 billion, in line with estimates of $1.93 billion. The projections come in contrast with those of larger rival ADP (ADP.O), opens new tab, which raised its annual revenue forecast last week on the back of resilient enterprise demand and recent acquisitions. Dayforce, formerly known as Ceridian, provides cloud-based payroll, workforce and human capital management software to enterprise clients globally. The company in February announced a workforce reduction of about 5%, aiming to streamline its operations and achieve annual cost savings of about $65 million. It posted total revenue of $481.8 million for the quarter ended March 31, compared with expectations of $476.7 million. Excluding float, the total quarterly revenue was $426.5 million. Float revenue refers to the earnings or interest a company generates from holding cash or other liquid assets for a period before using them for their intended purpose. The company earned 58 cents per share on an adjusted basis in the first quarter, compared with estimates of 55 cents per share.
