WDAY

Workday, Inc.
Application Software · Information Technology · as of 2026-08-19
Last close
$198.42
+4.1% on the session
1-year return
-14.4%
+39.1% over six months
Volatility
53.1%
annualized, trailing year
Max drawdown
-54.6%
worst peak to trough, 1y
What the numbers say

Workday, Inc. is a application software name in the information technology sector. Over the past year it returned -14.4%, against +53.4% over three months and +40.6% over one. It trades 22.4% above its 200-day average, so the longer trend is confirming recent strength. Annualized volatility of 53.1% is very high — position sizing matters more here than the ranking does.

Its worst peak-to-trough decline over the year was -54.6%, and it has traded a median $654M a day — the figure that decides whether a position can actually be entered and exited at posted prices. Its daily moves correlate 0.07 with the S&P 500 proxy, so it has been moving substantially on its own.

Where it ranks
Within Information Technology#17 of 72
Stronger than 77% of its sector on the momentum profile
Across the whole index#141 of 500

How WDAY scores on all four profiles

Its standing on steadiness, defensiveness and rebound — plus the factor-by-factor breakdown behind each score, and its closest and least-correlated peers among 13 others in Application Software.

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Full metrics
1 day+4.1%
1 week+13.2%
1 month+40.6%
3 months+53.4%
6 months+39.1%
1 year-14.4%
12-1 momentum-39.1%
Volatility (1y, annualized)53.1%
Max drawdown (1y)-54.6%
Distance vs 200-day average+22.4%
Return per unit of risk-0.27
Median daily dollar volume$654M
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