WDAY

Workday, Inc.
Application Software · Information Technology · as of 2026-10-05
Last close
$188.96
+1.5% on the session
1-year return
-18.6%
+45.7% over six months
Volatility
53.9%
annualized, trailing year
Max drawdown
-54.2%
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 -18.6%, against +31.5% over three months and -8.7% over one. It trades 20.3% above its 200-day average, so the longer trend is confirming recent strength. Annualized volatility of 53.9% is very high, position sizing matters more here than the ranking does.

Its worst peak-to-trough decline over the year was -54.2%, and it has traded a median $576M a day, the figure that decides whether a position can actually be entered and exited at posted prices. Its daily moves correlate 0.09 with the S&P 500 proxy, so it has been moving substantially on its own.

Where it ranks
Within Information Technology#38 of 72
Stronger than 48% of its sector on the momentum profile
Across the whole index#104 of 496

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+1.5%
1 week+0.2%
1 month-8.7%
3 months+31.5%
6 months+45.7%
1 year-18.6%
12-1 momentum-10.8%
Volatility (1y, annualized)53.9%
Max drawdown (1y)-54.2%
Distance vs 200-day average+20.3%
Return per unit of risk-0.35
Median daily dollar volume$576M
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