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What is Workday, Inc. worth?

With the base-case assumptions below, a discounted cash flow model on Workday, Inc.'s reported free cash flow gives $333.52 per share. The share price was $189.45 on September 25, 2026, 43% below that value.

Inputs from the filings

Free cash flow, fiscal 2026
$2.78B
Cash
$661M
balance sheet of July 31, 2026
Debt
$2.99B
balance sheet of July 31, 2026
Diluted shares, fiscal 2026
268,117,000
Revenue growth per year, last 5 years
17.2%

Three sets of assumptions

CaseGrowth yrs 1-5Growth yrs 6-10After year 10Discount rateValue per shareValue vs price
Bear10.0%6.0%2.0%10.0%$199.24+5%
Base15.0%9.0%2.5%9.0%$333.52+76%
Bull20.0%11.5%3.0%8.0%$583.55+208%

Sensitivity: base case value per share

Discount rate down the side, growth after year 10 across the top. Everything else as in the base case.

1.5%2.0%2.5%3.0%3.5%
7.0%$435.18$466.88$505.63$554.06$616.33
8.0%$358.81$379.37$403.66$432.82$468.45
9.0%$303.25$317.30$333.52$352.44$374.80
10.0%$261.11$271.11$282.43$295.38$310.32
11.0%$228.14$235.47$243.66$252.87$263.32

Where the presets come from

Base: years 1 to 5 grow at Workday, Inc.'s revenue growth rate over the last 5 fiscal years (17.2% a year), held between -5% and 15%. Years 6 to 10 grow halfway between that and the long-run rate of 2.5%. Future cash is discounted at 9% a year.

Bear: 5 points less growth, 2% long-run growth, 10% discount rate. Bull: 5 points more growth (at most 25%), 3% long-run growth, 8% discount rate.

Value per share = (present value of 10 years of free cash flow + present value of everything after + cash - debt) / diluted shares.

This is a model run on assumptions, not a recommendation or a price target. Small changes in the discount rate or growth move the result a lot, as the table above shows. Change them yourself in the calculator.

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