Finance and HR software company Workday (NASDAQ:WDAY) will be reporting earnings tomorrow after the bell. Here's what to expect.
Last quarter Workday reported revenues of $1.65 billion, up 19.6% year on year, in line with analyst expectations. It was a decent quarter for the company with strong free cash flow growth.
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This quarter analysts are expecting Workday's revenue to grow 16.3% year on year to $1.67 billion, slowing down from the 22.1% year-over-year increase in revenue the company had recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $1.12 per share.
Majority of analysts covering the company have reconfirmed their estimates over the last thirty days, suggesting they are expecting the business to stay the course heading into the earnings. The company has a history of exceeding Wall St's expectations, beating revenue estimates every single time over the past two years on average by 1.04%.
Looking at Workday's peers in the finance and HR software segment, some of them have already reported Q1 earnings results, giving us a hint what we can expect. Bill.com delivered top-line growth of 63.3% year on year, beating analyst estimates by 10.3% and Paycom Software reported revenues up 27.8% year on year, exceeding estimates by 1.72%. Bill.com traded up 11.4% on the results, Paycom Software was flat on the results. Read our full analysis of Bill.com's results here and Paycom Software's results here.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the software segment, with the stocks up on average 9.28% over the last month. Workday is up 6.52% during the same time, and is heading into the earnings with analyst price target of $214.6, compared to share price of $194.81.
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