Finance and HR software company Workday (NASDAQ:WDAY) will be reporting earnings today after market hours. Here's what you need to know.
Last quarter Workday reported revenues of $1.32 billion, up 20% year on year, beating analyst revenue expectations by 1.19%. It was a decent quarter for the company, with revenue in line with analyst estimates.
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This quarter analysts are expecting Workday's revenue to grow 20.5% year on year to $1.36 billion, improving on the 15.9% year-over-year increase in revenue the company had recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.71 per share.
The analysts covering the company have had mixed opinions about the business heading into the earnings, with revenue estimates seeing 1 upward and 2 downward revisions over the last thirty days. 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 1.48%.
Looking at Workday's peers in the finance and HR software segment, some of them have already reported Q4 earnings results, giving us a hint what we can expect. Bill.com (NYSE:BILL) delivered top-line growth of 189% year on year, beating analyst estimates by 19.3% and Intuit (NASDAQ:INTU) reported revenues up 69.6% year on year, missing analyst estimates by 1.66%. Bill.com traded up 36.3% on the results, Intuit was down 1.94%. Read our full analysis of Bill.com's results here and Intuit's results here.
The whole tech sector has been facing a sell-off since late last year and while some of the software stocks have fared somewhat better, they have not been spared, with share price declining 7.13% over the last month. Workday is down 10.8% during the same time, and is heading into the earnings with analyst price target of $305.2, compared to share price of $225.5.
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