Finance and HR software company Workday (NASDAQ:WDAY) will be announcing earnings results tomorrow after the bell. Here's what to expect.
Last quarter Workday reported revenues of $1.79 billion, up 16.3% year on year, in line with analyst expectations. It was a strong quarter for the company with EPS and free cash flow exceeding Wall Street's expectations by a wide margin. We also enjoyed seeing it lift its full-year revenue and adjusted operating margin guidance, driven by higher expectations for subscription services revenue.
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This quarter analysts are expecting Workday's revenue to grow 15.4% year on year to $1.85 billion, slowing down from the 20.5% year-over-year increase in revenue the company had recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $1.41 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 0.9%.
Looking at Workday's peers in the finance and HR software segment, some of them have already reported Q3 earnings results, giving us a hint of what we can expect. Bill.com delivered top-line growth of 32.6% year on year, beating analyst estimates by 2.1% and BlackLine reported revenues up 12.2% year on year, exceeding estimates by 0.6%. Bill.com traded down 38.6% on the results, BlackLine was up 2.2%.
Read our full analysis of Bill.com's results here and BlackLine's results here.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the finance and HR software segment, with the stocks up on average 12% over the last month. Workday is up 14.7% during the same time, and is heading into the earnings with analyst price target of $257.3, compared to share price of $237.5.
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