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Workday (Workday) Beta : 1.24 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is Workday Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-04-27), Workday's Beta is 1.24.


Workday Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Workday's Beta can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Workday Beta Chart

Workday Annual Data
Trend Jan15 Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24
Beta
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.94 1.31 1.42 1.36 1.29

Workday Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
Beta Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.36 1.29 1.26 1.09 1.29

Competitive Comparison of Workday's Beta

For the Software - Application subindustry, Workday's Beta, along with its competitors' market caps and Beta data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Workday's Beta Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Workday's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Workday's Beta falls into.



Workday Beta Calculation

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. A stock's beta can be calculated by dividing the product of the covariance of the individual stock's returns and the market's returns by the variance of the market's returns over a specified period. Basically, GuruFocus uses the returns calculated over three-year period.


Workday  (NAS:WDAY) Beta Explanation

Beta is a measure of the volatility, or systematic risk, of a security or a portfolio in comparison to the market as a whole. We usually compare beta to 1. A beta of 1 indicates that the security's price will move with the market. A beta of less than 1 means that the security will be less volatile than the market. A beta of greater than 1 indicates that the security's price will be more volatile than the market.

Beta is primarily used in the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) to calculate the Cost of Equity, which can be used in the calculation of WACC %. The formula of Cost of Equity is:
Cost of Equity = Risk-Free Rate of Return + Beta of Asset * (Expected Return of the Market - Risk-Free Rate of Return)


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Workday (Workday) Business Description

Address
6110 Stoneridge Mall Road, Pleasanton, CA, USA, 94588
Workday is a software company that offers human capital management, or HCM, financial management, and business planning solutions. Known for being a cloud-only software provider, Workday is headquartered in Pleasanton, California. Founded in 2005, Workday now employs over 12,000 employees.
Executives
David A Duffield 10 percent owner C/O WORKDAY, INC., 6230 STONERIDGE MALL ROAD, PLEASANTON CA 94588
Sayan Chakraborty officer: Co-President 6110 STONERIDGE MALL ROAD, PLEASANTON CA 94588
Richard Harry Sauer officer: EVP, General Counsel & Secty 6110 STONERIDGE MALL ROAD, PLEASANTON CA 94588
James Bozzini officer: Senior Vice President 6230 STONERIDGE MALL ROAD, PLEASANTON CA 94588
Aneel Bhusri director, 10 percent owner, officer: Co-CEO and Chairman
Douglas A. Robinson officer: Co-President 6110 STONERIDGE MALL ROAD, PLEASANTON CA 94588
Zane Rowe officer: Chief Financial Officer 1600 SMITH STREET, HQSEO, HOUSTON TX 77002
Still George J Jr director NORWEST VENTURE PARTNERS, 525 UNIVERSITY AVENUE, SUITE 800, PALO ALTO CA 94301
Carl M. Eschenbach director C/O SEQUOIA CAPITAL, 2800 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 101, PALO ALTO CA 94025
Christa Davies director AON CORPORATE LAW DEPT, 200 EAST RANDOLPH ST, 8TH FL, CHICAGO IL 60601
Barbara A Larson officer: Chief Financial Officer 6110 STONERIDGE MALL ROAD, PLEASANTON CA 94588
Mark J Hawkins director C/O LOGITECH, INC., 6505 KAISER DRIVE, FREMONT CA 94555
Robynne Sisco officer: Chief Financial Officer 3401 HILLVIEW AVENUE, PALO ALTO CA 94304
Gomez Luciano Fernandez officer: Co-President 1A SHAWFIELD STREET,, RICHARDSON HOUSE, LONDON X0 SW3 4BA
Frederick Wayne A.i. director 500 W MAIN ST., LOUISVILLE KY 40202