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Workday (Workday) Interest Coverage : 2.77 (As of Jan. 2024)


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What is Workday Interest Coverage?

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income by its Interest Expense. Workday's Operating Income for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was $79 Mil. Workday's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was $-28 Mil. Workday's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 2.77. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Workday's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

WDAY' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.61   Med: 1.61   Max: 1.61
Current: 1.61


WDAY's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
91.63% of 1600 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 29.37 vs WDAY: 1.61

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.


Workday Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Workday's Interest Coverage 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.

Note: For Interest Coverage, "No debt" indicates no long-term debt. An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no long-term debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

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Workday Interest Coverage Chart

Workday Annual Data
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Interest Coverage
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Workday Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Workday's Interest Coverage

For the Software - Application subindustry, Workday's Interest Coverage, along with its competitors' market caps and Interest Coverage 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 Interest Coverage Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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



Workday Interest Coverage Calculation

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

If Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is positive, then

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income /Interest Expense

Else if Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is negative, then

The company did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Else if Interest Expense is 0 and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation is 0, then

The company had no debt (1).


Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Workday's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2024, Workday's Interest Expense was $-114 Mil. Its Operating Income was $183 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $3,207 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Jan. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Jan. 2024 )
=-1*183/-114
=1.61

Workday's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Jan. 2024, Workday's Interest Expense was $-28 Mil. Its Operating Income was $79 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $3,207 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Jan. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Jan. 2024 )
=-1*78.688/-28.383
=2.77

* 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.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's Financial Strength is.


Workday  (NAS:WDAY) Interest Coverage Explanation

Ben Graham requires that a company has a minimum interest coverage of 5 with the companies he invested. If the interest coverage is less than 2, the company is burdened by debt. Any business slow or recession may drag the company into a situation where it cannot pay the interest on its debt.

Interest Coverage is an important factor when GuruFocus ranks a company's overage Financial Strength .


Workday Interest Coverage Related Terms

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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