Finance and HR software company Workday (NASDAQ: WDAY) will be reporting earnings tomorrow after the bell. Here’s what investors should know.
Workday beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 1.3% last quarter, reporting revenues of $2.21 billion, up 15% year on year. It was a very strong quarter for the company, with a solid beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates and an impressive beat of analysts’ billings estimates.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Workday’s revenue to grow 11.4% year on year to $2.22 billion, slowing from the 18.1% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $2.01 per share.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Workday has a history of exceeding Wall Street’s expectations, beating revenue estimates every single time over the past two years by 0.9% on average.
Looking at Workday’s peers in the finance and hr software segment, some have already reported their Q1 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Bill.com delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 10.9%, beating analysts’ expectations by 0.8%, and Flywire reported revenues up 17%, topping estimates by 5%. Bill.com traded down 5.9% following the results while Flywire was up 8.5%.
Read our full analysis of Bill.com’s results here and Flywire’s results here.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the finance and hr software segment, with share prices up 20.4% on average over the last month. Workday is up 23.9% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $299.06 (compared to the current share price of $273.80).
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