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Apr 30, 2023

Workday Q1 2024 Earnings Report

Workday's first quarter of fiscal year 2024 showed strong financial performance.

Key Takeaways

Workday announced a strong first quarter for fiscal year 2024, with total revenues of $1.68 billion, up 17.4% year-over-year, and subscription revenues of $1.53 billion, up 20.1% year-over-year. The company is raising the low end of its fiscal 2024 subscription revenue guidance to a range of $6.550 billion to $6.575 billion, representing 18% growth over the prior fiscal year. They are maintaining their fiscal 2024 non-GAAP operating margin guidance of 23%.

Total revenues were $1.68 billion, an increase of 17.4% from the first quarter of fiscal 2023.

Subscription revenues were $1.53 billion, an increase of 20.1% from the same period last year.

Non-GAAP operating income for the first quarter was $395.9 million, or 23.5% of revenues.

Non-GAAP basic and diluted net income per share was $1.32 and $1.31, respectively.

Total Revenue
$1.68B
Previous year: $1.44B
+17.4%
EPS
$1.31
Previous year: $0.83
+57.8%
Subscription Revenue Backlog
$16.7B
Previous year: $12.7B
+31.6%
Cash and Equivalents
$1.44B
Previous year: $2.78B
-48.0%
Total Assets
$13.3B
Previous year: $12.8B
+3.5%

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Forward Guidance

Workday is raising the low end of its fiscal 2024 subscription revenue guidance to a range of $6.550 billion to $6.575 billion, representing 18% growth over the prior fiscal year. They expect second-quarter subscription revenue to be $1.611 billion to $1.613 billion, also 18% growth. They are maintaining their fiscal 2024 non-GAAP operating margin guidance of 23%.

Positive Outlook

  • Raising the low end of fiscal 2024 subscription revenue guidance.
  • Maintaining fiscal 2024 non-GAAP operating margin guidance of 23%.
  • Expecting second-quarter subscription revenue to be $1.611 billion to $1.613 billion, also 18% growth.
  • Strong first quarter performance.
  • Durable demand across solutions.

Challenges Ahead

  • Did not provide GAAP operating margin guidance.
  • Forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties, assumptions, and changes in circumstances.
  • Breaches in security measures could impact results.
  • Service outages and delays in application deployment could impact results.
  • Macroeconomic events could impact business.