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Jan 31, 2022

Workday Q4 2022 Earnings Report

Announced fiscal year 2022 fourth quarter and full year financial results.

Key Takeaways

Workday's Q4 2022 results showed strong growth with total revenues reaching $1.38 billion, a 21.6% increase year-over-year, and subscription revenues of $1.23 billion, up 22.2% year-over-year. The company's 24-month subscription revenue backlog grew by 22.2% to $7.98 billion, and the total subscription revenue backlog increased by 26.9% to $12.81 billion.

Total revenues were $1.38 billion, up 21.6% year-over-year.

Subscription revenues reached $1.23 billion, a 22.2% increase year-over-year.

Operating loss was $101.0 million, or negative 7.3% of revenues.

Non-GAAP net income per share was $0.78.

Total Revenue
$1.38B
Previous year: $1.13B
+21.6%
EPS
$0.78
Previous year: $0.73
+6.8%
Subscription Revenue Backlog
$12.8B
Previous year: $10.1B
+27.0%
Gross Profit
$986M
Previous year: $819M
+20.5%
Cash and Equivalents
$1.53B
Previous year: $1.38B
+10.8%
Total Assets
$10.5B
Previous year: $8.72B
+20.4%

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Forward Guidance

Workday is raising its guidance for fiscal 2023 subscription revenue to be in a range of $5.530 billion to $5.550 billion, representing year-over-year growth of 22%. The company is also raising its fiscal 2023 non-GAAP operating margin guidance to 18.5%.

Positive Outlook

  • Fiscal 2023 subscription revenue to be in a range of $5.530 billion to $5.550 billion, representing year-over-year growth of 22%.
  • Fiscal 2023 non-GAAP operating margin guidance to 18.5%.
  • Strong pipeline for fiscal 2023.
  • Continued investment in people.
  • Continued investment in go-to-market strategies.

Challenges Ahead

  • Ability to implement plans with respect to VNDLY or any other acquired companies.
  • Impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Breaches in security measures.
  • Service outages or delays in application deployment.
  • Failure of applications to perform properly.

Revenue & Expenses

Visualization of income flow from segment revenue to net income