- Entry
- $136.73
- Now
- $143.26 +4.8%
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Workday keeps showing up on "expensive software" screens because of its \~44x trailing P/E. But that trailing number is sitting on a depressed/volatile earnings base, and the forward picture looks nothing like it. Wanted to lay out the bull and bear perspectives. The bull case: \- Gross margin 75.77% - real pricing power, entrenched in enterprise HR + finance (high switching costs). \- Free cash flow $3.12B, exceeding net income -> high earnings quality, not accounting sugar. That's an \~8.8% …
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WDAY trades at 44x trailing earnings but the forward multiple tells a completely different story. Dug into Workday.
· r/stocks
· Jul 8, 2026