Workday (XSWX:WDAY) Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio: (As of Aug. 18, 2026)

Workday  (XSWX:WDAY) Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PS Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of revenue during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio should give similar results to regular PS Ratio.

Workday Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Related Terms

The historical data trend for Workday's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio 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.

Workday Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Chart

Workday Annual Data
	Trend	Jan17	Jan18	Jan19	Jan20	Jan21	Jan22	Jan23	Jan24	Jan25	Jan26
Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					22.61	12.89	17.22	13.10	7.56

Workday Quarterly Data
	Jul21	Oct21	Jan22	Apr22	Jul22	Oct22	Jan23	Apr23	Jul23	Oct23	Jan24	Apr24	Jul24	Oct24	Jan25	Apr25	Jul25	Oct25	Jan26	Apr26
Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															11.76	10.59	10.68	7.56	4.99

XSWX:WDAY vs MSTR, ROP, FICO: Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Comparison

For the Software - Application subindustry, Workday's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio 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 Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio vs Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Workday's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Workday's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio falls into.

Workday Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio takes the Revenue per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/S calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPS Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio.

Workday's Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2026 is calculated as:

For example, Workday's adjusted Revenue per Share data for the three months ended in Apr. 2026 was:

Current CPI (Apr. 2026) = 333.0200.

Workday Quarterly Data

Add all the adjusted revenue per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.

Workday Business Description