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WDAY (Workday) Debt-to-EBITDA : 3.52 (As of Jan. 2025)


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What is Workday Debt-to-EBITDA?

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Workday's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 was $99 Mil. Workday's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 was $3,263 Mil. Workday's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 was $956 Mil. Workday's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 was 3.52.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for Workday's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

WDAY' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -11.09   Med: 0.49   Max: 25.63
Current: 3.12

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Workday was 25.63. The lowest was -11.09. And the median was 0.49.

WDAY's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
75.64% of 1675 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.07 vs WDAY: 3.12

Workday Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Workday's Debt-to-EBITDA 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.

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Workday Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Workday Annual Data
Trend Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24 Jan25
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 25.63 5.58 15.77 4.38 3.12

Workday Quarterly Data
Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24 Apr24 Jul24 Oct24 Jan25
Debt-to-EBITDA Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.46 3.68 3.06 2.50 3.52

Competitive Comparison of Workday's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Software - Application subindustry, Workday's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA 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's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Workday's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Workday's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.


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Workday Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Workday's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2025 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(99 + 3263) / 1078
=3.12

Workday's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(99 + 3263) / 956
=3.52

* 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.

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (Jan. 2025) EBITDA data.


Workday  (NAS:WDAY) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.


Workday Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Workday Business Description

Address
6110 Stoneridge Mall Road, Pleasanton, CA, USA, 94588
Workday is a software company that offers human capital management, or HCM, financial management, and business planning solutions for enterprises. Known for being a cloud-only software provider, Workday was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Pleasanton, California.
Executives
David A Duffield 10 percent owner C/O WORKDAY, INC., 6230 STONERIDGE MALL ROAD, PLEASANTON CA 94588
Carl M. Eschenbach director C/O SEQUOIA CAPITAL, 2800 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 101, PALO ALTO CA 94025
Still George J Jr director NORWEST VENTURE PARTNERS, 525 UNIVERSITY AVENUE, SUITE 800, PALO ALTO CA 94301
Sayan Chakraborty officer: Co-President 6110 STONERIDGE MALL ROAD, PLEASANTON CA 94588
Richard Harry Sauer officer: EVP, General Counsel & Secty 6110 STONERIDGE MALL ROAD, PLEASANTON CA 94588
Frederick Wayne A.i. director 500 W MAIN ST., LOUISVILLE KY 40202
Douglas A. Robinson officer: Co-President 6110 STONERIDGE MALL ROAD, PLEASANTON CA 94588
James Bozzini officer: Senior Vice President 6230 STONERIDGE MALL ROAD, PLEASANTON CA 94588
Zane Rowe officer: Chief Financial Officer 1600 SMITH STREET, HQSEO, HOUSTON TX 77002
Aneel Bhusri director, 10 percent owner, officer: Co-CEO and Chairman
Christa Davies director AON CORPORATE LAW DEPT, 200 EAST RANDOLPH ST, 8TH FL, CHICAGO IL 60601
Barbara A Larson officer: Chief Financial Officer 6110 STONERIDGE MALL ROAD, PLEASANTON CA 94588
Mark J Hawkins director C/O LOGITECH, INC., 6505 KAISER DRIVE, FREMONT CA 94555
Robynne Sisco officer: Chief Financial Officer 3401 HILLVIEW AVENUE, PALO ALTO CA 94304
Gomez Luciano Fernandez officer: Co-President 1A SHAWFIELD STREET,, RICHARDSON HOUSE, LONDON X0 SW3 4BA