Workday (NAS:WDAY) Graham Number

: $N/A (As of Apr. 2023)

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Graham Number is a figure that measures a stock's fundamental value by taking into account the company's earnings per share and book value per share. The Graham number is the upper bound of the price range that a defensive investor should pay for the stock. According to the theory, any stock price below the Graham number is considered undervalued, and thus worth investing in.

As of today (2023-06-08), the stock price of Workday is $204.49. Workday's graham number for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2023 was $N/A. Therefore, Workday's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is N/A.

The historical rank and industry rank for Workday's Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Workday was 86.05. The lowest was 0.00. And the median was 80.34.

WDAY's Price-to-Graham-Number is not ranked ^*
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 2.34
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Graham-Number only.

Graham Number is a combination of asset valuation and earnings power valuation. It is a very conservative way of valuing a stock.

Workday Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Workday's Graham Number can be seen below:

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* 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 Annual Data

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Graham Number

3.71

Workday Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison

For the Software - Application subindustry, Workday's Graham Number, along with its competitors' market caps and Graham Number 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.

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Workday Graham Number Distribution

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Workday's Graham Number distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Workday's Graham Number falls in comparison to its industry or sector. The grey bar indicates the Graham Number's extreme value range as defined by GuruFocus.

Workday Graham Number Calculation

Graham Number is a concept based on Ben Graham's conservative valuation of companies.

Workday's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2023 is calculated as

	Graham Number
=	sqrt of (22.5	*	Tangible Book per Share	*	EPS without NRI)
=	sqrt of (22.5	*	9.342	*	-1.44)
=	N/A

Workday's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2023 is calculated as

	Graham Number
=	sqrt of (22.5	*	Tangible Book per Share	*	EPS without NRI (TTM))
=	sqrt of (22.5	*	10.686	*	-1.029)
=	N/A

Workday (NAS:WDAY) Graham Number Explanation

Ben Graham actually did not publish a formula like this. But he wrote in The Intelligent Investor (1948 version) regarding to the criteria for purchases:

Current price should not be more than 15 times average earnings of the past three years.

Current price should not be more than 1.5 times the book value last reported. However, a multiplier of earnings below 15 could justify a correspondingly higher multiplier of assets. As a rule of thumb we suggest that the product of the multiplier times the ratio of price to book value should not exceed 22.5. (This figure corresponds to 15 times earnings and 1.5 times book value. It would admit an issue selling at only 9 times earnings and 2.5 times asset value, etc.)

Unlike valuation methods such as DCF or Discounted Earnings, the Graham number does not take growth into the valuation. Unlike the valuation methods based on book value alone, it takes into account the earnings power. Therefore, the Graham Number is a combination of asset valuation and earnings power valuation.

In general, the Graham number is a very conservative way of valuing a stock. It cannot be applied to companies with negative book values.

Workday's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number	=	Share Price (Today)	/	Graham number (Q: Apr. 2023 )
	=	204.49	/	N/A
	=	N/A

Be Aware

Please keep these in mind:

1. Graham Number does not take growth into account. Therefore it underestimates the values of the companies that have good earnings growth. We feel that if the earnings per share grows more than 10% a year, Graham Number underestimates the value.
2. Graham Number punishes the companies that have temporarily low earnings. Therefore, an average of earnings makes more sense in the calculation of Graham Number.
3. Graham Numbers underestimates companies that are light with book.

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Workday (NAS:WDAY) Business Description

Industry

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Comparable Companies

Traded in Other Exchanges

WDAY:Mexico W7D:Germany W1DA34:Brazil

Address

6110 Stoneridge Mall Road, Pleasanton, CA, USA, 94588

Website

https://www.workday.com

Workday is a software company that offers human capital management, or HCM, financial management, and business planning solutions. Known for being a cloud-only software provider, Workday is headquartered in Pleasanton, California. Founded in 2005, Workday now employs over 12,000 employees.

Executives

Frederick Wayne A.i.	director	500 W MAIN ST., LOUISVILLE KY 40202
David A Duffield	10 percent owner	C/O WORKDAY, INC., 6230 STONERIDGE MALL ROAD, PLEASANTON CA 94588
Michael M Mcnamara	director	C/O FLEXTRONICS INTERNATIONAL LTD, 2090 FORTUNE DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Thomas F Bogan	director	C/O WORKDAY, INC., 6110 STONERIDGE MALL RD, PLEASANTON CA 94588
Barbara A Larson	officer: Chief Financial Officer	6110 STONERIDGE MALL ROAD, PLEASANTON CA 94588
Douglas A. Robinson	officer: Co-President	6110 STONERIDGE MALL ROAD, PLEASANTON CA 94588
Lynne M Doughtie	director	C/O THE BOEING COMPANY, 100 RIVERSIDE PLAZA, MC 5003-1001, CHICAGO IL 60606-1596
Michael C Bush	director	6110 STONERIDGE MALL ROAD, PLEASANTON CA 94588
Richard Harry Sauer	officer: EVP, General Counsel & Secty	6110 STONERIDGE MALL ROAD, PLEASANTON CA 94588
Ann Marie Campbell	director	2455 PACES FERRY ROAD, ATLANTA GA 30339
Petros Dermetzis	officer: Chief Products Officer	321 LIVORNA HEIGHTS ROAD, ALAMO CA 94507
Carl M. Eschenbach	director	C/O SEQUOIA CAPITAL, 2800 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 101, PALO ALTO CA 94025
Gomez Luciano Fernandez	officer: Co-President	1A SHAWFIELD STREET,, RICHARDSON HOUSE, LONDON X0 SW3 4BA
Styslinger Lee J Iii	director	2826 BALMORAL ROAD, BIRMINGHAM AL 35223
Robynne Sisco	officer: Chief Financial Officer	3401 HILLVIEW AVENUE, PALO ALTO CA 94304