The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. As of today (2023-06-08), Workday's share price is $204.49. Workday's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2023 was $22.77. Hence, Workday's PB Ratio of today is 8.98.
The historical rank and industry rank for Workday's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
WDAY'
s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 6.3 Med: 15.27 Max: 26.36
Current: 8.98
During the past 13 years, Workday's highest PB Ratio was 26.36. The lowest was 6.30. And the median was 15.27.
WDAY's PB Ratio is ranked worse than 86.95% of 2544
companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 2.77
vs WDAY: 8.98
During the past 12 months, Workday's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 21.00% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 26.20% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 24.60% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 16.80% per year.
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Workday was 27.00% per year. The lowest was -1.00% per year. And the median was 18.70% per year.
Back to Basics: PB Ratio
Workday PB Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for Workday's PB 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.
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Workday Annual Data
Trend
Jan14
Jan15
Jan16
Jan17
Jan18
Jan19
Jan20
Jan21
Jan22
Jan23
PB Ratio
20.58
17.23
16.87
14.00
8.41
Workday Quarterly Data
Jul18
Oct18
Jan19
Apr19
Jul19
Oct19
Jan20
Apr20
Jul20
Oct20
Jan21
Apr21
Jul21
Oct21
Jan22
Apr22
Jul22
Oct22
Jan23
Apr23
PB Ratio
10.98
7.71
7.40
8.41
8.18
Competitive Comparison
For the Software - Application subindustry, Workday's PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PB 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 PB Ratio Distribution
For the Software industry and Technology sector, Workday's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Workday's PB Ratio falls in comparison to its industry or sector. The grey bar indicates the PB Ratio's extreme value range as defined by GuruFocus.
Workday PB Ratio Calculation
The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks.
Workday's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:
* 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.
It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:
A closely related ratio is called Price-to-Tangible-Book. The difference between Price-to-Tangible-Book and PB Ratio is that book value other than intangibles are used in the calculation.
The PB Ratio works the best for the businesses that earn most of their profit from their assets, e.g. banks and insurance companies.
Be Aware
Some businesses have very light assets, such as software companies or insurance agencies. The PB Ratio does not work well for these companies. Some companies even have negative equity, so the PB Ratio cannot be applied to them.
Workday PB Ratio Related Terms
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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.
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