Workday Announces Fiscal 2023 First Quarter Financial Results
Fiscal First Quarter Total Revenues of $1.43 Billion, Up 22.1% Year Over Year
Subscription Revenues of $1.27 Billion, Up 23.2% Year Over Year
24-Month Subscription Revenue Backlog of $7.97 Billion, Up 20.9% Year Over Year
Total Subscription Revenue Backlog of $12.65 Billion, Up 25.5% Year Over Year
PLEASANTON, Calif., May 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Workday, Inc. (NASDAQ: WDAY), a leader in enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources, today announced results for the fiscal 2023 first quarter ended April 30, 2022.
Fiscal 2023 First Quarter Results
- Total revenues were $1.43 billion, an increase of 22.1% from the first quarter of fiscal 2022. Subscription revenues were $1.27 billion, an increase of 23.2% from the same period last year.
- Operating loss was $72.8 million, or negative 5.1% of revenues, compared to an operating loss of $38.3 million, or negative 3.3% of revenues, in the same period last year. Non-GAAP operating income for the first quarter was $288.6 million, or 20.1% of revenues, compared to a non-GAAP operating income of $288.5 million, or 24.6% of revenues, in the same period last year.1
- Basic and diluted net loss per share was $0.41, compared to basic and diluted net loss per share of $0.19 in the first quarter of fiscal 2022. Non-GAAP basic and diluted net income per share was $0.86 and $0.83, respectively, compared to non-GAAP basic and diluted net income per share of $0.93 and $0.87, respectively, in the same period last year.2
- Operating cash flows were $439.7 million compared to $452.4 million in the prior year.
- Cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities were $6.26 billion as of April 30, 2022.
Comments on the News
“Workday had a strong first quarter, building on the fiscal 2022 acceleration of our business,” said Aneel Bhusri, co-founder, co-CEO, and chairman, Workday. “I’m confident in our opportunity ahead and the enduring growth of Workday. Our focus remains on cultivating our culture, while driving innovation across finance and HR, and expanding the value we bring to some of the world’s largest organizations.”
“Our continued global momentum and a healthy deal pipeline position us well to deliver a strong fiscal 2023,” said Chano Fernandez, co-CEO, Workday. “As we look ahead, we will continue to remain focused on our people, who are so critical to our success, as well as driving high rates of customer satisfaction through our industry investments, as well as our expanded innovation efforts with our partner ecosystem.”
“We had a solid start to the year, as organizations across the globe continue to choose Workday as their strategic finance and HR partner,” said Barbara Larson, chief financial officer, Workday. “As a result, we are raising our fiscal 2023 subscription revenue to be in the range of $5.537 billion to $5.557 billion, representing year-over-year growth of 22%. We expect second quarter subscription revenue of $1.353 billion to $1.355 billion, representing year-over-year growth of 22%. We are maintaining our fiscal 2023 non-GAAP operating margin guidance of 18.5%, as we invest to capitalize on the long-term opportunity we see ahead.”
Recent Highlights
- Workday intends to create 1,000 new jobs at its European headquarters in Dublin over the next two years. In addition, the company plans to build new European headquarters at Grangegorman in Dublin.
- Workday completed the issuance and sale of $3.0 billion aggregate principal amount of senior notes in an underwritten, registered public offering.
- Building on its long-standing support of ESG, Workday shared its commitments to ESG as well as announced two new ESG solutions to help customers drive social and sustainability initiatives as they navigate evolving ESG regulations and corporate accountability standards.
- Workday was named one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere, which recognizes companies with a commitment to advancing business integrity.
Earnings Call Details
Workday plans to host a conference call today to review its fiscal 2023 first quarter financial results and to discuss its financial outlook. The call is scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m. PT/4:30 p.m. ET and can be accessed via webcast. The webcast will be available live, and a replay will be available following completion of the live broadcast for approximately 90 days.
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1 Non-GAAP operating income and non-GAAP operating margin exclude share-based compensation expenses, employer payroll tax-related items on employee stock transactions, and amortization expense for acquisition-related intangible assets. See the section titled “About Non-GAAP Financial Measures” in the accompanying financial tables for further details.
2 Non-GAAP net income per share excludes share-based compensation expenses, employer payroll tax-related items on employee stock transactions, amortization expense for acquisition-related intangible assets, and income tax effects. See the section titled “About Non-GAAP Financial Measures” in the accompanying financial tables for further details.
About Workday
Workday is a leading provider of enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources, helping customers adapt and thrive in a changing world. Workday applications for financial management, human resources, planning, spend management, and analytics have been adopted by thousands of organizations around the world and across industries – from medium-sized businesses to more than 50% of the Fortune 500. For more information about Workday, visit workday.com.
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Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Reconciliations of non-GAAP financial measures to Workday’s financial results as determined in accordance with GAAP are included at the end of this press release following the accompanying financial data. For a description of these non-GAAP financial measures, including the reasons management uses each measure, please see the section of the tables titled “About Non-GAAP Financial Measures.” A reconciliation of our forward outlook for non-GAAP operating margin with our forward-looking GAAP operating margin is not available without unreasonable efforts as the quantification of share-based compensation expense, which is excluded from our non-GAAP operating margin, requires additional inputs such as the number of shares granted and market prices that are not ascertainable.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements including, among other things, statements regarding Workday’s full-year fiscal 2023 subscription revenues and non-GAAP operating margin, second quarter subscription revenue, growth, innovation, opportunities, customer satisfaction and momentum, acceleration potential, pipeline, and investments. These forward-looking statements are based only on currently available information and our current beliefs, expectations, and assumptions. Because forward-looking statements relate to the future, they are subject to risks, uncertainties, assumptions, and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict and many of which are outside of our control. If the risks materialize, assumptions prove incorrect, or we experience unexpected changes in circumstances, actual results could differ materially from the results implied by these forward-looking statements, and therefore you should not rely on any forward-looking statements. Risks include, but are not limited to: (i) our ability to implement our plans, objectives, and other expectations with respect to any of our acquired companies; (ii) the impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on our business, as well as our customers, prospects, partners, and service providers; (iii) breaches in our security measures or those of our third-party providers, unauthorized access to our customers’ or other users’ personal data, or disruptions in our data center or computing infrastructure operations; (iv) service outages, delays in the deployment of our applications, and the failure of our applications to perform properly; (v) our ability to manage our growth effectively; (vi) competitive factors, including pricing pressures, industry consolidation, entry of new competitors and new applications, advancements in technology, and marketing initiatives by our competitors; (vii) the development of the market for enterprise cloud applications and services; (viii) acceptance of our applications and services by customers and individuals, including any new features, enhancements, and modifications, as well as the acceptance of any underlying technology such as machine learning and artificial intelligence; (ix) adverse changes in general economic or market conditions; (x) the regulatory, economic, and political risks associated with our domestic and international operations; (xi) the regulatory risks related to new and evolving technologies such as machine learning and artificial intelligence; (xii) delays or reductions in information technology spending; and (xiii) changes in sales, which may not be immediately reflected in our results due to our subscription model. Further information on these and additional risks that could affect Workday’s results is included in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), including our Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended April 30, 2022, and our future reports that we may file with the SEC from time to time, which could cause actual results to vary from expectations. Workday assumes no obligation to, and does not currently intend to, update any such forward-looking statements after the date of this release.
Any unreleased services, features, or functions referenced in this document, our website, or other press releases or public statements that are not currently available are subject to change at Workday’s discretion and may not be delivered as planned or at all. Customers who purchase Workday services should make their purchase decisions based upon services, features, and functions that are currently available.
| April 30, 2022 | January 31, 2022 | ||||||||||
| Assets | |||||||||||
| Current assets: | |||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 2,776,336 | $ | 1,534,273 | |||||||
| Marketable securities | 3,479,019 | 2,109,888 | |||||||||
| Trade and other receivables, net | 778,076 | 1,242,545 | |||||||||
| Deferred costs | 156,806 | 152,957 | |||||||||
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 252,989 | 174,402 | |||||||||
| Total current assets | 7,443,226 | 5,214,065 | |||||||||
| Property and equipment, net | 1,186,004 | 1,123,075 | |||||||||
| Operating lease right-of-use assets | 252,236 | 247,808 | |||||||||
| Deferred costs, noncurrent | 339,712 | 341,259 | |||||||||
| Acquisition-related intangible assets, net | 369,387 | 391,002 | |||||||||
| Goodwill | 2,840,044 | 2,840,044 | |||||||||
| Other assets | 368,497 | 341,252 | |||||||||
| Total assets | $ | 12,799,106 | $ | 10,498,505 | |||||||
| Liabilities and stockholders’ equity | |||||||||||
| Current liabilities: | |||||||||||
| Accounts payable | $ | 123,361 | $ | 55,487 | |||||||
| Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | 246,939 | 195,590 | |||||||||
| Accrued compensation | 362,269 | 402,885 | |||||||||
| Unearned revenue | 2,820,119 | 3,110,947 | |||||||||
| Operating lease liabilities | 80,573 | 80,503 | |||||||||
| Debt, current | 1,148,126 | 1,222,443 | |||||||||
| Total current liabilities | 4,781,387 | 5,067,855 | |||||||||
| Debt, noncurrent | 2,973,068 | 617,354 | |||||||||
| Unearned revenue, noncurrent | 59,308 | 71,533 | |||||||||
| Operating lease liabilities, noncurrent | 182,237 | 182,456 | |||||||||
| Other liabilities | 22,299 | 24,225 | |||||||||
| Total liabilities | 8,018,299 | 5,963,423 | |||||||||
| Stockholders’ equity: | |||||||||||
| Common stock | 253 | 251 | |||||||||
| Additional paid-in capital | 7,596,787 | 7,284,174 | |||||||||
| Treasury stock | (12,584) | (12,467) | |||||||||
| Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) | 43,109 | 7,709 | |||||||||
| Accumulated deficit | (2,846,758) | (2,744,585) | |||||||||
| Total stockholders’ equity | 4,780,807 | 4,535,082 | |||||||||
| Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity | $ | 12,799,106 | $ | 10,498,505 | |||||||
| Three Months Ended April 30, | |||||||||||
| 2022 | 2021 | ||||||||||
| Revenues: | |||||||||||
| Subscription services | $ | 1,272,076 | $ | 1,032,169 | |||||||
| Professional services | 162,581 | 142,864 | |||||||||
| Total revenues | 1,434,657 | 1,175,033 | |||||||||
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Costs and expenses (1):
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| Costs of subscription services | 232,922 | 182,208 | |||||||||
| Costs of professional services | 169,899 | 150,845 | |||||||||
| Product development | 541,509 | 441,616 | |||||||||
| Sales and marketing | 429,301 | 326,494 | |||||||||
| General and administrative | 133,869 | 112,183 | |||||||||
| Total costs and expenses | 1,507,500 | 1,213,346 | |||||||||
| Operating income (loss) | (72,843) | (38,313) | |||||||||
| Other income (expense), net | (20,163) | (9,051) | |||||||||
| Income (loss) before provision for (benefit from) income taxes | (93,006) | (47,364) | |||||||||
| Provision for (benefit from) income taxes | 9,167 | (842) | |||||||||
| Net income (loss) | $ | (102,173) | $ | (46,522) | |||||||
| Net income (loss) per share, basic and diluted | $ | (0.41) | $ | (0.19) | |||||||
| Weighted-average shares used to compute net income (loss) per share, basic and diluted | 251,743 | 243,739 | |||||||||
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(1) Costs and expenses include share-based compensation expenses as follows:
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| Three Months Ended April 30, | |||||||||||
| 2022 | 2021 | ||||||||||
| Costs of subscription services | $ | 26,230 | $ | 20,717 | |||||||
| Costs of professional services | 27,584 | 27,692 | |||||||||
| Product development | 153,304 | 129,862 | |||||||||
| Sales and marketing | 59,169 | 50,308 | |||||||||
| General and administrative | 45,219 | 36,056 | |||||||||
| Total share-based compensation expenses | $ | 311,506 | $ | 264,635 | |||||||
| Three Months Ended April 30, | |||||||||||
| 2022 | 2021 | ||||||||||
| Cash flows from operating activities: | |||||||||||
| Net income (loss) | $ | (102,173) | $ | (46,522) | |||||||
| Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities: | |||||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | 89,846 | 82,463 | |||||||||
| Share-based compensation expenses | 311,506 | 264,635 | |||||||||
| Amortization of deferred costs | 39,427 | 31,614 | |||||||||
| Non-cash lease expense | 22,048 | 22,230 | |||||||||
| (Gains) losses on investments | 8,080 | 6,018 | |||||||||
| Other | 709 | (1,624) | |||||||||
| Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of business combinations: | |||||||||||
| Trade and other receivables, net | 462,964 | 392,119 | |||||||||
| Deferred costs | (41,729) | (26,270) | |||||||||
| Prepaid expenses and other assets | (23,997) | (35,566) | |||||||||
| Accounts payable | 6,910 | (170) | |||||||||
| Accrued expenses and other liabilities | (30,873) | (10,920) | |||||||||
| Unearned revenue | (303,001) | (225,579) | |||||||||
| Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities | 439,717 | 452,428 | |||||||||
| Cash flows from investing activities: | |||||||||||
| Purchases of marketable securities | (2,010,619) | (765,395) | |||||||||
| Maturities of marketable securities | 601,475 | 857,408 | |||||||||
| Sales of marketable securities | 5,130 | 12,457 | |||||||||
| Owned real estate projects | (20) | (171,423) | |||||||||
| Capital expenditures, excluding owned real estate projects | (58,750) | (69,796) | |||||||||
| Business combinations, net of cash acquired | — | (679,220) | |||||||||
| Purchases of non-marketable equity and other investments | (15,023) | (45,767) | |||||||||
| Sales and maturities of non-marketable equity and other investments | 7,066 | 25 | |||||||||
| Other | — | (5) | |||||||||
| Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities | (1,470,741) | (861,716) | |||||||||
| Cash flows from financing activities: | |||||||||||
| Proceeds from issuance of debt, net of debt discount | 2,978,077 | — | |||||||||
| Repayments and extinguishment of debt | (693,953) | (9,426) | |||||||||
| Payments for debt issuance costs | (7,220) | — | |||||||||
| Proceeds from issuance of common stock from employee equity plans, net of taxes paid for shares withheld | 990 | (1,357) | |||||||||
| Other | (192) | (225) | |||||||||
| Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities | 2,277,702 | (11,008) | |||||||||
| Effect of exchange rate changes | (685) | 186 | |||||||||
| Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash | 1,245,993 | (420,110) | |||||||||
| Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at the beginning of period | 1,540,745 | 1,387,921 | |||||||||
| Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at the end of period | $ | 2,786,738 | $ | 967,811 | |||||||
| GAAP | Share-Based Compensation Expenses |
Other Operating Expenses (2)
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Income Tax and Dilution Effects (3)
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Non-GAAP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Costs and expenses: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Costs of subscription services | $ | 232,922 | $ | (26,230) | $ | (16,326) | $ | — | $ | 190,366 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Costs of professional services | 169,899 | (27,584) | (3,899) | — | 138,416 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Product development | 541,509 | (153,304) | (13,011) | — | 375,194 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sales and marketing | 429,301 | (59,169) | (14,046) | — | 356,086 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| General and administrative | 133,869 | (45,219) | (2,613) | — | 86,037 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating income (loss) | (72,843) | 311,506 | 49,895 | — | 288,558 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating margin | (5.1) | % | 21.7 | % | 3.5 | % | — | % | 20.1 | % | |||||||||||||||||||
| Other income (expense), net | (20,163) | — | — | — | (20,163) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Income (loss) before provision for (benefit from) income taxes | (93,006) | 311,506 | 49,895 | — | 268,395 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Provision for (benefit from) income taxes | 9,167 | — | — | 41,828 | 50,995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income (loss) | $ | (102,173) | $ | 311,506 | $ | 49,895 | $ | (41,828) | $ | 217,400 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Net income (loss) per share, basic (1)
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$ | (0.41) | $ | 1.24 | $ | 0.20 | $ | (0.17) | $ | 0.86 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Net income (loss) per share, diluted (1)
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$ | (0.41) | $ | 1.24 | $ | 0.20 | $ | (0.20) | $ | 0.83 | |||||||||||||||||||
| GAAP | Share-Based Compensation Expenses |
Other Operating Expenses (2)
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Income Tax and Dilution Effects (3)
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Non-GAAP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Costs and expenses: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Costs of subscription services | $ | 182,208 | $ | (20,717) | $ | (14,204) | $ | — | $ | 147,287 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Costs of professional services | 150,845 | (27,692) | (6,953) | — | 116,200 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Product development | 441,616 | (129,862) | (19,542) | — | 292,212 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sales and marketing | 326,494 | (50,308) | (17,106) | — | 259,080 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| General and administrative | 112,183 | (36,056) | (4,386) | — | 71,741 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating income (loss) | (38,313) | 264,635 | 62,191 | — | 288,513 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating margin | (3.3) | % | 22.5 | % | 5.4 | % | — | % | 24.6 | % | |||||||||||||||||||
| Other income (expense), net | (9,051) | — | — | — | (9,051) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Income (loss) before provision for (benefit from) income taxes | (47,364) | 264,635 | 62,191 | — | 279,462 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Provision for (benefit from) income taxes | (842) | — | — | 53,940 | 53,098 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income (loss) | $ | (46,522) | $ | 264,635 | $ | 62,191 | $ | (53,940) | $ | 226,364 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Net income (loss) per share, basic (1)
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$ | (0.19) | $ | 1.09 | $ | 0.26 | $ | (0.23) | $ | 0.93 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Net income (loss) per share, diluted (1)
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$ | (0.19) | $ | 1.09 | $ | 0.26 | $ | (0.29) | $ | 0.87 | |||||||||||||||||||
