Workday, Inc. (NASDAQ:WDAY) Shares Bought by Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd

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Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd lifted its holdings in shares of Workday, Inc. (NASDAQ:WDAY – Free Report) by 5.3% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 48,493 shares of the software maker’s stock after acquiring an additional 2,453 shares during the quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd’s holdings in Workday were worth $11,852,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Crewe Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Workday during the first quarter worth about $27,000. Sound Income Strategies LLC increased its position in shares of Workday by 74.2% during the first quarter. Sound Income Strategies LLC now owns 115 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $31,000 after acquiring an additional 49 shares during the last quarter. SouthState Corp increased its position in shares of Workday by 614.3% during the second quarter. SouthState Corp now owns 150 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $34,000 after acquiring an additional 129 shares during the last quarter. Pacific Center for Financial Services increased its position in shares of Workday by 57.0% during the first quarter. Pacific Center for Financial Services now owns 157 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $43,000 after acquiring an additional 57 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Goodman Advisory Group LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Workday during the second quarter worth about $35,000. 89.81% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Workday Stock Performance

WDAY opened at $244.48 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $64.79 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 44.05, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.81 and a beta of 1.35. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.36, a current ratio of 2.04 and a quick ratio of 2.04. Workday, Inc. has a 1-year low of $199.81 and a 1-year high of $311.28. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $245.21 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $238.24.

Workday (NASDAQ:WDAY – Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Thursday, August 22nd. The software maker reported $1.75 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.65 by $0.10. The firm had revenue of $2.09 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.07 billion. Workday had a return on equity of 5.34% and a net margin of 19.59%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 16.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.40 earnings per share. Research analysts predict that Workday, Inc. will post 2.4 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Workday news, major shareholder David A. Duffield sold 56,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, October 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $242.01, for a total value of $13,552,560.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now directly owns 281,000 shares in the company, valued at $68,004,810. This represents a 0.00 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. In other Workday news, major shareholder David A. Duffield sold 56,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, October 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $242.01, for a total value of $13,552,560.00. Following the transaction, the insider now owns 281,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $68,004,810. This represents a 0.00 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, major shareholder David A. Duffield sold 66,492 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, September 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $261.20, for a total value of $17,367,710.40. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now directly owns 102,997 shares in the company, valued at $26,902,816.40. This represents a 0.00 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 370,575 shares of company stock worth $91,506,897 over the last ninety days. Company insiders own 20.00% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts have recently issued reports on WDAY shares. Piper Sandler reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and set a $285.00 target price on shares of Workday in a research report on Wednesday, September 18th. Morgan Stanley lowered their price objective on Workday from $325.00 to $315.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Friday, August 23rd. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price objective on Workday from $260.00 to $300.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, August 23rd. BMO Capital Markets reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $300.00 price objective on shares of Workday in a report on Wednesday, September 18th. Finally, KeyCorp boosted their price objective on Workday from $275.00 to $305.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, August 23rd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have assigned a hold rating and twenty-one have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Workday presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $287.04.

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Workday Profile

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Workday, Inc provides enterprise cloud applications in the United States and internationally. Its applications help its customers to plan, execute, analyze, and extend to other applications and environments to manage their business and operations. The company offers a suite of financial management applications to maintain accounting information in the general ledger; manage financial processes, such as payables and receivables; identify real-time financial, operational, and management insights; enhance financial consolidation; reduce time-to-close; promote internal control and auditability; and achieve consistency across finance operations.

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