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Workiva Inc. WK
$71.23 +2.30% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $3.88B
Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026
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Three things to know
- Operating margin widened to 3.3% from -10.2% a year earlier.
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 6 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +24.3%).
- Net debt is 7.3× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Technology sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth79Positive
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 35%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 14%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 23%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 34%
Quality64Neutral
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 49%
- Gross marginTop 9%
- Operating marginBottom 45%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 11%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 32%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 3%
- Interest coverBottom 44%
Value55Neutral
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 49%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 35%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 40%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 46%
Momentum44Weak
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 39%
- 6-month returnBottom 45%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 37%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 44%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 44%
Revisions91Exceptional
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 24%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 32%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 13%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 43%
Stability55Neutral
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 34%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 49%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 8%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 3%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 20.3% | 19.7% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 76.8% | 80.2% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | -10.2% | 3.3% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 12.7% | 20.8% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 19.7% | 20.3% | ↓ | Top 35% |
| Gross margin | 80.2% | 76.8% | ↑ | Top 9% |
| Operating margin | 3.3% | -10.2% | ↑ | Bottom 45% |
| Net margin | 4.9% | -8.3% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 20.8% | 12.7% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 3.9% | — | Bottom 49% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 18.0% | — | Top 23% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 3.00×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -11.3%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 12.9%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +0.5 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 7.30×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 2.5×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 4.69%
- Shareholder yield
- 4.69%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -0.2%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +1.2%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 4, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 6
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 6 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +24.3%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.1%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 6 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $86.00
- Target vs current price
- +20.7%
- Analysts with a rating
- 18
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 89%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | +21.3% | +0.1% | +10.0% | +30.7% | — |
| May 5, 2026 | +16.7% | -2.1% | -18.0% | -8.2% | +3.5% |
| Feb 19, 2026 | +14.7% | +1.9% | +1.7% | +6.1% | -21.9% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | +44.7% | +0.3% | +14.0% | +12.5% | -6.5% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | +280.0% | -4.0% | +17.2% | +20.9% | +34.9% |
| May 1, 2025 | +100.0% | -1.2% | -10.0% | -11.2% | -9.0% |
| Feb 25, 2025 | +0.0% | -0.6% | +2.6% | +3.8% | -15.6% |
| Nov 6, 2024 | -8.7% | +6.3% | +11.9% | +23.0% | +21.9% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | $0.77 | $0.64 | +21.3% | $255.3M |
| May 5, 2026 | $0.77 | $0.66 | +16.7% | $247.0M |
| Feb 19, 2026 | $0.78 | $0.68 | +14.7% | $238.9M |
| Nov 5, 2025 | $0.55 | $0.38 | +44.7% | $224.2M |
| Jul 31, 2025 | $0.19 | $0.05 | +280.0% | $215.2M |
| May 1, 2025 | $0.14 | $0.07 | +100.0% | $206.3M |
| Feb 25, 2025 | $0.33 | $0.33 | +0.0% | $199.9M |
| Nov 6, 2024 | $0.21 | $0.23 | -8.7% | $185.6M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 86.9× | — | — | Top 49% |
| P/E (forward) | 21.2× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 60.7× | — | — | Bottom 40% |
| EV / Sales | 4.56× | — | — | Bottom 46% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 5.17% | — | — | Top 35% |
| Earnings yield | 1.15% | — | — | Top 49% |
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 2
- Days above the 200-day average
- 39
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +12.3%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -2.8%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +1.9%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +11.6%
- RSI (14)
- 51.2
- Relative volume
- 3.21×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 50.9%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 67th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.68
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.22
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -23.7%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -61.4%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 9, 2021 | May 13, 2026 | -72.5% | 1130 days | Not yet recovered |
| Feb 19, 2021 | Mar 29, 2021 | -28.1% | 26 days | 67 days (Jul 2, 2021) |
| Sep 17, 2021 | Oct 11, 2021 | -12.8% | 16 days | 18 days (Nov 4, 2021) |
| Oct 12, 2020 | Oct 29, 2020 | -11.1% | 13 days | 5 days (Nov 5, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $3.88B
- P/E (TTM)
- 86.9
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.82
- Revenue (TTM)
- $965.7M
- 52-week range
- $43.34 – $97.10
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $443.3M | $537.9M | $630.0M | $738.7M | $884.6M |
| Gross profit | $339.5M | $408.0M | $475.8M | $566.6M | $694.1M |
| Operating income | -$29.4M | -$88.8M | -$94.5M | -$76.5M | -$42.4M |
| Net income | -$37.7M | -$90.9M | -$127.5M | -$55.0M | -$26.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.74 | -$1.72 | -$2.36 | -$0.99 | -$0.47 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $185.6M | $199.9M | $206.3M | $215.2M | $224.2M | $238.9M | $247.3M | $255.3M |
| Net income | -$17.0M | -$8.8M | -$21.4M | -$19.4M | $2.8M | $11.8M | $19.0M | $13.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.31 | -$0.16 | -$0.38 | -$0.35 | $0.05 | $0.20 | $0.33 | $0.24 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $49.8M | $11.3M | $70.9M | $87.7M | $140.1M |
| Capital expenditure | -$3.8M | -$3.6M | -$2.4M | -$1.6M | -$2.1M |
| Free cash flow | $46.1M | $7.7M | $68.5M | $86.2M | $138.0M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $25.5M | $0 | $0 | $0 | -$51.7M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $815.2M
- Total assets
- $1.37B
- Total liabilities
- $1.47B
- Total debt
- $782.1M
- Net debt
- $529.6M
- Shareholders’ equity
- -$97.1M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 4, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 3,772,694
- Days to cover
- 4.44
- Change vs previous report
- -11.0%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.