Workday's Competitors, Revenue, Number of Employees, Funding and Acquisitions

Workday develops a cloud-based platform that offers finance and human resources management services to enterprises.

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188,300

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Based on data from Workday's latest SEC filings

Annual Revenue

Based on data from Workday's latest SEC filings

Employees

Co-Founder & CEO

Aneel Bhusri

CEO Approval Rating

65/100

OVERVIEW

Founded:

2005

Headquarters:

PleasantonCalifornia

Status:

PublicIndependent Company of NYSEWDAY

Industry Sector:

Business Support Services

Payroll & Benefit Support Services

SIC Code:

7380NAICS listing »

8744NAICS listing »

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Competitive Analysis

TOP COMPETITORS OR ALTERNATIVES

SAP is perceived as one of Workday's biggest rivals. SAP's headquarters is in Walldorf, Baden-Württemberg, and was founded in 1972. SAP operates in the Internet Software industry. SAP generates 898% of Workday's revenue.

Oracle has been one of Workday's top competitors. Oracle is a Public company that was founded in 1977 in Redwood Shores, California. Oracle is in the Application Software field. Compared to Workday, Oracle has 125,500 more employees.

Ultimate Software is Workday's #3 rival. Ultimate Software was founded in Weston, Florida} in 1990. Ultimate Software operates in the Application Software industry. Compared to Workday, Ultimate Software generates $2B less revenue.

Aneel Bhusri

Co-Founder & CEO

- -

10,500

$860.7M

$3.2B

Jennifer Morgan

Co-CEO

86/100

84,183

- -

$29.2B

Safra A. Catz

Co-CEO

67/100

137,000

$31.5M

$39.5B

Scott Scherr

Chairman & CEO

68/100

5,113

$32.5M

$1.2B

Carlos Rodriguez

President & CEO

80/100

57,000

$2.3M

$14.4B

David Ossip

Chairman & CEO

58/100

4,444

$612.2M

$802.8M

Satya Nadella

CEO

100/100

131,000

$61M

$129.8B

Frank Calderoni

Chairman & CEO

83/100

1,299

$562.6M

$26.7M

Kevin Samuelson

CEO

68/100

17,400

$1.5B

$3.2B

Stephen Murphy

CEO

62/100

3,700

- -

$876.8M

Steve Hare

CEO

65/100

13,660

$5M

$1.9B

The top 10 competitors in Workday's competitive set are SAP, Oracle, Ultimate Software, ADP, Ceridian, Microsoft, Anaplan, Infor, Epicor and Sage. Together they have raised over 2.8B between their estimated 482.7K employees. Workday has 10,500 employees and is ranked 7th among it's top 10 competitors. The top 10 competitors average 42,299.

Quarterly and Annual Revenue

Trailing 12-Months Trend (TTM)

Annual Revenue

$3.2B

Workday's revenue is the ranked 5th among it's top 10 competitors. The top 10 competitors average 20.4B. Over the last four quarters, Workday's revenue has grown by 19.5%. Specifically, in Q3 2019's revenue was $887.8M; in Q2 2019, it was $825.1M; in Q1 2019, it was $788.6M; in Q4 2018, Workday's revenue was $743.2M.

Acquisitions

COMPANY ACQUIRED

ACQUISITION DATE

AMOUNT

DESCRIPTION

Scout RFP, Inc.

Nov 2019

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$540M

ScoutRFP is a provider of cloud-based sourcing and supplier engagement solutions for financial, energy, healthcare, and biotechnology industries.

Trusted Key Solutions, Inc.

Jul 2019

Source »

undisclosed

Trusted Key develops an enterprise digital identity platform that helps organizations to streamline their customer acquisition on digital channels.

Stories.bi

Jul 2018

Source »

undisclosed

Stories is a provider of margin mining, augmented analytics and market intelligence solutions for businesses.

Rallyteam, Inc.

Jun 2018

Source »

undisclosed

Rallyteam is a cloud-based talent networking platform that matches employees with projects, tasks, ideas and people to self-organize and respond.

Adaptive Insights, LLC

Jun 2018

Source »

$1.6B

Adaptive Insights develops and provides a cloud-based budgeting software that provides financial planning and forecasting solutions for businesses.

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These are all the companies that Workday has acquired. Workday has acquired 12 companies and its latest acquisition was Scout RFP, Inc. in Nov 2019. ScoutRFP is a provider of cloud-based sourcing and supplier engagement solutions for financial, energy, healthcare, and biotechnology industries.

Workday Funding History

Since Workday was founded in 2005, it has participated in 6 rounds of funding. In total Workday has raised $860.7M. Workday's last funding round was on Oct 2012 for a total of $637.0M

IPO

Oct 2012

$637M

Series F

Oct 2011

$85M

Series E

Apr 2009

$75M

New Enterprise Associates

Series C

Jan 2008

$28.5M

Series B

Sep 2007

$20.3M

Total Funding: $860.7M

Since Workday was founded in 2005, it has participated in 6 rounds of funding. In total Workday has raised $860.7M. Workday's last funding round was on Oct 2012 for a total of $637.0M

Investments

Guild is an online platform that offers tuition reimbursement, education programs and diploma degrees for working adults.

$157M

Nov 12, 2019

Series D

League is a provider of employee health benefits and insurance plan services for businesses.

Oct 28, 2019

Equity

Scoop is a SaaS-based platform that offers carpooling solutions for employers.

$60M

Aug 14, 2019

Equity

Suplari is a cloud-based platform that provides AI driven business insights for cost reduction and managing supplier risk.

$5M

Jun 13, 2019

Debt

Landit is an online platform that provides career management services for women professionals.

$13M

Feb 25, 2019

Series A

These are all the companies that Workday has invested in. Workday has invested 12 companies and its latest investment was Scout RFP, Inc. in Nov 2019. ScoutRFP is a provider of cloud-based sourcing and supplier engagement solutions for financial, energy, healthcare, and biotechnology industries.

Workday News

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November 9, 2019FinSMEs

Workday Acquires Scout RFP

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November 6, 2019DirectorsTalk Interviews

Workday, Inc. - Consenus Indicates Potential 29.0% Upside

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November 5, 2019The Business Journals: San Jose

Here are the winners and losers in Workday's $540M purchase of ScoutRFP

Monday's announcement that Workday Inc. plans to buy ScoutRFP Inc. for $540 million triggered some ce... See more »

October 30, 2019FinanzNachrichten

Workday Announces Livestream and On-Demand Sessions for Workday Rising Europe 2019

Workday Innovation Keynote to be Livestreamed from Sixth Annual Customer Conference in EuropePLEASANT... See more »

October 30, 2019PE Hub Network

Workday funds enterprise health operating system League

League Inc, an enterprise health operating system, has secured an undisclosed amount of funding. The ... See more »

October 29, 2019Betakit

League receives strategic investment from Workday Ventures

Toronto-based League announced that it has received a strategic investment from Workday Ventures, the... See more »

October 17, 2019Seeking Alpha

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Workday Blogs

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November 14, 2019Workday Blog

Organizational Agility: Supporting Adaptable People and Processes

Leading businesses are resilient in the face of uncertainty. Our global survey findings indicate adap... See more »

November 14, 2019Workday Blog

Organizational Agility: The Power of Continuous Planning

Our recent research finds that only a small group of elite high-performers have adopted an active pla... See more »

November 14, 2019Workday Blog

Workday Rising Europe Daily: Building on Inspiration

As Workday Rising Europe comes to an end in Milan, check out session recaps and great photos from the... See more »

November 13, 2019Workday Blog

Workday Rising Europe Daily: Innovation at Work

Read about the Innovation Keynote, featuring our Co-Founder and CEO Aneel Bhusri, and some of the hig... See more »

November 6, 2019Workday Blog

How Siemens Healthineers is Embracing Disruption in Healthcare

Andre Heinz, global head of human resources at Siemens Healthineers, talks about the changing face of... See more »

November 5, 2019Workday Blog

The Journey to Becoming an Agile CFO

Without organizational agility, businesses will find it difficult to innovate. Katie Rooney, CFO at A... See more »

November 4, 2019Workday Blog

Workday to Acquire Scout RFP: Helping Transform the Office of Procurement

Workday has entered into an agreement to acquire Scout RFP, a leading cloud-based platform for strate... See more »

Workday Press Releases

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May 21, 2019PRWeb

BountyJobs Completes Exciting Workday Certified Integration

Integration of BountyJob's Recruiter Engagement Platform and Workday Recruiting Helps Joint Customers... See more »

April 5, 2019PRcom

ESS Announces Integration with Workday HR Platform

Seamless access to background screening solutions - in less than 30 days. [PR.com]... See more »

April 2, 2019PR Newswire

Alight strengthens fast-growing HCM business through acquisition of Wipro's Workday and Cornerstone OnDemand business

LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill., April 2, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Alight Solutions, a leader in technology-enabled he... See more »

March 4, 2019GlobalNewswire

Workday Announces Annual Stockholder Meeting

PLEASANTON, Calif., March 04, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Workday, Inc. (NASDAQ: WDAY), a leader in ente... See more »

February 28, 2019GlobalNewswire

Workday Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Fiscal Year 2019 Financial Results

Q4 Total Revenues of $788.6 Million, Up 35.4% Year Over YearSubscription Revenue of $673.5 Million, U... See more »

January 17, 2019PRWeb

Bloomberg, Cox Enterprises, Gap Inc., Salesforce and Workday Close All-New Renewable Energy Aggregation Deal

Five global brands sign agreements for a joint 42.5-megawatt renewable energy deal, creating a new bl... See more »

November 30, 2018Central Charts

Workday Announces Fiscal 2019 Third Quarter Financial Results

Workday, Inc. (NASDAQ: WDAY), a leader in enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resourc... See more »