Workday, Inc. (NASDAQ:WDAY – Get Free Report) Director Wayne A.I. Frederick sold 1,829 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, January 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $253.09, for a total value of $462,901.61. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 6,845 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,732,401.05. The trade was a 21.09 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website.
Wayne A.I. Frederick also recently made the following trade(s):
- On Friday, October 11th, Wayne A.I. Frederick sold 1,828 shares of Workday stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $241.85, for a total transaction of $442,101.80.
Workday Price Performance
NASDAQ WDAY opened at $249.68 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.35, a current ratio of 2.05 and a quick ratio of 2.05. The firm has a market capitalization of $66.41 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 41.41, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 5.04 and a beta of 1.34. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $261.60 and a 200-day simple moving average of $245.37. Workday, Inc. has a 52-week low of $199.81 and a 52-week high of $311.28.
Institutional Trading of Workday
Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Janus Henderson Group PLC raised its stake in shares of Workday by 10.7% during the 3rd quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC now owns 4,985,131 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $1,218,415,000 after purchasing an additional 480,459 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp increased its holdings in Workday by 1.4% in the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 4,842,729 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $1,183,611,000 after buying an additional 67,380 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its position in Workday by 2.7% during the third quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 2,865,164 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $698,285,000 after acquiring an additional 76,618 shares in the last quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company raised its position in Workday by 0.6% during the third quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 2,316,167 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $566,094,000 after acquiring an additional 14,159 shares in the last quarter. Finally, UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC grew its position in Workday by 4.0% in the third quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC now owns 1,972,642 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $482,133,000 after acquiring an additional 75,747 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 89.81% of the company’s stock.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
A number of analysts have commented on WDAY shares. Morgan Stanley boosted their price target on shares of Workday from $315.00 to $330.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 27th. JMP Securities restated a “market outperform” rating and issued a $315.00 target price on shares of Workday in a research report on Thursday, September 19th. Barclays lowered their price target on Workday from $314.00 to $305.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, November 27th. Bank of America cut their price objective on Workday from $310.00 to $285.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, November 27th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company lifted their target price on Workday from $300.00 to $330.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, December 9th. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and twenty-one have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $291.36.
Read Our Latest Stock Analysis on WDAY
Workday Company Profile
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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