Workiva (NYSE:WK) Releases FY 2026 Earnings Guidance

Workiva (NYSE:WK) updated its FY 2026 earnings guidance on Friday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 2.800-2.830 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 2.950. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.0 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.0 billion. Workiva also updated its Q4 2026 guidance to 0.780-0.800 EPS.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms recently commented on WK. Wall Street Zen lowered Workiva from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday. Stifel Nicolaus set a $95.00 price objective on shares of Workiva in a report on Thursday, August 27th. BTIG Research set a $85.00 target price on shares of Workiva in a research note on Wednesday, September 16th. Citigroup reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Workiva in a report on Thursday, August 6th. Finally, UBS Group set a $70.00 price target on shares of Workiva in a research report on Wednesday, August 5th. Nine investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, one has assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $87.00.

Workiva Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:WK opened at $72.83 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $4.09 billion, a PE ratio of 65.03 and a beta of 0.46. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $75.83 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $63.07. Workiva has a 1 year low of $43.34 and a 1 year high of $95.00.

Workiva (NYSE:WK) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November 5th. The software maker reported $0.72 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.80 by ($0.08). The company had revenue of $262.96 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $261.37 million. Workiva had a negative return on equity of 159.20% and a net margin of 6.31%. Workiva’s quarterly revenue was up 17.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.55 earnings per share. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Workiva will post 1.31 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Workiva news, EVP Brandon Ziegler sold 6,571 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, August 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $75.97, for a total value of $499,198.87. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 126,216 shares in the company, valued at $9,588,629.52. The trade was a 4.95% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Corporate insiders own 4.77% of the company’s stock.

Trending Headlines about Workiva

Here are the key news stories impacting Workiva this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Third-quarter revenue rose 17.3% year over year to $262.96 million, topping analysts’ $261.37 million estimate. Quarterly results
• Neutral Sentiment: Coverage highlighted Workiva’s AI expansion, while noting moderating business tailwinds; the available reports do not quantify the potential financial contribution from AI. Q3 deep dive
• Negative Sentiment: Q3 EPS was $0.72, below the roughly $0.79–$0.80 consensus, despite increasing from $0.55 a year earlier. The earnings shortfall is a likely drag on sentiment. Q3 earnings miss
• Negative Sentiment: Workiva’s Q4 EPS outlook of $0.78–$0.80 is below the $0.92 consensus, and its $275 million–$278 million revenue range is just shy of the $278.1 million estimate. Full-year EPS guidance of $2.80–$2.83 also trails the $2.95 consensus, putting the outlook at the center of investor concern. Why shares are falling

Workiva Company Profile

Workiva Inc (NYSE: WK) provides cloud-based software designed to help organizations manage reporting, compliance, risk and other complex business processes. Its platform connects financial, operational and environmental, social and governance (ESG) data so teams can collaborate on information used for internal and external reporting.

The company’s products support financial reporting, regulatory filings, audit and compliance workflows, investor communications, and sustainability reporting.