Workday Inc Stock Price, News & Analysis

Workday (NASDAQ: WDAY) has announced a strategic partnership with Benepass, making the spending accounts administrator a Workday Wellness partner for financial benefits. The integration will be powered by Benepass Connect, enabling real-time connectivity and automation for various spending accounts including lifestyle, wellness, tuition reimbursement, commuter, FSA, and HSA.

Benepass currently supports over 400,000 users across 80+ countries, managing $500 million in employee benefits. The partnership aims to streamline benefits administration, provide real-time insights, and enhance employee engagement through Workday's AI-powered wellness solution.

Chime (NASDAQ: CHYM) has announced a strategic partnership with Workday (NASDAQ: WDAY) to integrate Chime Workplace™, its comprehensive financial wellness solution, with Workday Wellness platform. This integration will enable Workday customers to offer their employees access to Chime's financial tools through their existing HR systems.

The partnership aims to make financial wellness a core component of employee benefits, providing tools for money management, savings, and credit building. Chime, with over 8.7 million members, reports that 97% of its members have experienced improvement in at least one aspect of financial progress. Employers will benefit from real-time insights into their workforce's financial well-being through the Chime Workplace dashboard.

Workday (NASDAQ: WDAY) reported strong fiscal 2026 Q2 results with total revenues reaching $2.348 billion, up 12.6% year-over-year. Subscription revenues grew 14.0% to $2.169 billion. The company significantly improved profitability with operating income at $248 million (10.6% of revenues) and non-GAAP operating income of $680 million (29.0% of revenues).

The company announced the acquisition of Paradox, a conversational AI platform, and Flowise, a low-code AI platform. Following strong H1 performance and the Paradox acquisition, Workday raised its fiscal 2026 subscription revenue guidance to $8.815 billion (14.2% growth) and increased non-GAAP operating margin guidance to 29%.

Notable new customers include Banamex and Carrefour, while Google and Nationwide Insurance expanded their relationships. The company's customer community now represents over 75 million users under contract and more than 65% of the Fortune 500.

Workday (NASDAQ: WDAY) has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Paradox, an AI-powered candidate experience platform specializing in conversational AI for recruitment. Paradox has demonstrated impressive metrics, including over 189 million AI-assisted candidate conversations and achieving employee conversion rates exceeding 70%.

The strategic acquisition aims to enhance Workday's talent acquisition capabilities, particularly in high-volume frontline industries that employ nearly 3 billion workers globally. Paradox's technology has proven to reduce time-to-hire from 12 days to as low as 3.5 days, with Chipotle reporting a 75% reduction in their hiring timeline using the platform.

The transaction is expected to close in Q3 of Workday's fiscal year 2026, ending October 31, 2025, subject to regulatory approvals.

Workday (NASDAQ: WDAY) has selected DailyPay as its Strategic Partner for On-Demand Pay in the United States and Canada. This partnership builds upon their existing integration with Workday Human Capital Management (HCM) and Workday Payroll since 2023.

The collaboration aims to provide employees, particularly frontline and hourly workers, with real-time access to their earned wages. This initiative addresses a critical need, as more than 50% of U.S. workers live paycheck-to-paycheck, with businesses losing approximately $1 trillion annually in turnover costs.

The partnership focuses on enhancing employee financial well-being and aims to create a more resilient, engaged, and productive workforce by allowing workers to access their earnings on demand.

Workday (NASDAQ:WDAY) has announced the acquisition of Flowise, a low-code AI agent builder platform. Flowise's technology enables the creation of AI agents ranging from simple chatbots to complex automated workflows, with its platform processing millions of chats and garnering over 42,000 GitHub stars.

The acquisition aims to enhance Workday's AI capabilities by providing customers and partners with tools to build and deploy AI agents specifically for HR and finance applications. Flowise's platform features include visual building tools, debugging capabilities, analytics, and seamless integration across the AI ecosystem.

Key benefits include accelerated AI innovation for customers, enhanced customization and control over AI agents, and responsible AI development with enterprise-grade observability and security features.

Workday (NASDAQ: WDAY) has released new global research revealing key insights about AI adoption in the workplace. The study, titled "AI Agents Are Here—But Don't Call Them Boss," shows that while 75% of employees are comfortable working alongside AI, only 30% would accept being managed by AI agents.

The research highlights that 82% of organizations are expanding their use of AI agents, with trust levels increasing significantly with exposure. In the finance sector, 76% of workers believe AI agents will help address professional shortages, with top applications including forecasting, budgeting, financial reporting, and fraud detection.

However, concerns persist about AI implementation, with 48% of employees worried about increased pressure and decline in critical thinking, and 36% concerned about reduced human interaction.

Workday (NASDAQ:WDAY) has announced that its Workday Wellness solution has been named a Top HR Product of 2025 by HR Executive. The AI-powered platform connects employers with leading wellness providers and benefit carriers to optimize employee benefits programs.

The solution aims to help organizations gain insights into employee benefits preferences and usage while simplifying benefit discovery and engagement for employees across physical, mental, financial, and social well-being. Key partners include Benepass, Guardian, MetLife, Prudential, and other major carriers.

The award will be presented at the HR Icons Awards Evening during HR Tech 2025 on September 15, 2025, at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.

Workday (NASDAQ:WDAY) has announced the lineup for its annual flagship conference, Workday Rising 2025, scheduled for September 15-18 in San Francisco. The event will feature notable speakers including CEO Carl Eschenbach and renowned author Brené Brown, along with representatives from Microsoft and Instacart.

The conference will showcase innovations in finance, HR, and IT, with a focus on AI-powered solutions. Rock band Duran Duran will headline the Customer Appreciation Party. The event will include more than 175 partners, featuring major companies like Accenture, Deloitte, Amazon Web Services, and Google Cloud among its Titanium and Platinum sponsors.