Workday (WDAY) Received its Third Buy in a Row


After Goldman Sachs and Mizuho Securities gave Workday (NASDAQ: WDAY) a Buy rating last month, the company received another Buy, this time from Canaccord Genuity. Analyst Richard Davis maintained a Buy rating on Workday yesterday and set a price target of $215.00. The company’s shares closed last Monday at $171.20.

According to TipRanks.com, Davis is a top 25 analyst with an average return of 44.6% and a 84.2% success rate. Davis covers the Technology sector, focusing on stocks such as Bill.com Holdings, Upland Software, and Sprout Social.

The word on The Street in general, suggests a Moderate Buy analyst consensus rating for Workday with a $213.41 average price target, which is a 26.3% upside from current levels. In a report issued on February 14, Mizuho Securities also maintained a Buy rating on the stock with a $225.00 price target.

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Based on Workday’s latest earnings release for the quarter ending January 31, the company reported a quarterly GAAP net loss of $128 million. In comparison, last year the company had a GAAP net loss of $104 million.

Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 89 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is positive on the stock. This means that over the past quarter there has been an increase of insiders buying their shares of WDAY in relation to earlier this year.

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Workday, Inc. engages in the development of enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources. It delivers financial management, human capital management, and analytics applications designed for companies, educational institutions, and government agencies.

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