Workday Inc Stock Price, News & Analysis

Workday (NASDAQ: WDAY) was named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud ERP Finance on October 27, 2025, and was positioned highest for Ability to Execute and furthest for Completeness of Vision.

Workday highlights its intelligent data core and Workday Illuminate™ as drivers for finance transformation, listing customer examples and agentic AI solutions (Contract Intelligence Agent, Revenue Contract Agent, Financial Audit Agent, Financial Close Agent, Financial Test Agent) to speed processes and support decision-making.

Infosys (NYSE: INFY) announced on October 29, 2025 a strategic collaboration with Metro Bank and Workday (NASDAQ: WDAY) to modernize Metro Bank's finance operations.

Infosys and Workday will transition Metro Bank from legacy systems to a unified, cloud-native platform by implementing Workday Financial Management, Workday Accounting Center, Workday Spend Management, and Workday Prism Analytics to centralize financial data, automate functions, accelerate close and reporting, and strengthen governance and audit trails.

The partnership aims to improve agility, decision-making, employee self-service, and support Metro Bank's long-term growth and scalability.

Workday (NASDAQ: WDAY) announced a new Custom AI Model Library for its Contract Intelligence Agent, powered by Evisort, on October 22, 2025. The library includes more than 120 pre-built AI models trained to identify clauses, risks, line items, and terms across HR, Finance, Legal, IT, and Sales.

Models are pre-trained and deployable immediately, with optional no-code refinement via customer feedback. Capabilities highlighted include clause summarization, financial-data extraction, privacy/security term analysis, lease-term extraction, and sales-agreement insights that can be shared with CRMs.

Workday (NASDAQ: WDAY) was named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud ERP for Service-Centric Enterprises for the fourth consecutive year on October 15, 2025.

The company highlighted its suite—Workday Financial Management, HCM, Adaptive Planning, Spend Management—and Workday Illuminate™ agentic AI capabilities, noting insight from more than a trillion transactions annually and customer examples including Intermountain Health, Iowa State University, Seattle Children's Hospital, and Valvoline. Workday was also the only vendor to receive the Customers' Choice distinction in Gartner Peer Insights for this market.

Workday (NASDAQ: WDAY) announced that more than 650 institutions across 19 countries have selected its AI-powered HCM, Financial Management, and Student solutions as of Oct 15, 2025. Workday Student now has 85 live customers supporting 3 million student records and over 140 customers representing 190 institutions globally. The release highlights new U.S. wins (Loyola University Chicago, Macalester, Swarthmore) and global go-lives (University of Melbourne, Auckland, Hull).

Workday emphasized AI agents for transcript and credit evaluations, Data Cloud integrations, and cited research showing institutional demand to improve retention, streamline operations, and unify academic, HR, and financial data. Workday was named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Higher Education SIS SaaS.

Workday (NASDAQ: WDAY) has completed its acquisition of Paradox, a conversational AI platform specializing in candidate experience and recruitment automation. The integration creates a comprehensive AI-powered talent acquisition suite combining Workday Recruiting, HiredScore, and Paradox capabilities.

The Workday Paradox Candidate Experience Agent is now available, offering 24/7 AI-driven support for recruitment processes, including instant responses, self-scheduling, and interview coordination. This solution particularly targets frontline and high-volume hiring needs, aiming to streamline the hiring process while maintaining a human-centered approach.

The acquisition strengthens Workday's AI agent portfolio, creating a unified platform that combines smart talent discovery, engaging candidate conversations, and seamless hiring and onboarding processes.

Elliott Investment Management has announced a significant $2 billion investment in Workday Inc. (NASDAQ: WDAY), making it one of the company's largest investors. Elliott expressed strong confidence in Workday's leadership team, including CEO Carl Eschenbach and CFO Zane Rowe.

The investment firm praised Workday's recent progress, highlighting its position as a unique software franchise with industry-leading growth potential and best-in-class customer retention. Elliott also endorsed Workday's newly announced multi-year plan presented at their Financial Analyst Day, stating it will enhance the company's operating model and capital allocation framework.

Workday (NASDAQ:WDAY) has announced a strategic partnership with Microsoft to enhance enterprise AI agent management. The collaboration integrates Workday's Agent System of Record (ASOR) with Microsoft Entra Agent ID, enabling organizations to securely manage AI agents built using Microsoft Azure AI Foundry and Copilot Studio.

The partnership offers four key benefits: seamless agent registration across platforms, actionable analytics for ROI measurement, enhanced human-agent collaboration through interoperability, and robust governance and security features. This integration aims to help organizations better manage their AI workforce while maintaining security and operational efficiency.

Workday (NASDAQ:WDAY) announced a significant expansion of its Agent Partner Network, with over 15 Workday Ventures portfolio companies joining the ecosystem. The network, which has grown more than 4X since its June launch to over 50 partners, connects AI agents to Workday's Agent System of Record (ASOR).

The company introduced several new AI agents available in the Workday Marketplace, including solutions from partners like Aisera, Auditoria.AI, and Censia. These agents focus on automating tasks across HR, finance, and workplace productivity. The ASOR platform provides governance and security frameworks to ensure AI agents operate responsibly within enterprise environments.