R&D expense · 2011–2025
Workday R&D expense
$2.7B+2.0% · FY2025
Workday (WDAY) reported $2.7B in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, +2.0% year on year.
| Fiscal year | R&D expense | Change | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY20252026-01-31 | $2.7B | +2.0% | Open → |
| FY20242025-01-31 | $2.6B | +6.6% | Open → |
| FY20232024-01-31 | $2.5B | +9.7% | Open → |
| FY20222023-01-31 | $2.2B | +19.6% | Open → |
| FY20212022-01-31 | $1.9B | +9.2% | Open → |
| FY20202021-01-31 | $1.7B | +11.1% | Open → |
| FY20192020-01-31 | $1.5B | +27.9% | Open → |
| FY20182019-01-31 | $1.2B | +33.1% | Open → |
| FY20172018-01-31 | $911M | +33.8% | Open → |
| FY20162017-01-31 | $681M | +44.8% | Open → |
| FY20152016-01-31 | $470M | +48.3% | Open → |
| FY20142015-01-31 | $317M | +74.0% | Open → |
| FY20132014-01-31 | $182M | +77.4% | Open → |
| FY20122013-01-31 | $103M | +65.6% | Open → |
| FY20112012-01-31 | $62.0M | — | Open → |
R&D expense — Research and development expense is what the company charged to R&D in the income statement for the year. Most companies report no R&D at all — the line is absent rather than zero — so this ranking covers the roughly 40% of filers that do.
Every row links to its own SEC filing · Fiscal year 2025 · Data as of September 25, 2026 · 2011–2025 compound annual growth +30.9%
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CompaniesRanked. (September 25, 2026). Workday R&D expense. CompaniesRanked. https://companiesranked.com/en/company/workday/research-and-development-expenseBibTeX
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}The filing itself
The numbers above are read from this document: 10-K · 0001327811-26-000014 · March 6, 2026
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