On June 2, Workday fell 5.11% in pre-market trading, trading at approximately $149.69/share, with trading volume of $1.5626 million.
On the news front, BofA Securities reinstated coverage of Workday with a neutral rating and a $140 target price, notably below the current stock price. The brokerage highlighted value compression risks tied to seat-based monetization pressures, stemming from enterprise headcount rationalization, AI agent-based pricing models disrupting traditional per-seat fees, and potential issues with contract pricing and duration. BofA noted that while Workday remains highly resilient and embedded, it is increasingly defending market share rather than gaining it, with limited near-term catalysts.
The decline also coincided with broad weakness across the Application Software sector. Among sector peers, Salesforce fell 3.9%, Datadog declined 3.31%, Strategy dropped 3.43%, and Palantir Technologies lost 2.86%. The selloff partially reverses gains Workday had accumulated following its Q1 earnings beat, which showed revenue of $2.54 billion (up 13.5% YoY) and adjusted EPS of $2.66 versus expectations of $2.51.
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