On July 30, Workday fell 5.2% in regular trading, trading at $154.32/share, with turnover of $185 million. The decline reflects dual pressure from short-term profit-taking and a bearish analyst call.
Workday had surged approximately 19% over the prior three trading sessions, rallying from $141 to around $167, driven by a broad SaaS sector rotation out of semiconductor stocks. The rapid appreciation created significant near-term selling pressure. Meanwhile, Morgan Stanley downgraded Workday to Underweight from Equalweight on July 21, cutting its price target from $185 to $145, citing persistently slowing core business growth and noting that AI monetization remains in pilot phase with limited near-term revenue contribution.
The pullback was broad-based across the SaaS sector. Within the Application Software industry, Salesforce fell 5.43%, Adobe declined 5.97%, and Intuit dropped 6.58%, confirming a sector-wide reversal of prior gains.
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