Shares of Workday Inc (WDAY) are trading 7% higher at a price of $172.99 at the time of this writing. Shares of the stock are quickly outshining other names in the space on what is turning out to be a slightly glum day for the Information Technology sector.
- Maintained full-year subscription revenue guidance between $5.54B and $5.56B, above the average analyst estimates.
- Piper Sandler increased its price target from $175 to $211, while Brent Scowcroft raised his target from $190 to $220
- Analysts see Workday's strong second quarter continuing into the third quarter and full year
Workday Inc has been trading between a 52-week high of $307.81 and a 52-week low of $134.1. The stock has a market cap of $3.29 Billion.
Workday, Inc., is an American on-demand financial management and human capital management software vendor. Workday was founded by David Duffield, founder and former CEO of ERP company PeopleSoft, and former PeopleSoft chief strategist Aneel Bhusri following Oracle's hostile takeover of PeopleSoft in 2005.
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As you can imagine, the internet had a few things to say about the price move. Here's a few choice comments from the Reddit Traderverse™:Tycrist8 - 7 upvotes -
sourceIts a W day if you bought WDAY calls
Own_Tackle4514 - 5 upvotes -
sourceWell AFRM calls ...1k down the drain but hoping these 2 175c 9/2 on wday make that back
EnginrA - 2 upvotes -
sourceAnyone playing WDAY earnings
Several_Opinion7736 - 2 upvotes -
sourceomggg wish i bought more WDAY😩😩
TrophyWifeAspiration - 2 upvotes -
sourceOh damn WDAY! Almost shorted but felt weird about it being so low 😅
EnginrA - 2 upvotes -
sourceWDAY crushed it
MarcoPolooooo - 2 upvotes -
sourceHow much is my 160c for wday tomorrow gonna be worth?
Several_Opinion7736 - 1 upvotes -
sourcefuck bitches get money WDAY to the mf moon
Tycrist8 - 1 upvotes -
sourceWDAY and AFRM calls got crushed with NVDA calls cant be wrong 3 times in a row right?
Tycrist8 - 1 upvotes -
sourceI had a feeling in my loins about WDAY