Workiva (NYSE:WK) Announces FY 2026 Earnings Guidance

Workiva (NYSE:WK) updated its FY 2026 earnings guidance on Friday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 2.800-2.830 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 2.950. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.0 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.0 billion. Workiva also updated its Q4 2026 guidance to 0.780-0.800 EPS.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

WK has been the topic of several analyst reports. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Workiva from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday. UBS Group set a $70.00 price objective on shares of Workiva in a research note on Wednesday, August 5th. Robert W. Baird increased their target price on shares of Workiva from $95.00 to $105.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, September 16th. Zacks Research cut shares of Workiva from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, October 5th. Finally, Weiss Ratings cut Workiva from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a report on Tuesday. Nine research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, one has given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Workiva currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $87.00.

Workiva Stock Performance

NYSE WK opened at $72.83 on Friday. Workiva has a 52-week low of $43.34 and a 52-week high of $95.00. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $75.83 and its 200-day moving average price is $63.07. The company has a market cap of $4.09 billion, a PE ratio of 65.03 and a beta of 0.46.

Workiva (NYSE:WK) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November 5th. The software maker reported $0.72 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.80 by ($0.08). The business had revenue of $262.96 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $261.37 million. Workiva had a negative return on equity of 140.17% and a net margin of 4.87%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 17.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.55 EPS. On average, analysts forecast that Workiva will post 1.31 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Workiva news, EVP Brandon Ziegler sold 6,571 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, August 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $75.97, for a total value of $499,198.87. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 126,216 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $9,588,629.52. This trade represents a 4.95% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Company insiders own 4.77% of the company’s stock.

Key Headlines Impacting Workiva

Here are the key news stories impacting Workiva this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Third-quarter revenue rose 17.3% year over year to $262.96 million, topping analysts’ $261.37 million estimate. Quarterly results
• Neutral Sentiment: Coverage highlighted Workiva’s AI expansion, while noting moderating business tailwinds; the available reports do not quantify the potential financial contribution from AI. Q3 deep dive
• Negative Sentiment: Q3 EPS was $0.72, below the roughly $0.79–$0.80 consensus, despite increasing from $0.55 a year earlier. The earnings shortfall is a likely drag on sentiment. Q3 earnings miss
• Negative Sentiment: Workiva’s Q4 EPS outlook of $0.78–$0.80 is below the $0.92 consensus, and its $275 million–$278 million revenue range is just shy of the $278.1 million estimate. Full-year EPS guidance of $2.80–$2.83 also trails the $2.95 consensus, putting the outlook at the center of investor concern. Why shares are falling

About Workiva

Workiva Inc (NYSE: WK) provides cloud-based software designed to help organizations manage reporting, compliance, risk and other complex business processes. Its platform connects financial, operational and environmental, social and governance (ESG) data so teams can collaborate on information used for internal and external reporting.

The company’s products support financial reporting, regulatory filings, audit and compliance workflows, investor communications, and sustainability reporting.