Rep. Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. Purchases Shares of Workday, Inc. (NASDAQ:WDAY)

Posted by Defense World Staff on Oct 15th, 2025

Representative Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-California) recently bought shares of Workday, Inc. (NASDAQ:WDAY). In a filing disclosed on October 10th, the Representative disclosed that they had bought between $15,001 and $50,000 in Workday stock on September 22nd. The trade occurred in the Representative’s “150 MAIN STREET TRUST > BANK OF AMERICA” account.

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Sold $15,001 – $50,000 in shares of Fortive (NYSE:FTV) on 9/30/2025.
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Purchased $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of APi Group (NYSE:APG) on 9/30/2025.
Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of GoDaddy (NYSE:GDDY) on 9/30/2025.
Purchased $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of PTC (NASDAQ:PTC) on 9/30/2025.
Purchased $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of CoStar Group (NASDAQ:CSGP) on 9/30/2025.
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Workday Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ WDAY opened at $237.18 on Wednesday. Workday, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $205.33 and a fifty-two week high of $294.00. The stock has a market cap of $63.33 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 109.81, a PEG ratio of 2.95 and a beta of 1.10. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33, a quick ratio of 2.10 and a current ratio of 2.10. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $230.82 and its 200 day simple moving average is $236.81.

Workday (NASDAQ:WDAY – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 21st. The software maker reported $2.21 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.09 by $0.12. Workday had a net margin of 6.51% and a return on equity of 9.74%. The business had revenue of $2.35 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.34 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $1.75 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 12.6% compared to the same quarter last year. Workday has set its FY 2026 guidance at EPS. Q3 2026 guidance at EPS. As a group, research analysts anticipate that Workday, Inc. will post 2.63 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, insider Richard Harry Sauer sold 2,320 shares of Workday stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, October 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $235.87, for a total value of $547,218.40. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 90,077 shares in the company, valued at approximately $21,246,461.99. The trade was a 2.51% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, major shareholder David A. Duffield sold 78,564 shares of Workday stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, September 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $220.12, for a total transaction of $17,293,507.68. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 102,997 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $22,671,699.64. This represents a 43.27% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 264,933 shares of company stock worth $61,475,760 in the last three months. Insiders own 20.00% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Workday

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of WDAY. Rakuten Securities Inc. purchased a new position in Workday in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC grew its stake in Workday by 76.1% in the 1st quarter. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC now owns 125 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $28,000 after buying an additional 54 shares in the last quarter. Dagco Inc. purchased a new position in Workday in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $31,000. Berbice Capital Management LLC grew its stake in Workday by 136.4% in the 2nd quarter. Berbice Capital Management LLC now owns 130 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $31,000 after buying an additional 75 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Farmers & Merchants Investments Inc. purchased a new position in Workday in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $32,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 89.81% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities research analysts have commented on WDAY shares. Evercore ISI increased their price objective on shares of Workday from $275.00 to $300.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, September 17th. UBS Group set a $304.00 price objective on shares of Workday in a research note on Friday, August 22nd. Barclays increased their price objective on shares of Workday from $285.00 to $288.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, September 18th. Zacks Research upgraded shares of Workday from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, September 18th. Finally, DA Davidson increased their price objective on shares of Workday from $225.00 to $260.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Friday, September 19th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-three have assigned a Buy rating and nine have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Workday currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $287.83.

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About Representative Cisneros

Gil Cisneros (Democratic Party) is a member of the U.S. House, representing California’s 31st Congressional District. He assumed office on January 3, 2025. His current term ends on January 3, 2027.

Cisneros (Democratic Party) is running for re-election to the U.S. House to represent California’s 31st Congressional District. He declared candidacy for the 2026 election.

Gil Cisneros served in the U.S. Navy as a supply officer from 1994 to 2004. Cisneros earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from George Washington University in 1994, a master’s in business administration from Regis University in 2002, and a master’s degree in urban education policy from Brown University in 2015. His career experience includes working as a logistics manager for Frito-Lay. In 2010, Cisneros won the lottery and became involved in activism and philanthropy, founding a scholarship program for local high school students. In 2021, President Joe Biden (D) appointed Cisneros as under secretary of defense for personnel and readiness.

Workday Company Profile

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Workday, Inc provides enterprise cloud applications in the United States and internationally. Its applications help its customers to plan, execute, analyze, and extend to other applications and environments to manage their business and operations. The company offers a suite of financial management applications to maintain accounting information in the general ledger; manage financial processes, such as payables and receivables; identify real-time financial, operational, and management insights; enhance financial consolidation; reduce time-to-close; promote internal control and auditability; and achieve consistency across finance operations.