Workiva (NYSE:WK) Releases Q4 2026 Earnings Guidance

Workiva (NYSE:WK) issued an update on its fourth quarter 2026 earnings guidance on Friday morning. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 0.780-0.800 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 0.920. The company issued revenue guidance of $275.0 million-$278.0 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $278.1 million. Workiva also updated its FY 2026 guidance to 2.800-2.830 EPS.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

WK has been the subject of several recent research reports. Robert W. Baird boosted their price target on Workiva from $95.00 to $105.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, September 16th. Weiss Ratings cut Workiva from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Stifel Nicolaus set a $95.00 price objective on Workiva in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. UBS Group set a $70.00 target price on shares of Workiva in a research report on Wednesday, August 5th. Finally, Citigroup reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Workiva in a research report on Thursday, August 6th. Nine investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, one has issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Workiva currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $87.00.

Workiva Trading Down 14.8%

Shares of NYSE WK opened at $72.83 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $4.09 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 65.03 and a beta of 0.46. Workiva has a 12 month low of $43.34 and a 12 month high of $95.00. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $75.83 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $63.07.

Workiva (NYSE:WK) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November 5th. The software maker reported $0.72 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.80 by ($0.08). Workiva had a net margin of 6.31% and a negative return on equity of 159.20%. The firm had revenue of $262.96 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $261.37 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.55 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was up 17.3% on a year-over-year basis. On average, sell-side analysts predict that Workiva will post 1.31 earnings per share for the current year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, EVP Brandon Ziegler sold 6,571 shares of Workiva stock in a transaction on Thursday, August 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $75.97, for a total transaction of $499,198.87. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president 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 sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Corporate insiders own 4.77% of the company’s stock.

Key Workiva News

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.