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Workiva (WK) earnings and revenue breakdown

Latest: Q3 2026 · 10-Q filed Nov 5, 2026 · Workiva (WK) Q3 2026 earnings results →

Q3 2026 Revenue up 17% year over year to $263M · 7¢ of every $1 of revenue kept as net profit · operating margin 6.8%

Workiva made $263M in Q3 2026 (+17% Y/Y): Subscription and support $246M, Professional services $16.8M. Operating margin 6.8%, net earnings $19.1M. See where every dollar goes — costs, profit and cash — as a Sankey from the 10-Q filed Nov 5, 2026.

Revenue$263M
Year over year+17%
Operating margin6.8%
Net earnings$19.1M
Operating cash flow$69.5M

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What changed this quarter

Revenue was $263.0M in Q3 2026, up 17% year over year and up 3% from the previous quarter. Subscription and support was the largest line at 94% of revenue. Subscription and support added $36.6M year over year (up 17%), 94% of the total change.

Gross margin was 81.1%, up 1.8 points from Q3 2025. Operating profit was $17.8M, a 6.8% margin (up 8.3 points year over year). Operating expenses grew 8% against revenue growth of 17%. The fastest-growing cost line was Research & development (+12%). Net earnings were $19.1M, up 586% year over year. The effective tax rate was 14.3%. Non-operating items added $4.5M, 20% of pre-tax earnings, so the bottom line overstates operating performance.

Operating cash flow was $69.5M (up 51% year over year), 364% of net earnings. Non-cash charges added back $2.4M of depreciation and amortization and $28.9M of share-based compensation. Working capital and other items added $19.2M. After purchase of property and equipment ($831K), free cash flow as the company reports it was $68.7M.

Quarterly history

Workiva revenue by quarterWorkiva revenue by quarter$206MQ1 2025$215MQ2 2025$224MQ3 2025$239MQ4 2025$247MQ1 2026$255MQ2 2026$263MQ3 2026
Workiva net earnings by quarterWorkiva net earnings by quarter−$21.4MQ1 2025−$19.4MQ2 2025$2.8MQ3 2025$11.8MQ4 2025$19.0MQ1 2026$13.4MQ2 2026$19.1MQ3 2026
QuarterFormFiledRevenueY/YOp. marginNet earningsOp. cash flow
Q3 202610-QNov 5, 2026$263M+17%6.8%$19.1M$69.5M
Q2 202610-QAug 4, 2026$255M+19%4.6%$13.4M$78.3M
Q1 202610-QMay 5, 2026$247M+20%6.2%$19.0M$26.5M
Q4 202510-KFeb 19, 2026$239M+20%3.3%$11.8M$51.0M
Q3 202510-QNov 5, 2025$224M+21%-1.5%$2.8M$46.2M
Q2 202510-QJul 31, 2025$215M+21%-10.3%−$19.4M$50.3M
Q1 202510-QMay 1, 2025$206M+17%-12.0%−$21.4M−$7.4M

Charts

Workiva: revenue growth, year over year and quarter over quarterWorkiva: revenue growth, year over year and quarter over quarterY/YQ/Q+17%Q1 2025+21%+4%Q2 2025+21%+4%Q3 2025+20%+7%Q4 2025+20%+4%Q1 2026+19%+3%Q2 2026+17%+3%Q3 2026
Latest (Q3 2026): Y/Y +17%, Q/Q +3%.
Workiva: where the cash came from (+) and went (−), TTM to Q3 2026Workiva: where the cash came from (+) and went (−), TTM to Q3 2026Operating cash flow$225MBuybacks−$185MNet borrowing (+) / repaid (−)−$71.8MOther investing$55.5MTaxes on employees’ shares−$19.8MCash drawn (+) / kept (−)−$17.9MOther financing$14.3MShares issued$6.1MExchange rates−$3.5MCapital spending−$2.1MAcquisitions−$750K
From the cash-flow statement as filed (SEC XBRL). Cash is fungible: the bars do not say which dollar paid for what.
Workiva: profit against cash, quarter by quarterWorkiva: profit against cash, quarter by quarterNet incomeOperating cash flow−$8.8M$44.0MQ4 2024−$21.4M−$7.4MQ1 2025−$19.4M$50.3MQ2 2025$2.8M$46.2MQ3 2025$11.8M$51.0MQ4 2025$19.0M$26.5MQ1 2026$13.4M$78.3MQ2 2026$19.1M$69.5MQ3 2026
Latest (Q3 2026): Net income $19.1M, Operating cash flow $69.5M.
Workiva: diluted shares by fiscal yearWorkiva: diluted shares by fiscal year48MFY202051MFY202153MFY202254MFY202355MFY202456MFY2025
+16.1% since FY2020: more shares outstanding (issuance, stock pay).
Workiva in its industry: growth against margin (192 companies, SIC 7372)Workiva in its industry: growth against margin (192 companies, SIC 7372)revenue growth, year over year →↑ operating marginmedian +12%median 0%MSFTORCLCRMADBEXYZINTUNOWSHOPCRWVSNPSPLTRADSKElectronic Arts Inc.TEAMSSNCCDNSRBLXTWLOSNOWTTWOCRWDGENDDOGHUBSVEEVDOCUOKTANETMDBNTNXPTCTYLDBXUDTPAYCMBLYESTCPCTYZETARBRKACIWBSYGWREPATHPCORTDCOCTVFIGKVYOCOURBILLBOXCVLTDUOLSAILGTMMANHLIMEAPPFCCCYOUTTANBLKBSGTLBALRMTENBPRGSFRSHAPPNBANDNAVNBRZEQTWONTSKASANCXMVERXRPDSPSCBLFSLYVRNSQLYSFROGMQBBINTANCNOEVCMNABLVIAALKTAVPTSPTPDGDYNXPERAMPLDDDSKILCERTCCSICMRCMKTWHUCKCRNCPDFSWEAVSOUNINSEXZODHIIIVLiveperson IncAIMRDNMYPSUPLDKLTRBLZELAWDRTTFBBAIMAPSCCLDEXFYRDVTSSTIEGANNTWKRCATSNALFDCTSVCOMCHXAEYEZDGEADBTWFCFAISPDUOTIDNPDYNQUBTZSPCROCFATNAWRESMSIINLXBLINMSGMGEGSEGGMYSZCXAIGXAIPARAAITXBKYICYABAPCXSPAIDSNYEXYNIDAIATDSIVDAVPRBSKKYUMEWAIFFAUIDGlobal Arena Holding, Inc.ATHRVIDAQXLLIVGUPYYFNGRSVMBTransparentBusiness, Inc.SWMRAMSTTransit Pro Tech Inc.PXLWDNKCDPLSGYGYWK (+17%, 7%)
Services-Prepackaged Software; dot size is quarterly revenue; dashed lines are the industry's medians.

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About Workiva

Workiva is a leading, AI-powered platform for trust, transparency, and accountability. Accounting, finance, sustainability, risk, and audit teams worldwide rely on Workiva for their mission-critical work. We build solutions that unite data, processes and people across our customers’ critical business operations within the only unified software-as-a-service (“SaaS”) platform that brings customers’ financial reporting, sustainability management, and governance, risk, and compliance (“GRC”) data together in one controlled, secure, audit-ready platform.

In its own words, from its 10-K, filed Feb 19, 2026.

Workiva against its Services-Prepackaged Software peers

The largest companies of the same SEC industry, each at its latest quarter. Revenue growth: +17% against the peers' median +17%. Operating margin: 6.8% against the peers' median 15.2%.

CompanyQuarterRevenueY/YOp. margin
WK WorkivaQ3 2026$263M+17%6.8%
MSFT MicrosoftQ1 FY27$92.3B+19%49.8%
ORCL OracleQ1 FY27$19.3B+30%34.8%
CRM SalesforceQ2 FY27$11.3B+11%20.5%
ADBE AdobeQ3 FY26$6.8B+13%34.8%
XYZ BlockQ3 2026$6.7B+10%6.4%
INTU IntuitQ4 FY26$4.4B+14%10.9%
NOW ServiceNowQ3 2026$4.1B+20%9.4%
SHOP ShopifyQ3 2026$3.7B+32%15.2%

Source: Workiva 10-Q on SEC EDGAR · CIK 1445305 · Services-Prepackaged Software

Guidance and outlook

Workiva Revenue: guidance against what was reportedWorkiva Revenue: guidance against what was reportedguided rangereported (above / within / below)Q3 2025$224MFY2025$885MQ4 2025$239MFY2026Q1 2026$247MQ2 2026$255MQ3 2026$263MQ4 2026
Met or beat 9 of 9 guided periods. Grey: the last range guided before the figures came out; dot: the reported figure.
Workiva GAAP operating margin: guidance against what was reportedWorkiva GAAP operating margin: guidance against what was reportedguided rangereported (above / within / below)Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 20253.3%FY2026Q1 20266.2%Q2 20264.6%Q3 20266.8%Q4 2026
Met or beat 4 of 4 guided periods. Grey: the last range guided before the figures came out; dot: the reported figure.
Workiva: what its forward-looking statements are about (10-Q filed 2026-11-05)Workiva: what its forward-looking statements are about (10-Q filed 2026-11-05)Demand8Buybacks & dividends2Legal & regulation1Capital spending1
12 statements; tone +0.25 (−1 all cautious, +1 all confident); 2 hedged.
Workiva: outlook statements against the filing beforeWorkiva: outlook statements against the filing beforeConfident4Cautious1

13F: who owns WK and who is buying

Largest holders of WK (13F)Largest holders of WK (13F)Vanguard Group$540MBlackRock$267MVanguard Portfolio Management LLC$196MJericho Capital Asset Management …$169MHotchkis & Wiley Capital Manageme…$125MVanguard Capital Management LLC$111MFMR LLC$82.3MState Street$71.6MArrowstreet Capital, Limited Part…$68.9MGeode Capital Management, LLC$62.8M
Funds' net buying of WK by quarter (13F)Funds' net buying of WK by quarter (13F)−$132M2024-09−$70.0M2024-12$47.4M2025-03−$33.4M2025-06$197M2025-09$147M2025-12−$112M2026-03$44.6M2026-06
Value of shares 13F filers added minus the value they sold, each quarter (quarters with most filings in).

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