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Workday Inc Class A / Equity Capital Markets

<ul><li>Workday produced strong Q4 results and delivered an all-around beat with a decent performance in key operating measures and a 22% increase in subscription revenue for the quarter and the entire fiscal year.</li><li>While Talent Optimization is Workday's fastest-growing SKU with an attach rate on new transactions of more than 85% in fiscal year 2023, approximately 50% of all active Workday HCM customers currently use Workday Skills Cloud.</li><li>The company intends to boost margin expansion in fiscal 2024 while returning to a 20% plus subscription revenue growth when the environment recovers.</li></ul>

Workday produced strong Q4 results and delivered an all-around beat with a decent performance in key operating measures and a 22% increase in subscription revenue for the quarter and the entire fiscal year.While Talent Optimization is Workday's fastest-growing SKU with an attach rate on new transactions of more than 85% in fiscal year 2023, approximately 50% of all active Workday HCM customers currently use Workday Skills Cloud.The company intends to boost margin expansion in fiscal 2024 while returning to a 20% plus subscription revenue growth when the environment recovers.

TMT & Consumer Independent Equity Research Analyst, Obex Capital Research

Aaron Gabin

TMT & Consumer Independent Equity Research Analyst

TMT & Consumer Independent Equity Research

Obex Capital Research

“Obex” is Latin for Barriers to Entry. Obex Capital Management’s investment philosophy is driven by an intense focus on which business model’s Barriers to Entry are able to withstand the ever increasing competitive disruption in the TMT and Consumer Sectors.

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Adobe is down 42% in 2022, and down 22% relative to the S&amp;P. </li>
<li>Valuation has been cut in half, and investors have voiced concerns and skepticism about its (incredibly) expensive acquisition of Figma in September.</li>
<li>Adobe remains better positioned than most large cap software peers as it maintained its guidance from October Analyst Day, highlighting the secular tide behind digital transformation efforts remains strong. </li>
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Adobe is down 42% in 2022, and down 22% relative to the S&amp;P. 
Valuation has been cut in half, and investors have voiced concerns and skepticism about its (incredibly) expensive acquisition of Figma in September.
Adobe remains better positioned than most large cap software peers as it maintained its guidance from October Analyst Day, highlighting the secular tide behind digital transformation efforts remains strong. 


IPOs and Catalysts/Events, Global Equity Research Ltd

Arun George

IPOs and Catalysts/Events

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Global Equity Research Ltd

Global Equity Research was started in 2017 by a group of experienced research professionals. It was founded on a passionate belief in the importance and the need for uncompromised, independent, conflict-free research. We aim to provide differentiated and actionable primary and bottom up fundamental research.

Event-Driven

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<li>The IE considers K1’s A$4.85 offer for <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/elmo-software-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:24342:1" rel="noopener">Elmo Software (ELO AU)</a> to be fair and reasonable as it is towards the high end of its valuation range of A$4.39-4.98.</li>
<li>K1 has received FIRB and US antitrust approval. The remaining key conditions are shareholders and court approval.</li>
<li>This is a done deal. At the last close price and for the 23 February 2023 payment, the gross and annualised spread is 1.9% and 10.9%, respectively.</li>
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The IE considers K1’s A$4.85 offer for Elmo Software (ELO AU) to be fair and reasonable as it is towards the high end of its valuation range of A$4.39-4.98.
K1 has received FIRB and US antitrust approval. The remaining key conditions are shareholders and court approval.
This is a done deal. At the last close price and for the 23 February 2023 payment, the gross and annualised spread is 1.9% and 10.9%, respectively.


Elmo Software (ELO AU)’s Scheme Meeting on 30 January

<ul><li>Workday delivered another solid quarter and managed an all around beat.</li><li>The company’s APA won over a number of clients, including Trip.com, Fletcher Building, Bank of Queensland, and a pharmaceutical company.</li><li>During the quarter, they also disclosed their collaboration with KPMG to launch Industry Accelerators in two important corporations, including banking and healthcare, based on their Industry Accelerator program.</li></ul>

Workday delivered another solid quarter and managed an all around beat.The company’s APA won over a number of clients, including Trip.com, Fletcher Building, Bank of Queensland, and a pharmaceutical company.During the quarter, they also disclosed their collaboration with KPMG to launch Industry Accelerators in two important corporations, including banking and healthcare, based on their Industry Accelerator program.

Workday Inc: Cloud Transition Collaboration With KPMG & Other Drivers

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<li>Snowflake guided below consensus for 4Q2023 revenue growth on a mix of macro conservatism and a quirky point that more vacation travel will reduce the amount of workloads run.</li>
<li>Margins continue to beat to the upside and management is guiding FY2024 FCF marginst to 23%, just 2pts below the LT guidance.</li>
<li>Very conservative management team also guided for a stabilization in revenue growth for FY2024 at 47%, a bit below consensus, but better than feared given the earnings reports recently.</li>
</ul>


Snowflake guided below consensus for 4Q2023 revenue growth on a mix of macro conservatism and a quirky point that more vacation travel will reduce the amount of workloads run.
Margins continue to beat to the upside and management is guiding FY2024 FCF marginst to 23%, just 2pts below the LT guidance.
Very conservative management team also guided for a stabilization in revenue growth for FY2024 at 47%, a bit below consensus, but better than feared given the earnings reports recently.


Snowflake FY3Q23 Earnings: Stabilizing Growth in FY2024

United States

Workday, Inc. provides enterprise cloud-based applications. The Company offers human capital, spend, and financial management, as well as payroll, initiatives and higher education solutions. Workday serves the finance, healthcare, manufacturing, education, and technology industries worldwide.

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