How to buy Workiva stock | 70.03

Workiva Inc is a software—application business based in the US. Workiva shares (WK) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Workiva employs 1,670 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$338 million.

How to buy shares in Workiva

1. Compare share trading platforms. If you're a beginner, look for a platform with low commissions, expert ratings and investment tools to track your portfolio. Narrow down top brands with our comparison table.
2. Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
3. Search for Workiva. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: WK. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
4. Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Workiva reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
5. Decide on how many to buy. At last close price of USD$70.03, weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of Workiva, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Workiva. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.

How has coronavirus impacted Workiva's share price?

Since the stock market crash in March caused by coronavirus, Workiva's share price has had significant positive movement.

Its last market close was USD$70.03, which is 32.73% up on its pre-crash value of USD$47.11 and 218.17% up on the lowest point reached during the March crash when the shares fell as low as USD$22.01.

If you had bought USD$1,000 worth of Workiva shares at the start of February 2020, those shares would have been worth USD$678.82 at the bottom of the March crash, and if you held on to them, then as of the last market close they'd be worth USD$1,516.85.

Workiva share price

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Workiva shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-11-26.

Latest market close	USD$70.03
52-week range	USD$22.01 - USD$76.22
50-day moving average	USD$62.9947
200-day moving average	USD$54.9924
Wall St. target price	USD$75
PE ratio	N/A
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$-0.767

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Workiva price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $70.03 from 2020-11-16

1 week (2020-11-19)	N/A
1 month (2020-10-30)	26.61%
3 months (2020-08-26)	N/A
6 months (2020-05-26)	N/A

1 year (2019-11-26)	N/A
2 years (2018-11-26)	N/A
3 years (2017-11-26)	N/A
5 years (2015-11-26)	N/A

Workiva financials

Revenue TTM	USD$338 million
Gross profit TTM	USD$212.9 million
Return on assets TTM	-4.51%
Return on equity TTM	-76.38%
Profit margin	-16.91%
Book value	$1.652
Market capitalisation	USD$3.7 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Workiva shares

There are currently 2.7 million Workiva shares held short by investors – that's known as Workiva's "short interest". This figure is 13.7% up from 2.4 million last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Workiva shares can be evaluated.

Workiva's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Workiva's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Workiva shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Workiva shares traded daily (recently around 311929.14285714). Workiva's SIR currently stands at 8.75. In other words for every 100,000 Workiva shares traded daily on the market, roughly 8750 shares are currently held short.

However Workiva's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Workiva shares, or, against the total number of tradable Workiva shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Workiva's short interest could be expressed as 0.06% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Workiva shares in existence, roughly 60 shares are currently held short) or 0.0864% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Workiva shares, roughly 86 shares are currently held short).

A SIR below 10% would generally be considered to indicate a fairly optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Workiva.

Find out more about how you can short Workiva stock.

Workiva share dividends

We're not expecting Workiva to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Workiva share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Workiva's shares have ranged in value from as little as $22.01 up to $76.22. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Workiva's is 1.2948. This would suggest that Workiva's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Workiva overview

Workiva Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides connected reporting and compliance platform worldwide. The company offers Workiva platform that offers controlled collaboration, data linking, data integrations, granular permissions, process management, and full audit trail services; and Wdata, which includes data integration and preparation tools that enables customers to connect data from enterprise resource planning, governance risk and compliance, and customer relationship management platforms, as well as from other third-party cloud and on-premise systems. It serves public and private companies, government agencies, and higher-education institutions. Workiva Inc. was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Ames, Iowa.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Workiva is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 9.342% of Workiva shares are held by insiders and 84.519% by institutions.

• How many people work for Workiva?

  Latest data suggests 1,670 work at Workiva.

• When does the fiscal year end for Workiva?

  Workiva's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Workiva based?

  Workiva's address is: 2900 University Boulevard, Ames, IA, United States, 50010

• What is Workiva's ISIN number?

  Workiva's international securities identification number is: US98139A1051

• What is Workiva's CUSIP number?

  Workiva's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 98139A105