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title: "Workday stock is downgraded after buyout report as growth expectations are 'too optimistic'"
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description: "Wall Street is hitting the pause button on Workday after shares rose sharply higher on report of a posisble private-equity takeover."
datetime: "2026-08-17T12:18:41.000Z"
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# Workday stock is downgraded after buyout report as growth expectations are 'too optimistic'

Wall Street is hitting the pause button on Workday after shares rose sharply higher on report of a posisble private-equity takeover.

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