Nov 28 (Reuters) - Workday (WDAY.O) raised its annual subscription revenue forecast and beat estimates for quarterly profit and revenue on Tuesday, benefiting from an easing macro environment and strong demand for its cloud-based software services.
Shares of the Pleasanton, California-based company rose 3.2% in extended trading.
The company now expects full-year subscription revenue of $6.598 billion, compared with its previous expectation of $6.570 billion to $6.590 billion.
The company reported third-quarter total revenue of $1.87 billion, higher than analysts' estimates of $1.85 billion, according to LSEG data.
Workday's subscription revenue rose 18.1% to $1.69 billion.
Persons:
Carl Eschenbach, Zaheer Kachwala, Maju Samuel
Organizations:
ADP, Accenture, Thomson
Locations:
Pleasanton , California, Bengaluru