DAY vs. CDAY, GWRE, PCTY, CYBR, PAYC, TWLO, MNDY, GTLB, APPF, and INFA
Should you be buying Dayforce stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dayforce include Ceridian HCM (CDAY), Guidewire Software (GWRE), Paylocity (PCTY), CyberArk Software (CYBR), Paycom Software (PAYC), Twilio (TWLO), monday.com (MNDY), GitLab (GTLB), AppFolio (APPF), and Informatica (INFA). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Dayforce (NYSE:DAY) and Ceridian HCM (NYSE:CDAY) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Dayforce had 5 more articles in the media than Ceridian HCM. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Dayforce and 2 mentions for Ceridian HCM. Ceridian HCM's average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat Dayforce's score of 0.53 indicating that Ceridian HCM is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Dayforce has higher revenue and earnings than Ceridian HCM. Dayforce is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ceridian HCM, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Dayforce has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ceridian HCM has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Dayforce has a net margin of 3.30% compared to Ceridian HCM's net margin of 0.28%. Dayforce's return on equity of 5.38% beat Ceridian HCM's return on equity.
Dayforce presently has a consensus price target of $72.50, suggesting a potential upside of 33.81%. Ceridian HCM has a consensus price target of $76.80, suggesting a potential upside of 36.75%. Given Ceridian HCM's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ceridian HCM is more favorable than Dayforce.
Ceridian HCM received 296 more outperform votes than Dayforce when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.55% of users gave Ceridian HCM an outperform vote while only 45.45% of users gave Dayforce an outperform vote.
Summary
Dayforce and Ceridian HCM tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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