Ceridian HCM (CDAY) Competitors

Ceridian HCM (NYSE:CDAY) and Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:EA) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CDAY or EA?

Electronic Arts received 1273 more outperform votes than Ceridian HCM when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.90% of users gave Electronic Arts an outperform vote while only 57.55% of users gave Ceridian HCM an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ceridian HCM	Outperform Votes 301 57.55%	Underperform Votes 222 42.45%
Electronic Arts	Outperform Votes 1574 73.90%	Underperform Votes 556 26.10%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in CDAY or EA?

90.2% of Electronic Arts shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.5% of Ceridian HCM shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Electronic Arts shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate CDAY or EA?

Electronic Arts has a consensus price target of $161.88, indicating a potential upside of 9.61%. Given Electronic Arts' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Electronic Arts is more favorable than Ceridian HCM.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ceridian HCM	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Electronic Arts	0 Sell rating(s)	15 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.46

Is CDAY or EA more profitable?

Electronic Arts has a net margin of 14.28% compared to Ceridian HCM's net margin of 0.28%. Electronic Arts' return on equity of 17.80% beat Ceridian HCM's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ceridian HCM	0.28%	2.03%	0.51%
Electronic Arts	14.28%	17.80%	10.04%

Which has better earnings & valuation, CDAY or EA?

Electronic Arts has higher revenue and earnings than Ceridian HCM. Electronic Arts is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ceridian HCM, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ceridian HCM	$1.45B	6.45	-$73.40M	$0.03	1,997.00
Electronic Arts	$7.46B	4.96	$1.27B	$4.24	34.83

Which has more volatility & risk, CDAY or EA?

Ceridian HCM has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Electronic Arts has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer CDAY or EA?

In the previous week, Electronic Arts had 18 more articles in the media than Ceridian HCM. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Electronic Arts and 1 mentions for Ceridian HCM. Electronic Arts' average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Ceridian HCM's score of 0.59 indicating that Electronic Arts is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ceridian HCM	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Electronic Arts	14 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Electronic Arts beats Ceridian HCM on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.