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Ceridian HCM (CDAY) Competitors

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$57.87 +0.52 (+0.91%)
As of 04/30/2025

CDAY vs. DDOG, HUBS, ANSS, CHKP, TYL, PTC, OKTA, NTNX, SSNC, and DUOL

Should you be buying Ceridian HCM stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ceridian HCM include Datadog (DDOG), HubSpot (HUBS), ANSYS (ANSS), Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP), Tyler Technologies (TYL), PTC (PTC), Okta (OKTA), Nutanix (NTNX), SS&C Technologies (SSNC), and Duolingo (DUOL). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.

Ceridian HCM vs.

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

Datadog presently has a consensus price target of $150.33, indicating a potential upside of 39.38%. Given Datadog's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Datadog is more favorable than Ceridian HCM.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Datadog
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
22 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.84
Ceridian HCM
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

78.3% of Datadog shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.8% of Datadog shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of Ceridian HCM shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Datadog has a net margin of 6.85% compared to Ceridian HCM's net margin of 0.28%. Datadog's return on equity of 8.28% beat Ceridian HCM's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Datadog6.85% 8.28% 4.55%
Ceridian HCM 0.28%2.03%0.51%

In the previous week, Datadog had 23 more articles in the media than Ceridian HCM. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Datadog and 1 mentions for Ceridian HCM. Datadog's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Ceridian HCM's score of 0.00 indicating that Datadog is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Datadog
16 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Ceridian HCM
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Datadog received 16 more outperform votes than Ceridian HCM when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.32% of users gave Datadog an outperform vote while only 57.55% of users gave Ceridian HCM an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
DatadogOutperform Votes
317
66.32%
Underperform Votes
161
33.68%
Ceridian HCMOutperform Votes
301
57.55%
Underperform Votes
222
42.45%

Datadog has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ceridian HCM has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Datadog$2.68B13.77$183.75M$0.51211.49
Ceridian HCM$1.45B6.23-$73.40M$0.031,929.00

Summary

Datadog beats Ceridian HCM on 17 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CDAY vs. The Competition

MetricCeridian HCMPrepackaged software IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$9.04B$25.30B$23.67B$19.14B
Dividend YieldN/A1.94%2.97%4.00%
P/E Ratio1,929.64116.1142.7733.24
Price / Sales6.2318.222,084.2928.20
Price / Cash153.0486.0634.7517.52
Price / Book4.178.746.274.52
Net Income-$73.40M$438.40M$737.97M$1.02B
7 Day Performance1.05%1.56%1.98%1.39%
1 Month Performance-0.81%2.43%2.30%-2.77%
1 Year Performance0.24%14.27%52,745.55%4.66%

Ceridian HCM Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CDAY
Ceridian HCM
0.7275 of 5 stars
$57.87
+0.9%
N/A-5.7%$9.04B$1.45B1,929.648,526Gap Down
DDOG
Datadog
4.8559 of 5 stars
$101.74
+0.2%
$150.33
+47.8%
-15.9%$34.87B$2.68B199.494,800Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
Gap Up
HUBS
HubSpot
4.7721 of 5 stars
$613.17
-0.4%
$789.11
+28.7%
+3.1%$31.98B$2.63B6,813.767,430Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
Positive News
ANSS
ANSYS
2.5863 of 5 stars
$318.00
-0.8%
$352.50
+10.8%
-0.5%$27.87B$2.54B48.555,600Earnings Report
Gap Down
CHKP
Check Point Software Technologies
4.2997 of 5 stars
$212.41
+2.8%
$232.04
+9.2%
+43.7%$23.36B$2.60B28.445,800
TYL
Tyler Technologies
4.6165 of 5 stars
$521.43
-0.6%
$674.67
+29.4%
+17.9%$22.48B$2.19B86.047,200Analyst Downgrade
PTC
PTC
4.5205 of 5 stars
$151.83
-1.4%
$190.38
+25.4%
-10.6%$18.27B$2.31B46.866,500Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
OKTA
Okta
4.2184 of 5 stars
$104.79
+1.4%
$116.12
+10.8%
+19.8%$18.19B$2.61B-299.406,010Positive News
NTNX
Nutanix
4.762 of 5 stars
$67.89
+1.1%
$87.85
+29.4%
+16.0%$18.10B$2.32B-193.976,450Positive News
SSNC
SS&C Technologies
4.7815 of 5 stars
$73.38
+0.9%
$91.86
+25.2%
+23.6%$18.08B$5.96B24.4627,600Positive News
DUOL
Duolingo
3.2319 of 5 stars
$384.34
+0.7%
$376.15
-2.1%
+79.3%$17.39B$748.02M210.02600Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Short Interest ↓
Gap Up

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