Dayforce (DAY) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, DAY or DDOG?

Dayforce has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Datadog has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DAY or DDOG?

Datadog received 282 more outperform votes than Dayforce when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.32% of users gave Datadog an outperform vote while only 61.40% of users gave Dayforce an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Dayforce	Outperform Votes 35 61.40%	Underperform Votes 22 38.60%
Datadog	Outperform Votes 317 66.32%	Underperform Votes 161 33.68%

Is DAY or DDOG more profitable?

Datadog has a net margin of 6.85% compared to Dayforce's net margin of 1.03%. Datadog's return on equity of 8.28% beat Dayforce's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dayforce	1.03%	6.49%	1.75%
Datadog	6.85%	8.28%	4.55%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, DAY or DDOG?

Datadog has higher revenue and earnings than Dayforce. Datadog is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dayforce, 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
Dayforce	$1.76B	5.21	$18.10M	$0.11	526.73
Datadog	$2.68B	13.05	$183.75M	$0.51	200.31

Does the media refer more to DAY or DDOG?

In the previous week, Datadog had 12 more articles in the media than Dayforce. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Datadog and 16 mentions for Dayforce. Datadog's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Dayforce's score of 0.87 indicating that Datadog is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Dayforce	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Datadog	19 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of DAY or DDOG?

78.3% of Datadog shares are held by institutional investors. 4.5% of Dayforce shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.8% of Datadog shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer DAY or DDOG?

Dayforce presently has a consensus target price of $73.79, indicating a potential upside of 27.35%. Datadog has a consensus target price of $150.33, indicating a potential upside of 47.15%. Given Datadog's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Datadog is more favorable than Dayforce.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dayforce	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63
Datadog	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	22 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.84

Summary

Datadog beats Dayforce on 17 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.