Dayforce (DAY) Competitors

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

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, DAY or TTD?

Trade Desk has higher revenue and earnings than Dayforce. Trade Desk 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	$1.81B	5.29	$18.10M	$0.16	374.47
Trade Desk	$2.57B	13.84	$393.08M	$0.82	88.26

Do analysts prefer DAY or TTD?

Dayforce currently has a consensus price target of $71.57, indicating a potential upside of 19.45%. Trade Desk has a consensus price target of $97.15, indicating a potential upside of 34.24%. Given Trade Desk's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Trade Desk is more favorable than Dayforce.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dayforce	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Trade Desk	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	26 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.81

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in DAY or TTD?

67.8% of Trade Desk shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.5% of Dayforce shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.7% of Trade Desk 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, DAY or TTD?

Dayforce has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trade Desk has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DAY or TTD?

Trade Desk received 827 more outperform votes than Dayforce when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.66% of users gave Trade Desk an outperform vote while only 62.50% of users gave Dayforce an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Dayforce	Outperform Votes 40 62.50%	Underperform Votes 24 37.50%
Trade Desk	Outperform Votes 867 76.66%	Underperform Votes 264 23.34%

Is DAY or TTD more profitable?

Trade Desk has a net margin of 16.08% compared to Dayforce's net margin of 1.03%. Trade Desk's return on equity of 16.38% beat Dayforce's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dayforce	1.03%	6.49%	1.75%
Trade Desk	16.08%	16.38%	7.69%

Does the media favor DAY or TTD?

In the previous week, Trade Desk had 19 more articles in the media than Dayforce. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Trade Desk and 13 mentions for Dayforce. Dayforce's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Trade Desk's score of 0.83 indicating that Dayforce is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Dayforce	8 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Trade Desk	16 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Trade Desk beats Dayforce on 16 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.