Dayforce (DAY) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer DAY or TTD?

Dayforce presently has a consensus target price of $71.54, suggesting a potential upside of 22.27%. Trade Desk has a consensus target price of $97.12, suggesting a potential upside of 27.14%. Given Trade Desk's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.64
Trade Desk	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	26 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.81

Which has more volatility & risk, DAY or TTD?

Dayforce has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trade Desk has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer DAY or TTD?

In the previous week, Trade Desk had 37 more articles in the media than Dayforce. MarketBeat recorded 47 mentions for Trade Desk and 10 mentions for Dayforce. Dayforce's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Trade Desk's score of 0.95 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)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Trade Desk	24 Very Positive mention(s)	8 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation and 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	5.17	$18.10M	$0.16	365.69
Trade Desk	$2.57B	14.75	$393.08M	$0.82	93.15

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%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in DAY or TTD?

67.8% of Trade Desk shares are held by institutional investors. 4.5% of Dayforce shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.7% of Trade Desk shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DAY or TTD?

Trade Desk received 826 more outperform votes than Dayforce when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.62% of users gave Trade Desk an outperform vote while only 62.90% of users gave Dayforce an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Dayforce	Outperform Votes 39 62.90%	Underperform Votes 23 37.10%
Trade Desk	Outperform Votes 865 76.62%	Underperform Votes 264 23.38%

Summary

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