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DAY vs. TTD, WIT, BIDU, SRAD, HUBS, GDDY, CHKP, ZM, PINS, and IOT

Should you be buying Dayforce stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dayforce include Trade Desk (TTD), Wipro (WIT), Baidu (BIDU), Sportradar Group (SRAD), HubSpot (HUBS), GoDaddy (GDDY), Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP), Zoom Communications (ZM), Pinterest (PINS), and Samsara (IOT). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Dayforce vs. Its Competitors

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

Trade Desk has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dayforce has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Trade Desk has a net margin of 16.04% compared to Dayforce's net margin of 1.43%. Trade Desk's return on equity of 15.41% beat Dayforce's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Trade Desk16.04% 15.41% 7.33%
Dayforce 1.43%6.97%1.98%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Trade Desk$2.44B14.77$393.08M$0.8289.62
Dayforce$1.76B5.13$18.10M$0.16353.19

Trade Desk currently has a consensus price target of $97.27, suggesting a potential upside of 32.36%. Dayforce has a consensus price target of $70.86, suggesting a potential upside of 25.39%. Given Trade Desk's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Trade Desk is more favorable than Dayforce.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Trade Desk
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
26 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.79
Dayforce
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60

67.8% of Trade Desk shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.7% of Trade Desk shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of Dayforce shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Trade Desk had 35 more articles in the media than Dayforce. MarketBeat recorded 50 mentions for Trade Desk and 15 mentions for Dayforce. Trade Desk's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Dayforce's score of 0.31 indicating that Trade Desk is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Trade Desk
25 Very Positive mention(s)
10 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Dayforce
4 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Trade Desk beats Dayforce on 15 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding DAY and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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DAY vs. The Competition

MetricDayforceINTERNET SOFTWARE IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$8.86B$18.22B$27.42B$20.43B
Dividend YieldN/A2.56%2.94%3.76%
P/E Ratio353.2265.5235.8327.62
Price / Sales5.1366.941,993.9036.40
Price / Cash23.6092.1737.9921.79
Price / Book3.538.437.004.52
Net Income$18.10M$335.91M$762.33M$984.47M
7 Day Performance2.69%3.09%2.21%2.61%
1 Month Performance-2.95%2.41%5.56%4.99%
1 Year Performance11.35%63.37%52,132.52%13.53%

Dayforce Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DAY
Dayforce
4.1665 of 5 stars
$56.51
+2.0%
$70.86
+25.4%
+12.3%$8.86B$1.76B353.229,600Analyst Forecast
TTD
Trade Desk
4.0323 of 5 stars
$68.87
+0.9%
$97.15
+41.1%
-25.0%$33.53B$2.44B83.213,522Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
WIT
Wipro
1.4604 of 5 stars
$3.03
+2.0%
N/A-50.7%$31.07B$10.43B20.20233,346
BIDU
Baidu
4.7936 of 5 stars
$84.23
+0.7%
$107.82
+28.0%
-0.2%$28.89B$18.24B8.3635,900Trending News
SRAD
Sportradar Group
3.5324 of 5 stars
$25.89
+1.9%
$27.38
+5.8%
+150.1%$28.26B$1.20B136.274,582Positive News
Analyst Forecast
HUBS
HubSpot
4.9469 of 5 stars
$535.89
+0.3%
$766.71
+43.1%
-5.8%$28.19B$2.63B0.008,246Positive News
GDDY
GoDaddy
4.6513 of 5 stars
$176.95
+1.2%
$214.86
+21.4%
+26.1%$24.92B$4.57B34.225,518Positive News
CHKP
Check Point Software Technologies
4.4877 of 5 stars
$223.37
+2.4%
$232.44
+4.1%
+34.0%$24.00B$2.57B29.476,669Positive News
ZM
Zoom Communications
4.6359 of 5 stars
$77.27
-0.9%
$87.00
+12.6%
+31.0%$23.60B$4.67B25.407,412Positive News
PINS
Pinterest
4.2298 of 5 stars
$34.03
-0.6%
$40.42
+18.8%
-17.1%$23.21B$3.65B76.044,666Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
IOT
Samsara
2.8181 of 5 stars
$39.26
+0.2%
$50.00
+27.4%
+12.4%$22.30B$1.25B0.003,500Insider Trade

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