DAY vs. GWRE, CDAY, CYBR, PCTY, PAYC, APPF, MNDY, INFA, GTLB, and U
Should you be buying Dayforce stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dayforce include Guidewire Software (GWRE), Ceridian HCM (CDAY), CyberArk Software (CYBR), Paylocity (PCTY), Paycom Software (PAYC), AppFolio (APPF), monday.com (MNDY), Informatica (INFA), GitLab (GTLB), and Unity Software (U). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Dayforce (NYSE:DAY) and Guidewire Software (NYSE:GWRE) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Guidewire Software had 1 more articles in the media than Dayforce. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Guidewire Software and 7 mentions for Dayforce. Guidewire Software's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Dayforce's score of 0.13 indicating that Guidewire Software is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Dayforce has higher revenue and earnings than Guidewire Software. Guidewire Software is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dayforce, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Guidewire Software received 401 more outperform votes than Dayforce when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.74% of users gave Guidewire Software an outperform vote while only 45.45% of users gave Dayforce an outperform vote.
Dayforce has a net margin of 3.30% compared to Guidewire Software's net margin of -5.48%. Dayforce's return on equity of 5.38% beat Guidewire Software's return on equity.
Dayforce currently has a consensus price target of $72.50, indicating a potential upside of 14.48%. Guidewire Software has a consensus price target of $115.11, indicating a potential downside of 6.35%. Given Dayforce's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Dayforce is more favorable than Guidewire Software.
Dayforce has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Guidewire Software has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Dayforce beats Guidewire Software on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Dayforce News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for DAY and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
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.
Skip ChartThis 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.
Skip Chart
Dayforce Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools