Workday (WDAY) Competitors

Workday (NASDAQ:WDAY) and Ceridian HCM (NYSE:CDAY) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Do analysts rate WDAY or CDAY?

Workday currently has a consensus price target of $287.59, indicating a potential upside of 10.86%. Ceridian HCM has a consensus price target of $81.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.64%. Given Workday's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Workday is more favorable than Ceridian HCM.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Workday	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	20 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.70
Ceridian HCM	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer WDAY or CDAY?

Workday received 1115 more outperform votes than Ceridian HCM when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.22% of users gave Workday an outperform vote while only 57.55% of users gave Ceridian HCM an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Workday	Outperform Votes 1416 65.22%	Underperform Votes 755 34.78%
Ceridian HCM	Outperform Votes 301 57.55%	Underperform Votes 222 42.45%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, WDAY or CDAY?

Workday has higher revenue and earnings than Ceridian HCM. Workday is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ceridian HCM, 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
Workday	$7.26B	9.47	$1.38B	$5.74	45.19
Ceridian HCM	$1.45B	8.03	-$73.40M	$0.03	2,485.33

Which has more risk and volatility, WDAY or CDAY?

Workday has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ceridian HCM has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is WDAY or CDAY more profitable?

Workday has a net margin of 19.59% compared to Ceridian HCM's net margin of 0.28%. Workday's return on equity of 5.34% beat Ceridian HCM's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Workday	19.59%	5.34%	2.66%
Ceridian HCM	0.28%	2.03%	0.51%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of WDAY or CDAY?

89.8% of Workday shares are held by institutional investors. 20.0% of Workday shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of Ceridian HCM shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to WDAY or CDAY?

In the previous week, Workday had 33 more articles in the media than Ceridian HCM. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Workday and 1 mentions for Ceridian HCM. Workday's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Ceridian HCM's score of 0.00 indicating that Workday is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Workday	23 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ceridian HCM	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Workday beats Ceridian HCM on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.