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Ceridian HCM (CDAY) Competitors

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$54.15 -0.85 (-1.55%)
As of 04/17/2025

CDAY vs. XYZ, DDOG, HUBS, ANSS, TYL, CHKP, SSNC, PTC, OKTA, and CYBR

Should you be buying Ceridian HCM stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ceridian HCM include Block (XYZ), Datadog (DDOG), HubSpot (HUBS), ANSYS (ANSS), Tyler Technologies (TYL), Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP), SS&C Technologies (SSNC), PTC (PTC), Okta (OKTA), and CyberArk Software (CYBR). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.

Ceridian HCM vs.

Block (NYSE:XYZ) and Ceridian HCM (NYSE:CDAY) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.

Block has a net margin of 11.92% compared to Ceridian HCM's net margin of 0.28%. Block's return on equity of 5.80% beat Ceridian HCM's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Block11.92% 5.80% 3.08%
Ceridian HCM 0.28%2.03%0.51%

70.4% of Block shares are held by institutional investors. 10.5% of Block shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of Ceridian HCM shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Block has higher revenue and earnings than Ceridian HCM. Block is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ceridian HCM, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Block$24.12B1.38$9.77M$4.5511.83
Ceridian HCM$1.45B5.83-$73.40M$0.031,805.00

Block has a beta of 2.77, indicating that its stock price is 177% 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.

Block received 1163 more outperform votes than Ceridian HCM when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.61% of users gave Block an outperform vote while only 57.55% of users gave Ceridian HCM an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
BlockOutperform Votes
1464
69.61%
Underperform Votes
639
30.39%
Ceridian HCMOutperform Votes
301
57.55%
Underperform Votes
222
42.45%

Block currently has a consensus target price of $90.14, suggesting a potential upside of 67.46%. Given Block's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Block is more favorable than Ceridian HCM.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Block
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
26 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.90
Ceridian HCM
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

In the previous week, Block had 8 more articles in the media than Ceridian HCM. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Block and 0 mentions for Ceridian HCM. Ceridian HCM's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Block's score of -0.13 indicating that Ceridian HCM is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Block Neutral
Ceridian HCM Neutral

Summary

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

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CDAY vs. The Competition

MetricCeridian HCMPrepackaged software IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$8.45B$21.94B$21.42B$18.41B
Dividend YieldN/A2.02%3.01%4.20%
P/E Ratio1,805.60105.0439.4931.07
Price / Sales5.8316.642,299.4626.55
Price / Cash153.0486.0634.6717.53
Price / Book3.907.785.654.30
Net Income-$73.40M$438.39M$737.25M$1.02B
7 Day Performance0.06%1.02%1.20%1.42%
1 Month Performance-4.90%-7.18%-6.40%-7.33%
1 Year Performance-11.16%7.01%52,820.63%2.27%

Ceridian HCM Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CDAY
Ceridian HCM
N/A$54.15
-1.5%
N/A-6.1%$8.45B$1.45B1,805.608,526
XYZ
Block
4.6094 of 5 stars
$54.71
+1.4%
$91.52
+67.3%
N/A$33.89B$24.12B12.0212,985Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
DDOG
Datadog
4.8414 of 5 stars
$91.88
-0.2%
$154.81
+68.5%
-26.3%$31.49B$2.68B180.164,800Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
HUBS
HubSpot
4.5582 of 5 stars
$527.75
0.0%
$848.58
+60.8%
-15.0%$27.52B$2.63B5,864.547,430Analyst Upgrade
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
ANSS
ANSYS
3.7734 of 5 stars
$302.10
+2.0%
$352.50
+16.7%
-7.0%$26.48B$2.54B46.125,600News Coverage
Positive News
TYL
Tyler Technologies
4.164 of 5 stars
$572.36
+0.7%
$675.00
+17.9%
+41.6%$24.67B$2.14B94.457,200Upcoming Earnings
CHKP
Check Point Software Technologies
4.0912 of 5 stars
$220.10
+1.1%
$236.13
+7.3%
+36.0%$24.21B$2.57B29.465,800Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Positive News
Gap Down
SSNC
SS&C Technologies
4.9423 of 5 stars
$77.38
+1.7%
$97.17
+25.6%
+26.7%$19.07B$5.88B25.7927,600Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
PTC
PTC
4.5424 of 5 stars
$146.54
+0.8%
$201.91
+37.8%
-19.1%$17.63B$2.31B45.236,500Analyst Forecast
OKTA
Okta
4.6361 of 5 stars
$100.88
-0.9%
$116.09
+15.1%
+4.4%$17.51B$2.61B-288.236,010Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
Positive News
CYBR
CyberArk Software
3.6163 of 5 stars
$343.35
-1.7%
$414.64
+20.8%
+38.1%$16.97B$1.00B-176.082,140Analyst Forecast
Positive News

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