DAY vs. DDOG, RBLX, HUBS, VEEV, TTD, WIT, EA, BIDU, ZS, and IOT
Should you be buying Dayforce stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dayforce include Datadog (DDOG), Roblox (RBLX), HubSpot (HUBS), Veeva Systems (VEEV), Trade Desk (TTD), Wipro (WIT), Electronic Arts (EA), Baidu (BIDU), Zscaler (ZS), and Samsara (IOT). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
Dayforce vs.
Dayforce (NYSE:DAY) and Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk and community ranking.
78.3% of Datadog shares are held by institutional investors. 4.9% of Dayforce shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.8% of Datadog shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Datadog had 18 more articles in the media than Dayforce. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Datadog and 6 mentions for Dayforce. Datadog's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Dayforce's score of 0.36 indicating that Datadog is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Datadog has higher revenue and earnings than Dayforce. Datadog is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dayforce, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Dayforce currently has a consensus price target of $78.64, suggesting a potential upside of 32.26%. Datadog has a consensus price target of $158.70, suggesting a potential upside of 40.23%. Given Datadog's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Datadog is more favorable than Dayforce.
Datadog has a net margin of 6.85% compared to Dayforce's net margin of 1.03%. Datadog's return on equity of 8.28% beat Dayforce's return on equity.
Dayforce has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Datadog has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Datadog received 280 more outperform votes than Dayforce when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.10% of users gave Datadog an outperform vote while only 61.22% of users gave Dayforce an outperform vote.
Summary
Datadog beats Dayforce on 17 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:DAY) was last updated on 3/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
