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Dayforce (DAY) Competitors

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$74.84 +0.84 (+1.14%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM ET)

DAY vs. EA, NET, HUBS, RBLX, VEEV, BIDU, ZS, IOT, ZM, and PTC

Should you be buying Dayforce stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dayforce include Electronic Arts (EA), Cloudflare (NET), HubSpot (HUBS), Roblox (RBLX), Veeva Systems (VEEV), Baidu (BIDU), Zscaler (ZS), Samsara (IOT), Zoom Video Communications (ZM), and PTC (PTC). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Dayforce vs.

Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:EA) and Dayforce (NYSE:DAY) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation.

Electronic Arts has higher revenue and earnings than Dayforce. Electronic Arts 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
Electronic Arts$7.41B5.23$1.27B$3.8937.99
Dayforce$1.69B6.97$54.80M$0.33226.79

Electronic Arts has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dayforce has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

90.2% of Electronic Arts shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Electronic Arts shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.9% of Dayforce shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Electronic Arts has a net margin of 14.12% compared to Dayforce's net margin of 3.12%. Electronic Arts' return on equity of 18.56% beat Dayforce's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Electronic Arts14.12% 18.56% 10.48%
Dayforce 3.12%6.69%1.79%

Electronic Arts received 1532 more outperform votes than Dayforce when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.51% of users gave Electronic Arts an outperform vote while only 65.00% of users gave Dayforce an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Electronic ArtsOutperform Votes
1558
74.51%
Underperform Votes
533
25.49%
DayforceOutperform Votes
26
65.00%
Underperform Votes
14
35.00%

In the previous week, Electronic Arts had 11 more articles in the media than Dayforce. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Electronic Arts and 13 mentions for Dayforce. Dayforce's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Electronic Arts' score of 0.57 indicating that Dayforce is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Electronic Arts
9 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Dayforce
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Electronic Arts currently has a consensus price target of $165.37, indicating a potential upside of 11.89%. Dayforce has a consensus price target of $79.86, indicating a potential upside of 6.70%. Given Electronic Arts' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Electronic Arts is more favorable than Dayforce.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Electronic Arts
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.65
Dayforce
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60

Summary

Electronic Arts beats Dayforce on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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DAY vs. The Competition

MetricDayforcePrepackaged software IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$11.80B$25.29B$24.25B$19.19B
Dividend YieldN/A2.25%2.72%3.58%
P/E Ratio226.7996.89270.7441.22
Price / Sales6.9725.043,157.1917.58
Price / Cash51.3191.5833.6621.28
Price / Book4.8812.857.755.32
Net Income$54.80M$446.45M$661.21M$989.67M
7 Day Performance-3.02%2.04%0.71%-3.45%
1 Month Performance-4.58%10.73%6.74%-3.73%
1 Year PerformanceN/A26.36%22.24%12.06%

Dayforce Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DAY
Dayforce
2.6895 of 5 stars
$74.84
+1.1%
$79.86
+6.7%
N/A$11.80B$1.69B226.799,084Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
EA
Electronic Arts
4.8021 of 5 stars
$156.21
-0.9%
$165.37
+5.9%
+8.2%$40.97B$7.41B40.1813,700Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
NET
Cloudflare
3.9552 of 5 stars
$114.67
+0.9%
$95.20
-17.0%
+36.0%$39.35B$1.57B-436.923,682Analyst Upgrade
Insider Trade
HUBS
HubSpot
4.4795 of 5 stars
$744.20
+3.1%
$702.23
-5.6%
+27.4%$37.27B$2.51B-2,756.307,663Insider Trade
Positive News
RBLX
Roblox
1.9133 of 5 stars
$61.24
+2.8%
$55.67
-9.1%
+37.1%$37.21B$2.80B-36.342,457
VEEV
Veeva Systems
4.8158 of 5 stars
$225.95
-1.2%
$255.73
+13.2%
+22.5%$36.68B$2.66B56.207,172Analyst Forecast
Positive News
BIDU
Baidu
4.51 of 5 stars
$89.03
-2.0%
$113.75
+27.8%
-22.9%$31.22B$134.84B11.1239,800
ZS
Zscaler
4.2531 of 5 stars
$203.38
+2.4%
$224.84
+10.6%
-14.3%$31.21B$2.17B-808.927,348Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
IOT
Samsara
2.8889 of 5 stars
$46.56
+1.0%
$51.29
+10.1%
+33.8%$25.90B$1.18B-98.042,895Insider Trade
ZM
Zoom Video Communications
4.0485 of 5 stars
$83.48
-0.4%
$85.19
+2.0%
+22.5%$25.59B$4.53B27.937,420Analyst Forecast
PTC
PTC
4.9034 of 5 stars
$201.23
+1.3%
$205.67
+2.2%
+10.9%$24.17B$2.30B63.887,501Analyst Forecast

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This page (NYSE:DAY) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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