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Dayforce TSX:DAY Stock Report

Last Price

CA$92.86

Market Cap

CA$14.8b

7D

-9.6%

1Y

-2.5%

Updated

09 Feb, 2025

Data

Company Financials +

Dayforce Inc.

TSX:DAY Stock Report

Market Cap: CA$14.8b

DAY Stock Overview

Operates as a human capital management (HCM) software company in the United States, Canada, and internationally. More details

DAY fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation3/6
Future Growth4/6
Past Performance2/6
Financial Health4/6
Dividends0/6

Rewards

Trading at 32.1% below our estimate of its fair value

Earnings are forecast to grow 35.89% per year

Analysts in good agreement that stock price will rise by 21.2%

Risk Analysis

Profit margins (1%) are lower than last year (3.6%)


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Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Dayforce
Historical stock prices
Current Share PriceUS$92.86
52 Week HighUS$115.57
52 Week LowUS$64.24
Beta1.26
1 Month Change-8.30%
3 Month Change-16.18%
1 Year Change-2.47%
3 Year Change1.43%
5 Year Change-5.07%
Change since IPO129.17%

Recent News & Updates

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

DAYCA Professional ServicesCA Market
7D-9.6%3.3%-0.2%
1Y-2.5%18.3%18.6%

Return vs Industry: DAY underperformed the Canadian Professional Services industry which returned 18.3% over the past year.

Return vs Market: DAY underperformed the Canadian Market which returned 17.9% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is DAY's price volatile compared to industry and market?
DAY volatility
DAY Average Weekly Movement4.3%
Professional Services Industry Average Movement5.4%
Market Average Movement8.5%
10% most volatile stocks in CA Market18.4%
10% least volatile stocks in CA Market3.0%

Stable Share Price: DAY has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months compared to the Canadian market.

Volatility Over Time: DAY's weekly volatility (4%) has been stable over the past year.

About the Company

FoundedEmployeesCEOWebsite
19929,084David Ossipwww.dayforce.com

Dayforce Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a human capital management (HCM) software company in the United States, Canada, and internationally. It offers Dayforce, a cloud HCM platform that provides human resources, payroll and tax, workforce management, wallet, benefits, and talent intelligence functionalities; and Powerpay, a cloud HR and payroll solution for the small business market. The company also provides payroll and payroll-related services; and implementation and professional services.

Dayforce Inc. Fundamentals Summary

How do Dayforce's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
DAY fundamental statistics
Market capCA$14.77b
Earnings (TTM)CA$25.85m
Revenue (TTM)CA$2.51b

571.3x

P/E Ratio

5.9x

P/S Ratio

Is DAY overvalued?

See Fair Value and valuation analysis

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
DAY income statement (TTM)
RevenueUS$1.76b
Cost of RevenueUS$867.50m
Gross ProfitUS$892.50m
Other ExpensesUS$874.40m
EarningsUS$18.10m

Last Reported Earnings

Dec 31, 2024

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)0.11
Gross Margin50.71%
Net Profit Margin1.03%
Debt/Equity Ratio47.8%

How did DAY perform over the long term?

See historical performance and comparison

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/02/09 05:03
End of Day Share Price 2025/02/07 00:00
Earnings2024/12/31
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more.

Analysis Model and Snowflake

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Industry and Sector Metrics

Our industry and section metrics are calculated every 6 hours by Simply Wall St, details of our process are available on Github.

Analyst Sources

Dayforce Inc. is covered by 33 analysts. 18 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Mark MarconBaird
Raimo LenschowBarclays
Keith BachmanBMO Capital Markets Equity Research