DAY vs. VEEV, HUBS, ANSS, TTWO, MSTR, NET, MDB, PTC, MBLY, and TYL
Should you be buying Dayforce stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dayforce include Veeva Systems (VEEV), HubSpot (HUBS), ANSYS (ANSS), Take-Two Interactive Software (TTWO), MicroStrategy (MSTR), Cloudflare (NET), MongoDB (MDB), PTC (PTC), Mobileye Global (MBLY), and Tyler Technologies (TYL). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Dayforce (NYSE:DAY) and Veeva Systems (NYSE:VEEV) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, community ranking and institutional ownership.
Dayforce has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Veeva Systems has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Veeva Systems had 34 more articles in the media than Dayforce. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for Veeva Systems and 7 mentions for Dayforce. Dayforce's average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat Veeva Systems' score of 0.19 indicating that Dayforce is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Veeva Systems has a net margin of 22.34% compared to Dayforce's net margin of 3.30%. Veeva Systems' return on equity of 13.10% beat Dayforce's return on equity.
Dayforce currently has a consensus target price of $72.50, suggesting a potential upside of 46.58%. Veeva Systems has a consensus target price of $228.65, suggesting a potential upside of 31.22%. Given Dayforce's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Dayforce is more favorable than Veeva Systems.
88.2% of Veeva Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.9% of Dayforce shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.5% of Veeva Systems shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Veeva Systems received 699 more outperform votes than Dayforce when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.63% of users gave Veeva Systems an outperform vote while only 45.45% of users gave Dayforce an outperform vote.
Veeva Systems has higher revenue and earnings than Dayforce. Veeva Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dayforce, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Veeva Systems beats Dayforce on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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