Dayforce
About: Dayforce is a global technology company providing cloud-based human capital management solutions for large businesses looking to manage their payroll, tax, benefits, and talent intelligence. The company primarily services customers in the US with its flagship Dayforce platform but also services customers in select European countries as well as Australia and New Zealand. Dayforce services the Canadian HCM market with its Powerpay platform that specifically targets customers with less than 100 employees. As of fiscal 2024, the Dayforce platform accounted for almost 80% of companywide revenue and had 6,876 clients representing approximately 7.62 million employees.
Employees: 9,600
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
25% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 161 | Existing positions reduced: 129
18% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 60 | Existing positions closed: 51
13% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $9.01M | Put options by funds: $7.99M
1% more funds holding
Funds holding: 387 [Q4 2024] → 389 (+2) [Q1 2025]
6.24% less ownership
Funds ownership: 114.9% [Q4 2024] → 108.67% (-6.24%) [Q1 2025]
24% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $13.2B [Q4 2024] → $10B (-$3.13B) [Q1 2025]
33% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 3 [Q4 2024] → 2 (-1) [Q1 2025]
Research analyst outlook
9 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
9 analyst ratings
UBS | 21%upside $72 | Buy Maintained | 5 Jun 2025 |
Citigroup Steven Enders | 17%upside $70 | Buy Maintained | 8 May 2025 |
Barclays Raimo Lenschow | 1%upside $60 | Equal-Weight Maintained | 8 May 2025 |
Needham Scott Berg | 59%upside $95 | Buy Reiterated | 8 May 2025 |
Piper Sandler Arvind Ramnani | 17%upside $70 | Overweight Maintained | 7 May 2025 |
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