Dayforce
Financial ratios & Valuation

Forward Multiples (2025 – 2027)

202520262027
Price/Earnings ratio
63.2634.9820.21
Price/Sales ratio
N/AN/AN/A
Earnings per Share (EPS)
$1.03$1.87$3.24

Historical Multiples (2015 – 2023)

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 TTM Median
Valuation Ratios
Price/Earnings ratio
-19.46-21.94-221.57-64.91122.51-3.91K-208.36-133.63190.21N/A122.51
Price/Sales ratio
2.933.262.715.3111.7018.5615.337.876.88N/A11.70
Price/Book Value ratio
2.132.101.862.435.127.457.054.644.34N/A5.12
Price/Cash Flow ratio
-111.39-26.99-51.21414.06190.55-517.89321.9473.9747.48N/A190.55
Price/Free Cash Flow ratio
-38.60-18.80-22.49-128.12-2.09K-173.78-1.05K257.4499.17N/A-2.09K
Price/Earnings Growth ratio
N/A1.952.45-0.23-0.6037.25-0.1233.40-1.10N/A-0.60
Dividend Yield
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Profitability Indicator Ratios
Gross Profit Margin
40.46%36.41%39.03%42.51%44.67%40.51%37.32%37.97%42.70%N/A44.67%
Operating Profit Margin
5.08%-1.79%5.32%7.57%8.77%0.60%-5.31%-2.75%8.79%N/A8.77%
Pretax Profit Margin
-11.57%-15.81%-7.25%-3.63%4.16%-2.37%-8.81%-5.04%6.34%N/A4.16%
Net Profit Margin
-15.08%-14.90%-1.22%-8.18%9.54%-0.47%-7.36%-5.88%3.62%N/A9.54%
Effective Tax Rate
-10.70%-6.79%82.01%-31.22%-129.44%80%16.50%-16.69%42.91%N/A-129.44%
Return on Assets
-1.49%-1.46%-0.13%-1.15%1.29%-0.05%-1.05%-0.92%0.60%N/A1.29%
Return On Equity
-10.96%-9.60%-0.84%-3.75%4.18%-0.19%-3.38%-3.47%2.28%N/A4.18%
Return on Capital Employed
1.46%-0.45%1.62%2.26%2.66%0.17%-1.58%-1.01%3.62%N/A2.66%
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Quick Ratio
1.000.050.040.110.120.090.160.151.11N/A0.12
Cash ratio
0.010.030.020.070.080.040.090.090.10N/A0.08
Days of Sales Outstanding
34.0845.7232.3831.4835.6043.852.1352.7455.17N/A35.60
Days of Inventory outstanding
N/A3.43K3.29K2.23K2.56K2.73K2.01K1.97KN/AN/A2.56K
Operating Cycle
34.083.48K3.33K2.26K2.60K2.78K2.06K2.02K55.17N/A2.60K
Days of Payables Outstanding
43.1142.7235.4035.5734.5828.3229.3925.6328.07N/A34.58
Cash Conversion Cycle
-9.033.44K3.29K2.22K2.56K2.75K2.03K2.00K27.09N/A2.56K
Debt Ratios
Debt Ratio
0.160.180.160.120.110.090.150.150.13N/A0.11
Debt Equity Ratio
1.201.181.020.410.350.310.500.570.50N/A0.35
Long-term Debt to Capitalization
0.540.540.500.290.260.230.330.360.33N/A0.26
Total Debt to Capitalization
0.540.540.500.290.260.240.330.360.33N/A0.26
Interest Coverage Ratio
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Cash Flow to Debt Ratio
-0.01-0.06-0.030.010.07-0.040.040.100.18N/A0.07
Company Equity Multiplier
7.316.546.163.243.233.193.213.753.75N/A3.23
Cash Flow Ratios
Operating Cash Flow / Sales Ratio
-0.02-0.12-0.050.010.06-0.030.040.100.14N/A0.06
Free Cash Flow / Operating Cash Flow Ratio
2.881.432.27-3.23-0.092.98-0.300.280.47N/A-0.09
Cash Flow Coverage Ratio
-0.01-0.06-0.030.010.07-0.040.040.100.18N/A0.07
Short Term Coverage Ratio
-2.61-32.82N/A1.394.68-4.195.871728.88N/A4.68
Dividend Payout Ratio
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A