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Dayforce (FRA:CQL) Gross Profit : €600 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Dayforce Gross Profit?

Dayforce's gross profit for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was €156 Mil. Dayforce's gross profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was €600 Mil.

Gross Margin % is calculated as gross profit divided by its revenue. Dayforce's gross profit for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was €156 Mil. Dayforce's Revenue for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was €367 Mil. Therefore, Dayforce's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 42.48%.

Dayforce had a gross margin of 42.48% for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 => Durable competitive advantage

During the past 9 years, the highest Gross Margin % of Dayforce was 44.68%. The lowest was 36.41%. And the median was 40.47%.

Warning Sign:

Dayforce Inc gross margin has been in long-term decline. The average rate of decline per year is -1.6%.


Dayforce Gross Profit Historical Data

The historical data trend for Dayforce's Gross Profit can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Dayforce Gross Profit Chart

Dayforce Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Gross Profit
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only 331.38 280.55 338.34 446.70 592.84

Dayforce Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Gross Profit Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 127.53 149.72 143.90 150.39 155.71

Competitive Comparison of Dayforce's Gross Profit

For the Software - Application subindustry, Dayforce's Gross Profit, along with its competitors' market caps and Gross Profit data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Dayforce's Gross Profit Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Dayforce's Gross Profit distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Dayforce's Gross Profit falls into.



Dayforce Gross Profit Calculation

Gross Profit is the different between the sale prices and the cost of buying or producing the goods.

Dayforce's Gross Profit for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Gross Profit (A: Dec. 2023 )=Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold
=1388.063 - 795.223
=593

Dayforce's Gross Profit for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Gross Profit (Q: Dec. 2023 )=Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold
=366.525 - 210.818
=156

Gross Profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was €600 Mil.

Gross Profit is the numerator in the calculation of Gross Margin.

Dayforce's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Gross Margin % (Q: Dec. 2023 )=Gross Profit (Q: Dec. 2023 ) / Revenue (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=(Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold) / Revenue
=156 / 366.525
=42.48 %

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

A positive Gross Profit is only the first step for a company to make a net profit. The gross profit needs to be big enough to also cover related labor, equipment, rental, marketing/advertising, research and development and a lot of other costs in selling the products.


Dayforce  (FRA:CQL) Gross Profit Explanation

Warren Buffett believes that firms with excellent long term economics tend to have consistently higher margins.

Durable competitive advantage creates a high Gross Margin % because of the freedom to price in excess of cost. Companies can be categorized by their Gross Margin %

1. Greater than 40% = Durable competitive advantage
2. Less than 40% = Competition eroding margins
3. Less than 20% = no sustainable competitive advantage
Consistency of Gross Margin is key

Dayforce had a gross margin of 42.48% for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 => Durable competitive advantage


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Dayforce (FRA:CQL) Business Description

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Ceridian HCM provides payroll and human capital management solutions targeting clients with 100-100,000 employees. Following the 2012 acquisition of Dayforce, Ceridian pivoted away from its legacy on-premises Bureau business to become a cloud HCM provider. As of fiscal 2022, about 80% of group revenue was derived from the flagship Dayforce platform geared toward enterprise clients. The remaining revenue is about evenly split between cloud platform Powerpay, targeting small businesses in Canada, and legacy Bureau products.

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