DAY (Dayforce) Debt-to-Equity : 0.48 (As of Mar. 2025)

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What is Dayforce Debt-to-Equity?

Dayforce's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $588 Mil. Dayforce's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $643 Mil. Dayforce's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $2,592 Mil. Dayforce's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 0.47.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

The historical rank and industry rank for Dayforce's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

DAY' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.34 Med: 0.51 Max: 1.18
Current: 0.48

During the past 10 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Dayforce was 1.18. The lowest was 0.34. And the median was 0.51.

DAY's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
69.82% of 2217 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 0.2 vs DAY: 0.48

Dayforce Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Dayforce's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

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* 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 Debt-to-Equity Chart

Dayforce Annual Data

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Debt-to-Equity

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0.34

0.53

0.60

0.52

0.48

Dayforce Quarterly Data
	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23	Mar24	Jun24	Sep24	Dec24	Mar25
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.51	0.50	0.48	0.48	0.48

Competitive Comparison of Dayforce's Debt-to-Equity

For the Software - Application subindustry, Dayforce's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity 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 Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Dayforce's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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Dayforce Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Dayforce's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(13	+	1219.9)	/	2546.3
	=	0.48

Dayforce's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(588.3	+	642.9)	/	2592.1
	=	0.47

Dayforce (NYSE:DAY) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.

Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.

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3311 East Old Shakopee Road, Minneapolis, MN, USA, 55425

Website

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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.

Executives

Samer Alkharrat	officer: EVP, Chief Revenue Officer	1300 SEAPORT BLVD, SUITE 500, REDWOOD CITY CA 94063
William Everett Mcdonald	officer: EVP, GC & Corporate Secretary	C/O CERIDIAN HCM HOLDINGS INC., 3311 EAST OLD SHAKOPEE ROAD, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55425-1361
Stephen H. Holdridge	officer: EVP, Chief Customer Officer	MICROSTRATEGY INCORPORATED, 1850 TOWERS CRESCENT PLAZA, TYSONS CORNER VA 22182
David D Ossip	director, officer: Chairman and CEO	C/O CERIDIAN HCM HOLDING INC., 3311 EAST OLD SHAKOPEE ROAD, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55425
Jeffrey Scott Jacobs	officer: Head of Acct & Fin Reporting	C/O CERIDIAN HCM HOLDING INC., 3311 EAST OLD SHAKOPEE ROAD, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55425
Christopher R Armstrong	officer: EVP, Chief Customer Officer	C/O CERIDIAN HCM HOLDING INC., 3311 EAST OLD SHAKOPEE ROAD, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55425
Noemie Clemence Heuland	officer: EVP, CFO	C/O CERIDIAN HCM HOLDING INC., 3311 EAST OLD SHAKOPEE ROAD, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55425
Leagh Erin Turner	officer: President	228 DOUGLAS DRIVE, TORONTO A6 M4W 2C1
Joseph B Korngiebel	officer: EVP, CPTO	C/O CERIDIAN HCM HOLDING INC., 3311 EAST OLD SHAKOPEE ROAD, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55425
Rakesh Subramanian	officer: EVP, Chief Revenue Officer	C/O CERIDIAN HCM HOLDING INC., 3311 EAST OLD SHAKOPEE ROAD, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55425
Thomas M Hagerty	director	C/O THOMAS H. LEE PARTNERS, L.P., 100 FEDERAL STREET, 35 FLOOR, BOSTON MA 02110
Gerald C Throop	director	C/O CERIDIAN HCM HOLDING INC., 3311 EAST OLD SHAKOPEE ROAD, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55425
Cannae Holdings, Inc.	director, 10 percent owner	C/O CANNAE HOLDINGS, INC., 1701 VILLAGE CENTER CIRCLE, LAS VEGAS NV 89134
Scott A Kitching	officer: EVP, GC & Assistant Secretary	C/O CERIDIAN HCM HOLDING INC., 3311 EAST OLD SHAKOPEE ROAD, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55425
Thl Equity Fund Vi Investors (ceridian) V, Llc	director, 10 percent owner	C/O THOMAS H LEE PARTNERS, L.P., 100 FEDERAL STREET, 35TH FLOOR, BOSTON MA 02110