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DAY (Dayforce) Debt-to-Equity : 0.48 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Dayforce Debt-to-Equity?

Dayforce's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $13 Mil. Dayforce's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $1,224 Mil. Dayforce's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $2,556 Mil. Dayforce's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 0.48.

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: 0.52   Max: 1.18
Current: 0.48

During the past 9 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Dayforce was 1.18. The lowest was 0.34. And the median was 0.52.

DAY's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
70.68% of 2210 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 0.22 vs DAY: 0.48

Dayforce Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Dayforce's Debt-to-Equity 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 Debt-to-Equity Chart

Dayforce Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-Equity
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only 0.38 0.34 0.53 0.60 0.52

Dayforce Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
Debt-to-Equity 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 0.55 0.52 0.51 0.50 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:

* The bar in red indicates where Dayforce's Debt-to-Equity falls into.



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. 2023 is calculated as

Dayforce's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

* 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.


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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Dayforce Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
3311 East Old Shakopee Road, Minneapolis, MN, USA, 55425
Dayforce provides payroll and human capital management solutions targeting clients with 100-100,000 employees. Following the 2012 acquisition of Dayforce, Dayforce 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.
Executives
David D Ossip director, officer: Chairman and CEO C/O CERIDIAN HCM HOLDING INC., 3311 EAST OLD SHAKOPEE ROAD, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55425
Stephen H. Holdridge officer: EVP, Chief Customer Officer MICROSTRATEGY INCORPORATED, 1850 TOWERS CRESCENT PLAZA, TYSONS CORNER VA 22182
Jeffrey Scott Jacobs officer: Head of Acct & Fin Reporting C/O CERIDIAN HCM HOLDING INC., 3311 EAST OLD SHAKOPEE ROAD, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55425
William Everett Mcdonald officer: EVP, GC & Corporate Secretary C/O CERIDIAN HCM HOLDINGS INC., 3311 EAST OLD SHAKOPEE ROAD, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55425-1361
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
Samer Alkharrat officer: EVP, Chief Revenue Officer 1300 SEAPORT BLVD, SUITE 500, REDWOOD CITY CA 94063
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