DAY (Dayforce) Shiller PE Ratio: (As of Jul. 24, 2026)

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DAY Dayforce Inc DAY
67 GF Score
Price $69.86
GF Value $86.76
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What is Dayforce Shiller PE Ratio?

Shiller PE for Stocks: The True Measure of Stock Valuation


Dayforce  (NYSE:DAY) Shiller PE Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PE Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Shiller PE Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of profit margins during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Shiller PE Ratio should give similar results to regular PE Ratio.

Compared with the PS Ratio, the Shiller PE Ratio makes the comparison between different industries more meaningful.


Be Aware

Shiller PE Ratio assumes that over the long term, businesses and profitability revert to their means. If a company's business model does not work in the future compared with the past, Shiller PE Ratio and PS Ratio will give false valuations.


Dayforce Shiller PE Ratio Related Terms


Dayforce Shiller PE Ratio Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Dayforce's Shiller PE Ratio 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.

Dayforce Shiller PE Ratio Chart

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DAY vs DOCU, MANH, BSY: Shiller PE Ratio Comparison

For the Software - Application subindustry, Dayforce's Shiller PE Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Shiller PE Ratio 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 Shiller PE Ratio vs Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Dayforce's Shiller PE Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Dayforce's Shiller PE Ratio falls into.


DAY
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Dayforce Shiller PE Ratio Calculation

For Shiller PE Ratio, the earnings of the past 10 years are inflation-adjusted and averaged. The result is used for P/E calculation. Since it looks at the average over the last 10 years, the Shiller PE Ratio is also called PE10.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The same calculation is applied here to individual companies.

Dayforce's E10 for the fiscal year that ended in Dec24 is calculated as:

For example, Dayforce's adjusted earnings per share data for the fiscal year that ended in Dec24 was:

Adj_EPS=Earnings per Share (Diluted)/CPI of Dec24 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec24)
=0.11/315.6050*315.6050
=0.110

Current CPI (Dec24) = 315.6050.

Dayforce Annual Data

Earnings per Share (Diluted) CPI Adj_EPS
201512 -1.603 236.525 -2.139
201612 -1.830 241.432 -2.392
201712 -0.171 246.524 -0.219
201812 -0.600 251.233 -0.754
201912 0.530 256.974 0.651
202012 -0.030 260.474 -0.036
202112 -0.500 278.802 -0.566
202212 -0.480 296.797 -0.510
202312 0.350 306.746 0.360
202412 0.110 315.605 0.110

Add all the adjusted EPS together and divide 10 will get our E10.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.

Is Dayforce (DAY) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Dayforce stock appears to be undervalued. The current stock price of $69.86 is trading 19.5% below its estimated GF Value™ of $86.76.

Key valuation signals for DAY:

  • Shiller PE Ratio:
  • GF Value™: $86.76 vs. price of $69.86 (19.5% below fair value)
  • GF Score™: 67/100 with 5 warning signs

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Dayforce Business Description

Address 3311 East Old Shakopee Road, Minneapolis, MN, USA, 55425
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, which 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.
67GF Score

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