Dayforce, Inc. financial metrics

Professional SEC-based dashboard for profitability, financial health, and growth with transparent scoring logic. Latest period: Q3 2025.

Symbol
DAY on NYSE
Location
Minneapolis, MN
Fiscal year end
31 December
Latest financial report
29 Oct 2025

Quick Takeaways

  • DAY - Dayforce, Inc. financial facts are built from SEC company filings data.
  • Latest metrics period on this page: Q3 2025.
  • Headline metric: Return On Invested Capital 2.2%.

What Changed

  • Return On Invested Capital YoY change: <span class="text-red-600">-18%</span>.
  • Most recent SEC facts end date: 22 Oct 2025.

Why This Matters

  • This gives a beginner-friendly first read before you inspect detailed formulas and metric tables.
  • Every metric card links to a deeper SEC-backed history page for verification.

Official SEC Source

Based on latest 10-Q/10-K

Facts and ratios are grounded in SEC company facts linked to the latest 10-Q/10-K cycle.

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Latest SEC snapshot (2025-10-22) highlights Return On Invested Capital 2.2%, Return On Equity -5.7%, and Return On Assets -1.8%.

Financial Quality Score

Transparent 0-100 scoring model based on profitability, financial health, and growth factors.

32.3/100

Weak Confidence high

Return On Invested Capital

2.2%

Metric score 0.0/100

Return On Equity

-5.7%

Metric score 0.0/100

Return On Assets

-1.8%

Metric score 0.0/100

Financial Health

Current Ratio
1.04x
Debt to Equity
0.23x

Strengths

Current Ratio, Debt-to-equity, and Revenues YoY

Watchpoints

Return On Invested Capital, Return On Equity, and Return On Assets

Key metrics snapshot

Return On Equity

-5.7%

YoY: -360%

Industry median: 1.8% (n=305)

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Return On Assets

-1.8%

YoY: -388%

Industry median: -5.4% (n=303)

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Operating Margin

7%

YoY: +3.5%

Industry median: -8.2% (n=263)

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Current Ratio

1.04x

YoY: -9%

Industry median: 1.3x (n=304)

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Debt-to-equity

0.23x

YoY: -51%

Industry median: 0.51x (n=238)

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Revenues YoY

12%

YoY:

Industry median: 10% (n=265)

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NetIncomeLoss YoY

-383%

YoY:

Industry median: 6.9% (n=284)

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Profitability

Metric Latest value YoY change
Return On Invested Capital 2.2% -18%
Return On Equity -5.7% -360%
Return On Assets -1.8% -388%
Operating Margin 7% +3.5%

Financial Health

Metric Latest value YoY change
Current Ratio 1.04x -9%
Debt-to-equity 0.23x -51%

Growth

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenues YoY 12%
NetIncomeLoss YoY -383%

Share Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding 160,034,963 +1.5%
Common Stock, Shares, Outstanding 160,000,000 +1.4%
Common Stock, Value, Issued $1,600,000 0%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Basic 159,800,000 +1.1%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Diluted 159,800,000 +0.06%

Additional Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax $1,893,300,000 +12%
Selling and Marketing Expense $352,700,000 +10%
General and Administrative Expense $398,800,000 +68%
Costs and Expenses $451,100,000 +7.6%
Operating Income (Loss) $132,300,000 +16%
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes, Noncontrolling Interest $94,600,000 -231%
Income Tax Expense (Benefit) $55,200,000 +186%
Earnings Per Share, Basic 0 -379%
Earnings Per Share, Diluted 0 -385%
Cash and Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value $627,600,000 +27%
Assets, Current $5,531,500,000 +13%
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net $232,600,000 +1.9%
Operating Lease, Right-of-Use Asset $10,900,000 -26%
Intangible Assets, Net (Excluding Goodwill) $129,600,000 -43%
Goodwill $2,384,900,000 -0.4%
Other Assets, Noncurrent $124,300,000 -5.6%
Assets $8,676,200,000 +6.9%
Accounts Payable, Current $88,900,000 +22%
Employee-related Liabilities, Current $111,700,000 +43%
Liabilities, Current $5,302,000,000 +24%
Long-term Debt and Lease Obligation $631,100,000 -48%
Operating Lease, Liability, Noncurrent $7,900,000 -44%
Other Liabilities, Noncurrent $35,700,000 +4.4%
Liabilities $5,981,500,000 +7.6%
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax $240,900,000 +39%
Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit) $556,300,000 -63%
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent $2,694,700,000 +5.4%
Liabilities and Equity $8,676,200,000 +6.9%
Common Stock, Shares Authorized 500,000,000 0%
Common Stock, Shares, Issued 160,000,000 +1.4%
Common Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share 0.01 0%
Deferred Tax Assets, Valuation Allowance $39,500,000 -14%
Operating Lease, Liability, Current $5,600,000 -6.7%
Current Income Tax Expense (Benefit) $32,100,000 +745%
Unrecognized Tax Benefits $3,800,000 +138%
Additional Paid in Capital $3,490,300,000 +6%
Amortization of Intangible Assets $108,400,000 -6%
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Expense $176,200,000 +29%
Interest Expense $29,100,000 -31%

How we score

This score is transparent and deterministic. We weight profitability, financial health, and growth metrics, then renormalize weights when SEC data is missing.

Metric Weight V1 threshold
ROIC205% to 20%
ROE158% to 25%
ROA102% to 10%
Operating Margin55% to 25%
Current Ratio121.0x to 2.0x
Quick Ratio80.8x to 1.5x
Debt to Equity100.3x to 2.0x (lower is better)
Revenue YoY10-10% to +20%
Net Income YoY10-10% to +20%

How Calculated (standard_v1)

Metrics are computed with a market-consensus convention designed for cross-portal comparability.

  • TTM Operating Income / TTM Revenues
  • Current Assets / Current Liabilities (latest instant quarter)
  • (Current Assets - Inventory) / Current Liabilities; fallback: (Cash+Short-Term Investments + Accounts Receivable) / Current Liabilities
  • Total Debt / Stockholders Equity (latest instant quarter; shared unit; freshest series)
  • TTM Net Income / Average Equity (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM Net Income / Average Assets (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM NOPAT / Average Invested Capital, where NOPAT=Operating Income*(1-tax rate), Invested Capital=Equity+Total Debt-Cash & ST Investments
  • TTM Revenues YoY
  • TTM Net Income YoY