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Dayforce, Inc.

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Signs● 4 good● 1 warning● 2 severedetails ↓

Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY24FY23FY22FY21FY20FY19
Revenue$1.76B$1.51B$1.25B$1.02B$842.5M$824.1M
Operating income$104.1M$133.1M−$25.8M−$35.5M$7.8M$72.3M
Net income$18.1M$54.8M−$73.4M−$75.4M−$4.0M$78.7M
Total assets$9.12B$9.01B$8.46B$7.17B$6.70B$6.09B
Total liabilities$6.57B$6.61B$6.35B$4.94B$4.60B$4.20B
Equity$2.55B$2.40B$2.11B$2.23B$2.10B$1.88B
EPS (diluted)$0.11$0.35$-0.48$-0.50$-0.03$0.53
Shares out.156.6M154.1M152.0M148.8M144.7M140.5M

Reported figures from the company's SEC filings (XBRL). Blank where a line item isn't cleanly tagged — never estimated.

Key ratios

from filings · FY2024
Operating margin
5.9%
Net margin
1.0%
Return on equity
0.7%
Return on assets
0.2%
Return on capital (ROCE)
2.7%
Liabilities / assets
72.1%
Debt / equity
2.58×
Book value / share
$16.26
Revenue growth (YoY)
16.3%
Net income growth (YoY)
−67.0%

Computed from the company's own SEC figures — no market price, so these are facts, not a valuation. Book value per share is reported equity ÷ shares; it is not the stock price.

Financial health

forensic scores · FY2024
Altman Z″ (distress)
0.84distress
Accruals / assets
−2.9%clean
Piotroski F-Score
6/9mixed

Altman Z″is a textbook bankruptcy-distress score from book values only (>2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · <1.1 distress). Accruals = (net income − operating cash flow) ÷ assets; persistently high accruals are an earnings-quality red flag. Beneish M-Scoreis an eight-ratio screen comparing this year with last (M > −1.78 = elevated manipulation-risk screen, not proof). Piotroski F-Scorecounts how many of nine fundamental-health checks pass (shown as passed / applicable; we use operating margin and total liabilities as documented proxies where the exact input isn't XBRL-tagged). Computed from SEC filings — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Quality score

EDS Score
73
/ 100
Profitability 100Growth 50Catalyst 67Earnings quality 100Financial strength 50

Our own multi-factor score from free SEC data — profitability, growth, financial strength, earnings quality, and event/ownership catalysts. No market price and no licensed model: each axis is the share of source-backed checks it passes. Descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Signs

● 2 severe● 1 warning● 4 good
  • Altman Z″ in the distress zone
  • Filed a late-filing notice (Form NT) — missed an SEC deadline
  • High leverage (liabilities > 70% of assets)
  • Operating margin is positive
  • Revenue is growing year-over-year
  • Positive operating cash flow
  • Clean earnings (low accruals)

Derived from the company's own SEC figures (fundamentals, forensic scores, filing discipline) — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Risk flags

late SEC filings

A Form NT means the company notified the SEC it would file a periodic report late — often an accounting, audit or liquidity warning sign. Also search SEC enforcement actions for this company.

5%+ owners

SEC Schedule 13D / 13G · last 3 yrs

Holders who disclosed a 5%+ stake. 13D signals intent to influence or control; 13G is a passive holding. Latest filing per holder — open it for the exact stake.

Short interest

FINRA · bi-monthly
SettlementShares shortDays to coverΔ vs prior
Jan 30, 202611.5M3.2-5.2%
Jan 15, 202612.2M3.8-5.6%
Dec 31, 202512.9M6.7+28.2%
Dec 15, 202510.1M2.2+84.1%
Nov 28, 20255.5M2.2+21.4%

Shares sold short as reported to FINRA. Days-to-cover = short shares ÷ average daily volume — higher means more potential squeeze pressure.

Material events

SEC Form 8-K · most recent

Events the company reported on Form 8-K, labelled by the SEC item code it filed under — its own classification, not our interpretation.

Recent SEC filings

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