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Dayforce Inc · Q3 2022 earnings

Q3 2022 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Delivered strong financial and operating performance with revenue and profitability metrics exceeding guidance. Dayforce recurring revenue grew 30%, or 32% at constant currency.

Ceridian's Q3 2022 results exceeded guidance on all revenue and profitability metrics. Dayforce recurring revenue grew 30% (32% at constant currency), and operating cash flows more than doubled year-on-year. The company now has 5,848 customers live on the Dayforce platform.

  • Total revenue was $315.6 million, up 22.7% year-over-year (25.3% on a constant currency basis).
  • Dayforce recurring revenue was $207.8 million, up 29.6% year-over-year (31.6% on a constant currency basis).
  • Cloud revenue was $276.9 million, up 26.1% year-over-year (28.4% on a constant currency basis).
  • Adjusted EBITDA was $63.5 million, compared to $39.4 million.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$316M

Previous: $257M+22.7%
EPS (adj)

$0.20

Previous: $0.05+300.0%
Live Dayforce customers

5.8K

Previous: 5.2K+11.9%
Capital Expenditures

-$10.4M

Previous: -$7.3M-42.5%
Free Cash Flow

$80.4M

Previous: $41.6M+93.3%
Net Income

-$21M

Previous: -$20.9M-0.5%
Operating Income

-$3.7M

Previous: -$16M+76.9%
Gross Profit

$119M

Previous: $93.1M+27.8%
Cash & Equivalents

$408M

Previous: $379M+7.8%
Total Assets

$8.01B

Previous: $9B-11.1%
Stock-Based Comp

$39.2M

Previous: $29.4M+33.3%

Revenue & EPS history

Dayforce · Revenue · Quarterly

$316M

Q3 2022+22.7%vs Q3 2021
Beat estimate in 13 of 15 quarters(87%)
ActualEstimate

Revenue by segment

Dayforce · $316M total across 4 segments · Q3 2022

  • Dayforce recurring
    $208M+29.6%
  • Professional services
    $51.8M+22.7%
  • Other recurring
    $33.4M-1.8%
  • Powerpay recurring
    $22.6M+9.2%

Forward guidance

Ceridian issued guidance for the full year and fourth quarter of 2022. Ceridian expects a return to more normalized employment levels.

Historical earnings impact

How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.

Avg. return before/after earnings

Based on 15 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q3 2022

Historical avgQ3 2022

-1.1%

Avg return

Earnings day

-0.3%

Avg return

5 days after

+0.4%

Avg return

30 days after

42%

14 / 33 earnings

Positive

+17.4%

Q2 2022

Best reaction

-15.4%

Q4 2019

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q4 2025
Q3 2025+0.0%+0.2%+1.1%
Q2 2025+0.5%-6.0%+29.9%
Q1 2025-5.9%+2.7%+4.1%
Q4 2024-8.0%-8.4%-22.8%
Q3 2024+8.9%+15.6%+22.4%
Q2 2024+5.4%-1.4%+6.4%
Q1 2024-5.9%-5.3%-19.4%
Q4 2023-1.8%+2.1%-6.2%
Q3 2023+4.8%+2.0%+7.7%
Q2 2023+1.5%+4.0%+3.7%
Q1 2023-9.9%-7.6%+2.3%
Q4 2022+3.6%+3.4%-9.5%
Q3 2022-3.1%-12.3%+6.4%
Q2 2022+17.4%+19.3%+5.0%
Q1 2022-1.2%-4.0%-3.6%
Q4 2021-0.6%-9.5%-20.6%
Q3 2021-6.7%
Q2 2021+1.2%
Q1 2021-1.1%
Q4 2020-10.8%
Q3 2020+2.3%
Q2 2020-9.6%
Q1 2020+7.4%
Q4 2019-15.4%
Q3 2019+9.6%
Q2 2019+2.3%
Q1 2019-6.9%
Q4 2018-0.3%
Q3 2018+0.2%
Q3 2017+0.2%
Q2 2018-10.0%
Q4 2017-1.1%
Q1 2018-3.4%
Q2 2017
Q1 2017

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