Dayforce lifts annual revenue forecast on strong payroll demand; shares rise
(Reuters) – Dayforce raised its full-year revenue forecast on Wednesday, banking on robust demand for its payroll and human capital management services, sending its shares up 8% in premarket trading.
Strong client spending on the company’s flagship Dayforce platform that provides services such as cloud-based human resource management, recruiting and payroll processing boosted its second-quarter recurring revenue 20% to $321.6 million.
Heavy investment in artificial intelligence has also helped the company compete with larger players such as Workday (NASDAQ:) and Automatic Data Processing (NASDAQ:).
“Our strong results are translating into improved cash flow generation, prompting our Board of Directors to approve a $500 million share repurchase program,” CFO Jeremy Johnson said.
Dayforce expects fiscal 2024 revenue between $1.74 billion and $1.75 billion, above its prior view of $1.73 billion to $1.74 billion.
However, its third-quarter topline forecast of $425 million to $430 million was below analysts’ average estimate of $430.7 million, according to LSEG data.
Its second-quarter revenue rose 15.7% to $423.3 million from a year ago, exceeding expectations of $417.5 million.
But the company reported a net loss of 1 cent per share, compared with a net income of 2 cents a year ago.
