Ceridian HCM (NYSE:CDAY) & Leafly (OTC:LFLY) Critical Review

Insider & Institutional Ownership

15.6% of Leafly shares are held by institutional investors. 6.9% of Leafly shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of Ceridian HCM shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Leafly and Ceridian HCM’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Leafly -14.65% N/A -25.26%
Ceridian HCM 0.28% 2.03% 0.51%

Risk and Volatility

Leafly has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ceridian HCM has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Leafly and Ceridian HCM”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

Gross Revenue Price/Sales Ratio Net Income Earnings Per Share Price/Earnings Ratio
Leafly $35.87 million 3.24 -$9.50 million ($1.60) -23.13
Ceridian HCM $1.45 billion 7.45 -$73.40 million $0.03 2,305.33

Leafly has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ceridian HCM. Leafly is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ceridian HCM, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Ceridian HCM beats Leafly on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Leafly

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Leafly Holdings, Inc. owns and operates a platform to provide consumers with cannabis information and connects consumers to cannabis brands and licensed retailers. The company offers subscription-based marketplace listings, digital advertising solutions, and software as a service-based tools to cannabis retailers; and information, reviews, menus, and ordering and delivery options to its audience through its website and mobile applications. Leafly Holdings, Inc. was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

About Ceridian HCM

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Ceridian HCM Holding Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a human capital management (HCM) software company in the United States, Canada, and internationally. It offers Dayforce, a cloud HCM platform that provides human resources, payroll, benefits, workforce management, and talent management functionality; and Powerpay, a cloud HR and payroll solution for the small business market. The company also provides Bureau solutions for payroll and payroll-related services. It sells its solutions through direct sales force and third-party channels. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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