NiCE (NASDAQ:NICE) Shares Gap Down – What’s Next?

NiCE (NASDAQ:NICE) gapped down prior to trading on Wednesday . The stock had previously closed at $125.01, but opened at $106.10. NiCE shares last traded at $100.2540, with a volume of 657,731 shares.

Key NiCE News

Here are the key news stories impacting NiCE this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Q1 revenue and non?GAAP EPS topped Street estimates — total revenue of $768.6M (+9.8% y/y) and non?GAAP EPS of $2.64 vs consensus $2.52, showing the business still growing and beating near?term expectations. NiCE Reports 10% Year-Over-Year Revenue Growth
• Positive Sentiment: Strong cloud performance: cloud revenue grew ~14.6% to $603.4M, supporting the company’s longer?term CX AI growth narrative and recurring revenue base. NiCE Reports 10% Year-Over-Year Revenue Growth
• Positive Sentiment: Company raised FY?2026 non?GAAP EPS guidance to $10.98–$11.18 (above consensus), signaling management’s confidence in full?year profitability despite near?term headwinds. NiCE earnings & guidance
• Neutral Sentiment: Trading activity spiked — volume well above average, indicating broad repositioning by investors and institutions after the print. This amplifies price moves but doesn’t change fundamentals by itself. NiCE stock profile
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst coverage remains generally positive with multiple buy/outperform ratings and a median 12?month price target well above current levels — useful context if you’re weighing a longer?term hold vs. short?term volatility. NICE plunges as investors focus on margin pressure…
• Negative Sentiment: Margins compressed y/y: both GAAP and non?GAAP margins fell and GAAP net income/EPS declined (GAAP EPS around $0.77), driven in part by acquisition?related and integration costs — investors are worried about the timing of margin recovery. NICE plunges as investors focus on margin pressure…
• Negative Sentiment: Q2 guidance implies deceleration vs recent trends — non?GAAP revenue guide of $761M–$771M (midpoint below Street) and Q2 EPS guide $2.60–$2.70 flagged slower near?term growth, which appears to have driven the short?term selloff despite reiterated full?year revenue guidance. NICE plunges as investors focus on margin pressure…

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

NICE has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. Wedbush reissued a “neutral” rating and set a $120.00 target price on shares of NiCE in a report on Friday, February 20th. Royal Bank Of Canada reduced their target price on NiCE from $175.00 to $150.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Friday, February 20th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “sell (d+)” rating on shares of NiCE in a report on Friday, March 27th. Rosenblatt Securities reissued a “buy” rating and set a $155.00 target price on shares of NiCE in a report on Friday, February 20th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group reissued a “hold” rating on shares of NiCE in a report on Thursday, February 19th. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, NiCE currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $144.17.

NiCE Price Performance

The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $112.01 and a 200 day simple moving average of $114.01. The firm has a market cap of $5.85 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.02, a PEG ratio of 1.45 and a beta of 0.82.

NiCE (NASDAQ:NICE) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 6th. The technology company reported $2.64 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.52 by $0.12. NiCE had a return on equity of 18.26% and a net margin of 20.78%.The firm had revenue of $768.62 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $760.94 million. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $2.87 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 9.8% on a year-over-year basis. NiCE has set its FY 2026 guidance at 10.980-11.180 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 2.600-2.700 EPS. On average, research analysts anticipate that NiCE will post 8.89 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

NiCE announced that its board has approved a stock repurchase plan on Thursday, February 19th that authorizes the company to repurchase $600.00 million in shares. This repurchase authorization authorizes the technology company to reacquire up to 9.6% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are usually an indication that the company’s board believes its shares are undervalued.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On NiCE

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC acquired a new stake in shares of NiCE in the second quarter valued at approximately $40,000. Richardson Financial Services Inc. increased its holdings in shares of NiCE by 65.3% in the third quarter. Richardson Financial Services Inc. now owns 329 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $48,000 after purchasing an additional 130 shares during the last quarter. Manchester Capital Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of NiCE in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $39,000. V Square Quantitative Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of NiCE in the first quarter valued at approximately $40,000. Finally, Legal & General Group Plc acquired a new stake in shares of NiCE in the second quarter valued at approximately $65,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 63.34% of the company’s stock.

NiCE Company Profile

NiCE Ltd is a global software provider specializing in solutions for customer engagement, financial crime prevention, public safety, workforce optimization and border security. Its product offerings include cloud-native and on-premises platforms that leverage advanced analytics, artificial intelligence and automation to help organizations enhance customer experiences, streamline operations and ensure regulatory compliance. NiCE’s portfolio addresses the needs of contact centers, financial institutions, government agencies and enterprises across a broad range of industries.

In customer engagement, NiCE delivers tools for omnichannel interaction management, real-time and historical analytics, workforce management, and quality management.