Amdocs Limited (NASDAQ:DOX) Receives Average Rating of “Moderate Buy” from Analysts

Shares of Amdocs Limited (NASDAQ:DOX) have earned an average rating of “Moderate Buy” from the five research firms that are presently covering the firm, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and three have issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average 1-year price target among brokerages that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $92.3333.

Several research analysts recently issued reports on DOX shares. Barclays cut their target price on shares of Amdocs from $111.00 to $92.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, February 4th. Stifel Nicolaus lowered their price objective on shares of Amdocs from $97.00 to $88.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, February 4th. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Amdocs in a report on Tuesday, January 27th. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Amdocs from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Pzena Investment Management LLC raised its holdings in Amdocs by 82.6% during the fourth quarter. Pzena Investment Management LLC now owns 12,037,015 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $969,100,000 after buying an additional 5,443,766 shares during the last quarter. LSV Asset Management raised its holdings in Amdocs by 0.8% during the fourth quarter. LSV Asset Management now owns 3,678,532 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $296,159,000 after buying an additional 29,829 shares during the last quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC raised its holdings in Amdocs by 1.8% during the fourth quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 3,165,988 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $253,786,000 after buying an additional 54,676 shares during the last quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP raised its holdings in Amdocs by 3.0% during the third quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 3,151,532 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $258,583,000 after buying an additional 91,900 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. raised its holdings in Amdocs by 0.3% during the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 3,066,444 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $251,602,000 after buying an additional 9,207 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 92.02% of the company’s stock.

Amdocs Stock Down 1.0%

Shares of NASDAQ DOX opened at $66.96 on Tuesday. The firm has a market cap of $7.23 billion, a PE ratio of 12.95, a P/E/G ratio of 1.20 and a beta of 0.46. Amdocs has a 12-month low of $62.75 and a 12-month high of $95.41. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $67.04 and its 200 day simple moving average is $75.74. The company has a quick ratio of 1.06, a current ratio of 1.06 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.23.

Amdocs (NASDAQ:DOX) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, February 3rd. The technology company reported $1.81 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.75 by $0.06. The business had revenue of $1.16 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.15 billion. Amdocs had a net margin of 12.47% and a return on equity of 20.19%. Amdocs’s revenue was up 4.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $1.66 earnings per share. Amdocs has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 1.730-1.790 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 7.270-7.550 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that Amdocs will post 6.64 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Amdocs Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, April 24th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, March 31st will be issued a dividend of $0.569 per share. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, March 31st. This is a positive change from Amdocs’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.53. This represents a $2.28 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.4%. Amdocs’s dividend payout ratio is currently 44.10%.

Amdocs Company Profile

Amdocs (NASDAQ: DOX) is a global software and services provider specializing in solutions for communications, media and entertainment companies. The company designs, develops and integrates revenue management, customer experience and digital services platforms that enable service providers to launch and monetize new offerings, streamline operations and enhance subscriber engagement. Amdocs’ product suite encompasses billing and order management, customer relationship management, digital commerce and network function virtualization, supported by professional services for implementation, integration and managed operations.

Founded in 1982 and structured as a separate public company in 1998, Amdocs has its corporate headquarters in Chesterfield, Missouri, and maintains major development centers in Ra’anana, Israel.