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DOX vs. CTSH, IT, LDOS, BAH, CACI, EPAM, TDC, HCKT, UIS, and FORR

Should you be buying Amdocs stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Amdocs include Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH), Gartner (IT), Leidos (LDOS), Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH), CACI International (CACI), EPAM Systems (EPAM), Teradata (TDC), The Hackett Group (HCKT), Unisys (UIS), and Forrester Research (FORR). These companies are all part of the "it consulting & other services" industry.

Amdocs vs. Its Competitors

Amdocs (NASDAQ:DOX) and Cognizant Technology Solutions (NASDAQ:CTSH) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, dividends and risk.

Amdocs pays an annual dividend of $2.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Cognizant Technology Solutions pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Amdocs pays out 44.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cognizant Technology Solutions pays out 26.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Amdocs has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years and Cognizant Technology Solutions has raised its dividend for 6 consecutive years. Amdocs is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

92.0% of Amdocs shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Cognizant Technology Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 15.4% of Amdocs shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Cognizant Technology Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Amdocs presently has a consensus target price of $105.33, indicating a potential upside of 14.83%. Cognizant Technology Solutions has a consensus target price of $85.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.92%. Given Amdocs' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Amdocs is more favorable than Cognizant Technology Solutions.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Amdocs
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Cognizant Technology Solutions
0 Sell rating(s)
14 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.22

Amdocs has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cognizant Technology Solutions has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Cognizant Technology Solutions has a net margin of 11.73% compared to Amdocs' net margin of 11.39%. Amdocs' return on equity of 19.52% beat Cognizant Technology Solutions' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Amdocs11.39% 19.52% 10.85%
Cognizant Technology Solutions 11.73%16.73%12.26%

Cognizant Technology Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than Amdocs. Cognizant Technology Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amdocs, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Amdocs$5.00B2.07$493.20M$4.7519.31
Cognizant Technology Solutions$19.74B2.00$2.24B$4.7516.89

In the previous week, Cognizant Technology Solutions had 13 more articles in the media than Amdocs. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Cognizant Technology Solutions and 6 mentions for Amdocs. Amdocs' average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Cognizant Technology Solutions' score of 1.39 indicating that Amdocs is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Amdocs
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Cognizant Technology Solutions
15 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Amdocs and Cognizant Technology Solutions tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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DOX vs. The Competition

MetricAmdocsIT Services IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$10.41B$17.58B$27.19B$8.87B
Dividend Yield2.29%1.48%3.15%4.10%
P/E Ratio19.3139.1336.0419.90
Price / Sales2.0712.742,037.69113.66
Price / Cash12.6225.8737.6556.90
Price / Book3.084.987.055.38
Net Income$493.20M$434.18M$763.02M$248.50M
7 Day Performance1.18%5.07%3.10%2.97%
1 Month Performance0.02%3.67%6.51%6.02%
1 Year Performance15.50%30.28%52,212.28%20.39%

Amdocs Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DOX
Amdocs
4.9086 of 5 stars
$91.73
-0.5%
$105.33
+14.8%
+17.2%$10.41B$5.00B19.3129,058Positive News
CTSH
Cognizant Technology Solutions
4.7153 of 5 stars
$77.27
+0.4%
$85.00
+10.0%
+18.7%$38.04B$19.74B16.25336,800Positive News
IT
Gartner
4.423 of 5 stars
$399.63
-0.2%
$515.89
+29.1%
-7.9%$31.19B$6.33B25.2221,044
LDOS
Leidos
4.4187 of 5 stars
$155.40
+0.9%
$177.46
+14.2%
+10.7%$20.06B$16.93B15.6848,000Positive News
Analyst Revision
BAH
Booz Allen Hamilton
4.9078 of 5 stars
$101.74
+1.6%
$134.64
+32.3%
-28.9%$12.64B$11.98B14.0435,800Positive News
CACI
CACI International
2.5044 of 5 stars
$463.36
+2.5%
$520.31
+12.3%
+13.2%$10.13B$7.66B21.7424,000
EPAM
EPAM Systems
4.9654 of 5 stars
$173.24
+0.3%
$233.93
+35.0%
-3.6%$9.82B$4.73B24.2561,200
TDC
Teradata
3.7939 of 5 stars
$21.35
-2.1%
$27.25
+27.6%
-33.4%$2.06B$1.75B15.215,700Positive News
HCKT
The Hackett Group
3.7338 of 5 stars
$25.17
-1.4%
$31.33
+24.5%
+18.0%$700.49M$313.86M29.791,478Positive News
High Trading Volume
UIS
Unisys
4.6549 of 5 stars
$4.54
-1.7%
$6.50
+43.1%
+10.6%$325.57M$2.01B-4.2815,900Analyst Upgrade
FORR
Forrester Research
4.2131 of 5 stars
$9.69
+0.3%
N/A-40.2%$183.94M$422.27M-2.111,571

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This page (NASDAQ:DOX) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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