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DOX vs. CTSH, IT, LDOS, BAH, EPAM, CACI, 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), EPAM Systems (EPAM), CACI International (CACI), 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.

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 compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and analyst recommendations.

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$4.75B2.22$493.20M$4.7519.65
Cognizant Technology Solutions$20.09B1.99$2.24B$4.7517.06

In the previous week, Cognizant Technology Solutions had 7 more articles in the media than Amdocs. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Cognizant Technology Solutions and 8 mentions for Amdocs. Cognizant Technology Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Amdocs' score of 1.00 indicating that Cognizant Technology Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Amdocs pays an annual dividend of $2.10 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 44.2% 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.

Cognizant Technology Solutions has a net margin of 11.35% compared to Amdocs' net margin of 10.19%. Amdocs' return on equity of 18.89% beat Cognizant Technology Solutions' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Amdocs10.19% 18.89% 10.48%
Cognizant Technology Solutions 11.35%16.78%12.24%

Amdocs presently has a consensus price target of $105.33, indicating a potential upside of 12.86%. Cognizant Technology Solutions has a consensus price target of $85.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.87%. Given Amdocs' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly 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

Cognizant Technology Solutions received 554 more outperform votes than Amdocs when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.29% of users gave Cognizant Technology Solutions an outperform vote while only 72.89% of users gave Amdocs an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AmdocsOutperform Votes
675
72.89%
Underperform Votes
251
27.11%
Cognizant Technology SolutionsOutperform Votes
1229
73.29%
Underperform Votes
448
26.71%

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

Amdocs has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cognizant Technology Solutions has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Cognizant Technology Solutions beats Amdocs on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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DOX vs. The Competition

MetricAmdocsCustom computer programming services IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$10.43B$7.72B$26.24B$8.67B
Dividend Yield2.28%2.89%2.86%4.19%
P/E Ratio21.65101.0045.2620.17
Price / Sales2.2212.872,015.87161.98
Price / Cash12.2223.7734.7434.64
Price / Book3.005.437.084.72
Net Income$493.20M$204.55M$740.66M$247.80M
7 Day Performance1.74%2.14%3.31%2.75%
1 Month Performance2.10%5.64%7.36%9.70%
1 Year Performance21.90%46.07%52,560.46%14.51%

Amdocs Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DOX
Amdocs
4.8597 of 5 stars
$93.53
+0.2%
$105.33
+12.6%
+20.6%$10.56B$4.75B21.7030,300Positive News
CTSH
Cognizant Technology Solutions
4.4543 of 5 stars
$80.27
-0.9%
$85.00
+5.9%
+20.5%$39.57B$20.09B17.80355,300Positive News
IT
Gartner
4.4887 of 5 stars
$429.96
-1.5%
$518.67
+20.6%
-3.2%$33.09B$6.33B26.8219,500
LDOS
Leidos
4.8418 of 5 stars
$141.64
-4.6%
$176.46
+24.6%
+0.6%$18.23B$16.93B15.3345,000Positive News
Analyst Revision
BAH
Booz Allen Hamilton
4.9933 of 5 stars
$103.36
-2.7%
$136.90
+32.5%
-33.7%$12.84B$11.98B15.4029,300Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
EPAM
EPAM Systems
4.9351 of 5 stars
$170.71
-2.2%
$233.93
+37.0%
+2.0%$9.67B$4.86B21.7759,300Positive News
CACI
CACI International
3.6175 of 5 stars
$415.94
-2.8%
$515.67
+24.0%
+4.1%$9.15B$8.36B19.5122,000Analyst Revision
TDC
Teradata
3.7143 of 5 stars
$21.86
-0.5%
$27.50
+25.8%
-30.5%$2.09B$1.70B18.687,000
HCKT
The Hackett Group
4.6289 of 5 stars
$24.02
-2.0%
$31.33
+30.4%
+12.7%$664.27M$314.53M22.661,180Positive News
UIS
Unisys
4.4961 of 5 stars
$4.61
-3.4%
$6.50
+41.0%
+7.9%$327.62M$1.95B-1.6316,200
FORR
Forrester Research
3.2387 of 5 stars
$10.26
-3.5%
N/A-34.4%$195.59M$422.27M-34.201,780

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