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DOX vs. CTSH, LDOS, IT, 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), Leidos (LDOS), Gartner (IT), 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

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

Amdocs has a net margin of 11.94% compared to Cognizant Technology Solutions' net margin of 11.89%. Amdocs' return on equity of 19.66% beat Cognizant Technology Solutions' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cognizant Technology Solutions11.89% 16.77% 12.34%
Amdocs 11.94%19.66%10.95%

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

Cognizant Technology Solutions pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Amdocs pays an annual dividend of $2.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Cognizant Technology Solutions pays out 25.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Amdocs pays out 42.8% 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. Cognizant Technology Solutions has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years and Amdocs has increased its dividend for 14 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 beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amdocs has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Cognizant Technology Solutions had 13 more articles in the media than Amdocs. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Cognizant Technology Solutions and 13 mentions for Amdocs. Cognizant Technology Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat Amdocs' score of 1.16 indicating that Cognizant Technology Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Cognizant Technology Solutions presently has a consensus target price of $86.07, suggesting a potential upside of 21.99%. Amdocs has a consensus target price of $105.33, suggesting a potential upside of 23.44%. Given Amdocs' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Amdocs is more favorable than Cognizant Technology Solutions.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cognizant Technology Solutions
0 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.31
Amdocs
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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
Cognizant Technology Solutions$19.74B1.75$2.24B$4.9214.34
Amdocs$5.00B1.92$493.20M$4.9317.31

Summary

Amdocs beats Cognizant Technology Solutions on 10 of the 19 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$9.63B$221.56B$31.36B$10.14B
Dividend Yield2.46%1.71%3.17%4.57%
P/E Ratio17.3135.54439.4726.13
Price / Sales1.9232.142,121.38237.23
Price / Cash11.7324.2636.5859.98
Price / Book2.877.497.266.29
Net Income$493.20M$364.92M$807.55M$270.85M
7 Day Performance0.86%5.73%3.79%4.11%
1 Month Performance-1.30%8.91%6.47%8.40%
1 Year Performance0.33%224.09%24,156.26%28.69%

Amdocs Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DOX
Amdocs
4.9751 of 5 stars
$85.33
+1.7%
$105.33
+23.4%
-2.3%$9.63B$5.00B17.3129,058News Coverage
Positive News
CTSH
Cognizant Technology Solutions
4.8469 of 5 stars
$70.83
-1.4%
$86.07
+21.5%
-9.7%$34.57B$20.49B14.39336,800Positive News
Short Interest ↑
LDOS
Leidos
4.1577 of 5 stars
$178.46
+0.4%
$183.31
+2.7%
+17.1%$22.90B$16.66B16.8748,000Positive News
IT
Gartner
4.9599 of 5 stars
$240.79
-2.7%
$369.25
+53.4%
-53.4%$18.24B$6.30B14.8221,044Trending News
Analyst Forecast
BAH
Booz Allen Hamilton
4.9576 of 5 stars
$104.34
-2.3%
$134.00
+28.4%
-32.5%$12.86B$11.96B12.8235,800Positive News
CACI
CACI International
3.1686 of 5 stars
$460.77
-1.9%
$549.69
+19.3%
+3.1%$10.13B$8.63B20.6225,000News Coverage
EPAM
EPAM Systems
4.8173 of 5 stars
$168.79
-3.0%
$226.25
+34.0%
-26.0%$9.40B$4.73B24.0861,200News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
TDC
Teradata
3.8973 of 5 stars
$20.36
-1.7%
$26.86
+31.9%
-23.7%$1.92B$1.68B18.015,700Trending News
Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
HCKT
The Hackett Group
4.3492 of 5 stars
$20.39
+0.1%
$29.67
+45.5%
-19.3%$560.02M$313.86M33.931,180
UIS
Unisys
4.8782 of 5 stars
$3.78
-1.2%
$7.17
+89.4%
-29.3%$269.76M$2.01B-3.2115,900News Coverage
Short Interest ↓
FORR
Forrester Research
4.3804 of 5 stars
$9.59
-0.4%
N/A-46.3%$182.69M$432.47M-2.041,571Positive News

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