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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.

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

Cognizant Technology Solutions has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amdocs has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Cognizant Technology Solutions pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Amdocs pays an annual dividend of $2.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Cognizant Technology Solutions pays out 27.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Amdocs pays out 48.7% 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 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 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
Cognizant Technology Solutions11.35% 16.78% 12.24%
Amdocs 10.19%18.89%10.48%

Cognizant Technology Solutions received 552 more outperform votes than Amdocs when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.41% of users gave Cognizant Technology Solutions an outperform vote while only 72.86% of users gave Amdocs an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Cognizant Technology SolutionsOutperform Votes
1226
73.41%
Underperform Votes
444
26.59%
AmdocsOutperform Votes
674
72.86%
Underperform Votes
251
27.14%

Cognizant Technology Solutions currently has a consensus price target of $84.53, indicating a potential upside of 17.21%. Amdocs has a consensus price target of $101.20, indicating a potential upside of 17.92%. Given Amdocs' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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)
15 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.17
Amdocs
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80

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$19.74B1.81$2.24B$4.5115.99
Amdocs$4.87B1.99$493.20M$4.3119.91

In the previous week, Cognizant Technology Solutions had 19 more articles in the media than Amdocs. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Cognizant Technology Solutions and 10 mentions for Amdocs. Cognizant Technology Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Amdocs' score of 1.15 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
21 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Amdocs
6 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Cognizant Technology Solutions beats Amdocs on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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DOX vs. The Competition

MetricAmdocsCustom computer programming services IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$9.69B$6.60B$22.62B$7.70B
Dividend Yield2.53%3.07%3.01%4.32%
P/E Ratio19.9199.6041.4418.31
Price / Sales1.9910.542,183.88107.05
Price / Cash12.2223.7734.6934.62
Price / Book2.765.026.024.25
Net Income$493.20M$204.55M$735.88M$247.51M
7 Day Performance3.17%5.10%4.19%6.33%
1 Month Performance-5.09%-5.42%-3.73%-3.33%
1 Year Performance0.21%53.92%52,586.13%5.15%

Amdocs Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DOX
Amdocs
4.725 of 5 stars
$86.01
+0.2%
$101.20
+17.7%
-1.1%$9.71B$4.87B19.9630,300News Coverage
Positive News
CTSH
Cognizant Technology Solutions
4.7736 of 5 stars
$68.06
-2.0%
$84.44
+24.1%
+6.8%$33.66B$19.74B15.09355,300Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Positive News
IT
Gartner
4.4906 of 5 stars
$392.50
-2.3%
$513.63
+30.9%
-7.3%$30.15B$6.27B24.4919,500
LDOS
Leidos
4.7842 of 5 stars
$138.44
-0.7%
$179.23
+29.5%
+13.0%$17.75B$16.66B14.9845,000Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
BAH
Booz Allen Hamilton
4.7181 of 5 stars
$112.20
-1.3%
$146.45
+30.5%
-17.3%$14.21B$11.78B16.7229,300Positive News
CACI
CACI International
3.6307 of 5 stars
$419.13
-0.2%
$508.31
+21.3%
+20.5%$9.40B$8.13B19.6622,000Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
EPAM
EPAM Systems
4.8426 of 5 stars
$145.54
-1.1%
$245.93
+69.0%
-35.4%$8.31B$4.73B18.5659,300Analyst Forecast
Positive News
TDC
Teradata
4.0019 of 5 stars
$19.96
-1.9%
$33.70
+68.8%
-42.1%$1.92B$1.75B17.067,000
HCKT
The Hackett Group
4.3257 of 5 stars
$25.21
-2.5%
$32.67
+29.6%
+14.9%$696.98M$313.86M23.781,180Analyst Downgrade
Positive News
UIS
Unisys
4.5984 of 5 stars
$3.82
-2.8%
$6.50
+70.2%
-26.6%$271.48M$2.01B-1.3516,200Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
FORR
Forrester Research
3.0298 of 5 stars
$9.46
+3.7%
N/A-46.3%$179.56M$432.47M-31.531,780

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