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

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%

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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Amdocs currently has a consensus target price of $105.33, suggesting a potential upside of 19.34%. Cognizant Technology Solutions has a consensus target price of $85.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.79%. Given Amdocs' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, 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)
4 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

In the previous week, Cognizant Technology Solutions had 13 more articles in the media than Amdocs. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Cognizant Technology Solutions and 11 mentions for Amdocs. Cognizant Technology Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Amdocs' score of 0.90 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)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Cognizant Technology Solutions
14 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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$5.00B1.99$493.20M$4.7518.58
Cognizant Technology Solutions$19.74B1.88$2.24B$4.7515.87

Amdocs pays an annual dividend of $2.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Cognizant Technology Solutions pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. 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 increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years and Cognizant Technology Solutions has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years. Amdocs is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

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

Summary

Cognizant Technology Solutions beats Amdocs on 9 of the 17 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$10.07B$16.90B$27.76B$9.11B
Dividend Yield2.36%1.50%3.11%4.01%
P/E Ratio18.5838.8836.8520.25
Price / Sales1.9912.021,883.2599.65
Price / Cash12.2125.1938.1558.16
Price / Book2.964.877.275.49
Net Income$493.20M$434.10M$767.31M$250.27M
7 Day Performance-4.71%-5.91%-0.21%4.80%
1 Month Performance-6.19%-2.19%4.08%7.68%
1 Year Performance9.38%14.65%52,050.71%16.36%

Amdocs Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DOX
Amdocs
4.7921 of 5 stars
$88.26
-1.1%
$105.33
+19.3%
+11.2%$10.07B$5.00B18.5829,058Analyst Forecast
CTSH
Cognizant Technology Solutions
4.8723 of 5 stars
$78.49
-1.8%
$85.00
+8.3%
+7.4%$38.71B$20.09B16.53336,800Trending News
IT
Gartner
4.6061 of 5 stars
$393.53
-0.2%
$515.89
+31.1%
-16.4%$30.21B$6.30B24.4321,044Trending News
LDOS
Leidos
4.5231 of 5 stars
$162.39
+0.1%
$177.46
+9.3%
+8.8%$20.84B$16.66B16.2948,000Positive News
BAH
Booz Allen Hamilton
4.967 of 5 stars
$107.59
+0.5%
$134.64
+25.1%
-32.0%$13.30B$11.98B14.7735,800News Coverage
CACI
CACI International
2.3154 of 5 stars
$487.19
+0.4%
$520.31
+6.8%
+10.8%$10.67B$8.36B22.8924,000Analyst Forecast
EPAM
EPAM Systems
4.9385 of 5 stars
$176.17
-3.1%
$233.93
+32.8%
-10.1%$9.96B$4.73B24.6061,200Positive News
TDC
Teradata
4.2722 of 5 stars
$22.39
-1.5%
$27.25
+21.7%
-37.5%$2.15B$1.75B15.815,700Positive News
HCKT
The Hackett Group
4.2413 of 5 stars
$25.72
-0.8%
$31.33
+21.8%
+11.4%$710.72M$313.86M30.231,478
UIS
Unisys
4.5433 of 5 stars
$4.31
-1.3%
$6.50
+51.0%
-9.7%$305.96M$2.01B-4.0215,900Analyst Downgrade
FORR
Forrester Research
4.0348 of 5 stars
$10.17
-0.1%
N/A-43.7%$193.55M$432.47M-2.221,571

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