NiCE (NICE) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

NICE Ltd. (NASDAQ: NICE) is a technology company that develops cloud-based software and artificial intelligence solutions for customer experience, contact centers and enterprise operations. Its platforms help organizations manage customer interactions across voice, digital and other channels, while providing analytics, workflow automation and workforce engagement tools.

The company’s portfolio includes NICE CXone, a cloud platform for contact center operations, and Enlighten, an artificial intelligence framework designed for customer and employee interactions. NICE also offers Actimize solutions that support financial crime prevention, compliance, fraud management and risk operations for financial institutions and other regulated organizations.

Founded in 1986 and formerly known as NICE Systems, the company has expanded through organic development and acquisitions, including its 2016 acquisition of inContact, which strengthened its cloud contact-center business. NICE serves organizations across multiple industries and geographies worldwide. Scott Russell has served as the company’s chief executive officer since 2024.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $117.06 to $128.51
• 50-Day Range: $86.82 to $118.29
• 52-Week Range: $83.10 to $153.07
• Volume: 848,777 shs
• Average Volume: 704,219 shs
• Market Capitalization: $6.86 billion
• P/E Ratio: 17.12
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $129.50
• Consensus Rating: Hold

NiCE Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

NiCE scored higher than 79% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 160th out of 594 stocks in the technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

NiCE has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.43, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 7 buy ratings, 6 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for NiCE is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

NiCE has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 13.51%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for NiCE are expected to grow by 13.51% in the coming year, from $8.66 to $9.83 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of NiCE is 17.21, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.05.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of NiCE is 17.21, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 78.94.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

NiCE has a PEG Ratio of 1.24. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

NiCE has a P/B Ratio of 1.84. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.13% of the float of NiCE has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

NiCE has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.18, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in NiCE has recently decreased by 16.60%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

NiCE does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

NiCE does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.68

News Sentiment

NiCE has a news sentiment score of 0.68. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.54 average news sentiment score of Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 3 news articles for NiCE this week, compared to 7 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 5 people have searched for NICE on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -38% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

3 people have added NiCE to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.4 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, NiCE insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $50,000.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.02% of the stock of NiCE is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

63.34% of the stock of NiCE is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/05/2026
• Today: 9/23/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/12/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Technology
• Industry: Software
• Sub-Industry: Application Software
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:NICE
• CIK: 1003935
• Web: www.nice.com
• Phone: (729) 775-3777
• Fax: 972-9743-4282
• Employees: 9,626
• Year Founded: 1986

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for NiCE: $129.50
• High Price Target: $170.00
• Low Price Target: $100.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +10.1%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.43
• Research Coverage: 14 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $6.87
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 17.14
• Forward P/E Ratio: 13.58
• P/E Growth: 1.24
• Net Income: $612.10 million
• Net Margins: 13.86%
• Pretax Margin: 20.14%
• Return on Equity: 15.46%
• Return on Assets: 11.53%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 1.33
• Quick Ratio: 1.33

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $2.95 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.33
• Cash Flow: $15.00 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 7.84
• Book Value: $64.15 per share
• Price / Book: 1.83

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 58,440,000
• Free Float: 58,431,000
• Market Cap: $6.87 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.75