Amdocs (NASDAQ:DOX) & Symbolic Logic (NASDAQ:EVOL) Critical Contrast

Amdocs (NASDAQ:DOX) and Symbolic Logic (NASDAQ:EVOL) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, risk and dividends.

Profitability

This table compares Amdocs and Symbolic Logic’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Amdocs	9.85%	18.69%	10.37%
Symbolic Logic	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Amdocs and Symbolic Logic, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Amdocs	0	1	4	0	2.80
Symbolic Logic	0	0	0	0	0.00

Amdocs currently has a consensus target price of $101.20, indicating a potential upside of 17.25%. Given Amdocs’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Amdocs is more favorable than Symbolic Logic.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

92.0% of Amdocs shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.4% of Amdocs shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Symbolic Logic shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk & Volatility

Amdocs has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Symbolic Logic has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Amdocs and Symbolic Logic”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Amdocs	$5.00 billion	1.95	$493.20 million	$4.24	20.36
Symbolic Logic	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Amdocs has higher revenue and earnings than Symbolic Logic.

Dividends

Amdocs pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Symbolic Logic pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 78.6%. Amdocs pays out 45.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Amdocs beats Symbolic Logic on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Amdocs

Amdocs Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides software and services worldwide. It designs, develops, operates, implements, supports, and markets open and modular cloud portfolio. The company provides CES23, a 5G and cloud-native microservices-based market-leading customer experience suite, that enables service providers to build, deliver, and monetize advanced services; Amdocs Subscription Marketplace, a software-as-a-service-based platform that includes an expansive network of pre-integrated digital services, such as media, gaming, eLearning, sports, and retail to security and business services; the monetization suite for charging, billing, policy, and revenue management; Intelligent networking suite with a set of modular, flexible, and open service lifecycle management capabilities for network automation journeys; amAIz, a telco GenAI framework; Amdocs Digital Brands Suite, a pre-integrated digital business suite; and Amdocs eSIM Cloud for service providers. It also offers AI-powered, cloud-native, and home operating systems; data intelligence solutions and applications; end-to-end application development and maintenance services; and ongoing maintenance services. In addition, the company provides a line of services designed for various stages of a service provider’s lifecycle includes consulting, delivery, quality engineering, operations, systems integration, network services, experience-driven services, data, cloud, and content services; managed services comprising application development, modernization and maintenance, IT and infrastructure services, testing and professional services that are designed to assist customers in the selection, implementation, operation, management, and maintenance of IT systems. It serves to the communications, entertainment, and media industry service providers, as well as mobile virtual network operators. Amdocs Limited was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Saint Louis, Missouri.

About Symbolic Logic

Symbolic Logic, Inc., a research and development organization, focuses on developing proprietary algorithms that model and predict behaviour of dynamic systems. It is also developing a set of tools and technologies for applying symbolic content to physical objects to catalog to track real-world objects. The company was formerly known as Evolving Systems, Inc. and changed its name to Symbolic Logic, Inc. in April 2022. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Englewood, Colorado. Symbolic Logic, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of CCUR Holdings, Inc.