Zacks Research Issues Negative Estimate for Amdocs Earnings

Amdocs Limited (NASDAQ:DOX) – Zacks Research reduced their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Amdocs in a note issued to investors on Wednesday, October 16th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the technology company will post earnings of $1.52 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $1.53. The consensus estimate for Amdocs’ current full-year earnings is $5.67 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Amdocs’ Q2 2025 earnings at $1.55 EPS and Q1 2026 earnings at $1.65 EPS.

Amdocs (NASDAQ:DOX) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 7th. The technology company reported $1.62 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.60 by $0.02. Amdocs had a net margin of 10.21% and a return on equity of 17.89%. The company had revenue of $1.25 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.25 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $1.41 EPS. The firm’s revenue was up 1.1% compared to the same quarter last year.

Several other research analysts have also recently issued reports on DOX. StockNews.com raised Amdocs from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 10th. Stifel Nicolaus assumed coverage on Amdocs in a research note on Wednesday, October 2nd. They set a “buy” rating and a $100.00 target price for the company. One analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, four have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Amdocs has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $102.00.

Amdocs Stock Performance

Shares of Amdocs stock opened at $90.94 on Thursday. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $86.26 and a 200-day simple moving average of $83.57. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21, a quick ratio of 1.24 and a current ratio of 1.24. Amdocs has a one year low of $74.41 and a one year high of $94.04. The company has a market cap of $10.69 billion, a PE ratio of 20.44, a P/E/G ratio of 1.42 and a beta of 0.74.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Natixis Advisors LLC grew its holdings in Amdocs by 0.4% in the second quarter. Natixis Advisors LLC now owns 27,246 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $2,150,000 after purchasing an additional 120 shares during the last quarter. Raymond James Trust N.A. increased its holdings in Amdocs by 2.3% during the 2nd quarter. Raymond James Trust N.A. now owns 5,796 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $457,000 after acquiring an additional 129 shares in the last quarter. Y.D. More Investments Ltd increased its holdings in Amdocs by 1.5% during the 2nd quarter. Y.D. More Investments Ltd now owns 9,389 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $741,000 after acquiring an additional 139 shares in the last quarter. First Affirmative Financial Network raised its position in Amdocs by 5.4% during the first quarter. First Affirmative Financial Network now owns 3,085 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $279,000 after acquiring an additional 157 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Atlas Capital Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Amdocs by 6.5% in the first quarter. Atlas Capital Advisors LLC now owns 2,640 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $239,000 after purchasing an additional 160 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 92.02% of the company’s stock.

Amdocs Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, October 25th. Shareholders of record on Monday, September 30th will be issued a $0.479 dividend. This represents a $1.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.11%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, September 30th. Amdocs’s dividend payout ratio is presently 42.92%.

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.