Zacks Research Has Pessimistic Outlook of Amdocs Q3 Earnings

Amdocs Limited (NASDAQ:DOX) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research reduced their Q3 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Amdocs in a report released on Tuesday, February 25th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the technology company will post earnings of $1.55 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $1.58. The consensus estimate for Amdocs’ current full-year earnings is $6.21 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Amdocs’ Q4 2025 earnings at $1.62 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $6.16 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.69 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.74 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $6.69 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $7.11 EPS.

Amdocs (NASDAQ:DOX) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, February 4th. The technology company reported $1.45 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.64 by ($0.19). Amdocs had a net margin of 10.19% and a return on equity of 18.89%.

Several other research analysts have also commented on the company. Oppenheimer boosted their price target on Amdocs from $98.00 to $105.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 13th. Barclays reduced their price target on Amdocs from $113.00 to $111.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, November 14th. Finally, StockNews.com lowered Amdocs from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and five have given a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $101.20.

Amdocs Trading Down 0.6 %

DOX opened at $87.25 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $9.85 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.24, a PEG ratio of 1.47 and a beta of 0.71. The company has a current ratio of 1.16, a quick ratio of 1.20 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22. Amdocs has a 12 month low of $74.41 and a 12 month high of $94.04. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $86.22 and a 200-day moving average price of $86.78.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Private Trust Co. NA increased its position in Amdocs by 62.9% during the 3rd quarter. Private Trust Co. NA now owns 303 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $27,000 after buying an additional 117 shares in the last quarter. Brooklyn Investment Group acquired a new position in Amdocs during the 3rd quarter valued at about $28,000. Jones Financial Companies Lllp acquired a new position in Amdocs during the 4th quarter valued at about $36,000. SBI Securities Co. Ltd. acquired a new position in Amdocs during the 4th quarter valued at about $41,000. Finally, Global Retirement Partners LLC grew its stake in Amdocs by 45.6% during the 4th quarter. Global Retirement Partners LLC now owns 559 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $48,000 after purchasing an additional 175 shares during the last quarter. 92.02% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Amdocs Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Sunday, April 20th. Investors of record on Monday, March 31st will be given a dividend of $0.527 per share. This is a positive change from Amdocs’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.48. This represents a $2.11 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.42%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 31st. Amdocs’s dividend payout ratio is currently 48.72%.

Amdocs Company Profile

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.