DOX vs. CTSH, IT, LDOS, BAH, EPAM, CACI, TDC, HCKT, FORR, and UIS
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), EPAM Systems (EPAM), CACI International (CACI), Teradata (TDC), The Hackett Group (HCKT), Forrester Research (FORR), and Unisys (UIS). These companies are all part of the "it consulting & other services" industry.
Amdocs (NASDAQ:DOX) and Cognizant Technology Solutions (NASDAQ:CTSH) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking and risk.
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.
Amdocs pays an annual dividend of $1.91 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Cognizant Technology Solutions pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Amdocs pays out 42.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cognizant Technology Solutions pays out 28.8% 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.
Cognizant Technology Solutions has a net margin of 10.84% compared to Amdocs' net margin of 10.62%. Amdocs' return on equity of 17.85% beat Cognizant Technology Solutions' return on equity.
Amdocs has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cognizant Technology Solutions has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Cognizant Technology Solutions received 559 more outperform votes than Amdocs when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.00% of users gave Cognizant Technology Solutions an outperform vote while only 72.42% of users gave Amdocs an outperform vote.
92.0% of Amdocs shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Cognizant Technology Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.4% of Amdocs shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Cognizant Technology Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Amdocs presently has a consensus price target of $104.83, indicating a potential upside of 32.70%. Cognizant Technology Solutions has a consensus price target of $75.67, indicating a potential upside of 14.39%. Given Amdocs' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Amdocs is more favorable than Cognizant Technology Solutions.
In the previous week, Amdocs had 2 more articles in the media than Cognizant Technology Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Amdocs and 10 mentions for Cognizant Technology Solutions. Cognizant Technology Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Amdocs' score of 0.74 indicating that Cognizant Technology Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Amdocs and Cognizant Technology Solutions tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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