NICE (NICE) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

NICE Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides cloud platforms for AI-driven digital business solutions worldwide. It offers CXone, a cloud native open platform; Enlighten, an AI engine for the customer engagement market; and smart self service enable organizations to address consumers' needs; and journey orchestration solutions that empower organizations to connect and route customers to deal with the customer's request, and connects them using real time AI-based routing. The company provides smart self service solutions that empower organizations to build intelligent automated conversations based on data; and prepared agent solutions and tools enable contact center agents to guide and alert them in real time; provides solutions that help organizations to record structured and unstructured customer interaction and transaction data; and NICE Evidencentral, an digital evidence management platform for public safety emergency communications, law enforcement, and criminal justice helps agencies. In addition, it offers X-Sight, is an open and flexible AI-cloud platform for financial crime and compliance; Xceed, a cloud platform for comprehensive AML and fraud prevention for small and mid-sized organizations; data intelligence solutions that enable organizations to turn raw data into comprehensive actionable intelligence to prevent and detect financial crimes; AI and analytics technologies to detect and prevent financial crimes in real-time; money laundering and fraud prevention solutions that help organizations adhere to capital markets compliance and anti-money laundering compliance regulations; intelligent investigations solutions; and self-service solutions that provide organizations with customization and self-development capabilities. The company was formerly known as NICE-Systems Ltd. and changed its name to NICE Ltd. in June 2016. NICE Ltd. was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Ra'anana, Israel.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $162.00 to $167.20
• 50-Day Range: $161.66 to $199.17
• 52-Week Range: $151.52 to $270.73
• Volume: 376,938 shs
• Average Volume: 260,307 shs
• Market Capitalization: $10.21 billion
• P/E Ratio: 25.14
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $253.93
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

NICE Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

NICE scored higher than 82% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 193rd out of 665 stocks in the computer and technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

NICE has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.75, and is based on 12 buy ratings, 4 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

NICE has been the subject of 8 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 11.68%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for NICE are expected to grow by 11.68% in the coming year, from $8.82 to $9.85 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of NICE is 25.14, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 111.73.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of NICE is 25.14, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Computer and Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 236.81.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

NICE has a PEG Ratio of 1.13. 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 3.04. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

4.05% 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 5.3.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in NICE has recently increased by 50.30%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing 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.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

4.05% 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 5.3.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in NICE has recently increased by 50.30%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.87

News Sentiment

NICE has a news sentiment score of 0.87. 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 0.50 average news sentiment score of Computer and Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 17 news articles for NICE this week, compared to 28 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 16 people have searched for NICE on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -30% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

6 people have added NICE to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 20% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, NICE insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 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.

NICE Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have NICE shares performed this year?

NICE's stock was trading at $169.84 at the start of the year. Since then, NICE shares have decreased by 4.4% and is now trading at $162.40.
View the best growth stocks for 2025 here.

How were NICE's earnings last quarter?

NICE Ltd. (NASDAQ:NICE) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August, 15th. The technology company reported $2.64 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $2.58 by $0.06. NICE's quarterly revenue was up 14.3% compared to the same quarter last year.

Does NICE have any subsidiaries?

The following companies are subsidiaries of NICE: Brand Embassy, Mattersight, WorkFlex Solutions, NICE inContact, Nexidia, Causata, RedKite Financial Markets, and others.

Who are NICE's major shareholders?

Top institutional shareholders of NICE include CCLA Investment Management (1.12%), Perpetual Ltd (0.30%), Barlow Wealth Partners Inc. (0.15%) and Kopion Asset Management LLC (0.07%).

How do I buy shares of NICE?

Shares of NICE stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of NICE own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that NICE investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Broadcom (AVGO), Meta Platforms (META), Adobe (ADBE), CrowdStrike (CRWD), ServiceNow (NOW) and Arista Networks (ANET).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/15/2024
• Today: 1/20/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 2/20/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Computer and Technology
• Industry: Prepackaged software
• Sub-Industry: Computer Software
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:NICE
• CUSIP: N/A
• CIK: 1003935
• Web: www.nice.com
• Phone: (729) 775-3777
• Fax: 972-9743-4282
• Employees: 8,384
• Year Founded: 1986

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $253.93
• High Stock Price Target: $334.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $176.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +56.4%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.75
• Research Coverage: 16 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $6.46
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 25.14
• Forward P/E Ratio: 18.41
• P/E Growth: 1.13
• Net Income: $338.30 million
• Net Margins: 16.11%
• Pretax Margin: 21.00%
• Return on Equity: 15.31%
• Return on Assets: 10.40%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 1.66
• Quick Ratio: 1.66

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $2.38 billion
• Price / Sales: 4.29
• Cash Flow: $9.64 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 16.85
• Book Value: $53.36 per share
• Price / Book: 3.04

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 62,870,000
• Free Float: 62,858,000
• Market Cap: $10.21 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.06