Amdocs (NASDAQ:DOX) Announces Quarterly Earnings Results, Beats Expectations By $0.01 EPS

Amdocs (NASDAQ:DOX) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday. The technology company reported $1.83 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.82 by $0.01, Briefing.com reports. The firm had revenue of $1.15 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.15 billion. Amdocs had a return on equity of 19.66% and a net margin of 11.94%.The business’s revenue was down 9.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.70 earnings per share. Amdocs updated its FY 2026 guidance to 7.270-7.550 EPS and its Q1 2026 guidance to 1.730-1.790 EPS.

Amdocs Stock Down 7.9%

Amdocs stock opened at $77.36 on Thursday. The company has a market cap of $8.73 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.69, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.40 and a beta of 0.51. Amdocs has a 1-year low of $76.50 and a 1-year high of $95.41. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $83.34 and a 200 day simple moving average of $87.41. The company has a current ratio of 1.22, a quick ratio of 1.22 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.23.

Amdocs Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, January 30th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, December 31st will be given a $0.527 dividend. This represents a $2.11 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, December 31st. Amdocs’s payout ratio is currently 42.60%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages recently issued reports on DOX. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Amdocs from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, November 8th. Bank of America cut their target price on shares of Amdocs from $100.00 to $97.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday. Stifel Nicolaus reduced their target price on Amdocs from $100.00 to $97.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday. Finally, Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Amdocs in a report on Thursday, October 30th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $101.67.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Amdocs

Several hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Amundi raised its position in shares of Amdocs by 73.0% in the first quarter. Amundi now owns 13,778 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $1,217,000 after purchasing an additional 5,816 shares during the period. Millennium Management LLC lifted its position in Amdocs by 458.3% during the first quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 67,047 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $6,135,000 after acquiring an additional 55,038 shares during the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Amdocs by 12.6% during the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 331,146 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $30,300,000 after acquiring an additional 37,087 shares during the period. Empowered Funds LLC increased its position in Amdocs by 12.0% during the 1st quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 15,979 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $1,462,000 after buying an additional 1,709 shares during the period. Finally, Jane Street Group LLC boosted its position in shares of Amdocs by 195.4% in the first quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 115,929 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $10,608,000 after acquiring an additional 76,683 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 92.02% of the company’s stock.

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.