Amdocs (NASDAQ:DOX – Get Free Report) and Vivakor (OTCMKTS:VIVKD – Get Free Report) are both technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
92.0% of Amdocs shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.3% of Vivakor shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.4% of Amdocs shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.2% of Vivakor shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Amdocs and Vivakor, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Amdocs | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2.25 |
| Vivakor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Amdocs currently has a consensus target price of $78.33, indicating a potential upside of 85.97%. Given Amdocs’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Amdocs is more favorable than Vivakor.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Amdocs and Vivakor”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Amdocs | $4.53 billion | 1.00 | $564.70 million | $4.20 | 10.03 |
| Vivakor | $104.42 million | 0.01 | -$110.23 million | ($624.00) | -0.00 |
Amdocs has higher revenue and earnings than Vivakor. Vivakor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amdocs, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Risk and Volatility
Amdocs has a beta of 0.42, indicating that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vivakor has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Amdocs and Vivakor’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Amdocs | 9.75% | 20.28% | 10.94% |
| Vivakor | -105.57% | -141.06% | -56.70% |
Summary
Amdocs beats Vivakor on 13 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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. It also offers AI-powered, cloud-native, and home operating systems; data intelligence solutions and applications; end-to-end application development and maintenance services; and ongoing maintenance services. In addition, the company provides a line of services designed for various stages of a service provider’s lifecycle includes consulting, delivery, quality engineering, operations, systems integration, network services, experience-driven services, data, cloud, and content services; managed services comprising application development, modernization and maintenance, IT and infrastructure services, testing and professional services that are designed to assist customers in the selection, implementation, operation, management, and maintenance of IT systems. It serves to the communications, entertainment, and media industry service providers, as well as mobile virtual network operators. Amdocs Limited was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Saint Louis, Missouri.
About Vivakor
Vivakor, Inc. operates, acquires, and develops technologies and assets in the oil and gas industry and related environmental solutions in the United States and Kuwait. The company owns and operates a crude oil gathering, storage, and transportation facility in Delhi, Louisiana. It also owns a crude oil storage tank located near Colorado City, Texas. In addition, the company offers remediation of soil and the extraction of hydrocarbons, such as oil from properties contaminated by or laden with heavy crude oil and other hydrocarbon-based substances. The company was formerly known as NGI Holdings, LLC and changed its name to Vivakor, Inc. in April 2008. The company was incorporated in 2006 and is based in Dallas, Texas.
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