Zacks Research Issues Negative Outlook for Amdocs Earnings

Amdocs Limited (NASDAQ:DOX) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research cut their Q1 2026 earnings per share estimates for shares of Amdocs in a research note issued on Wednesday, December 10th. Zacks Research analyst Team now expects that the technology company will earn $1.54 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $1.62. The consensus estimate for Amdocs’ current full-year earnings is $6.21 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Amdocs’ Q3 2026 earnings at $1.64 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.71 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $6.48 EPS, Q2 2027 earnings at $1.72 EPS, Q3 2027 earnings at $1.75 EPS, FY2027 earnings at $6.92 EPS and FY2028 earnings at $7.36 EPS.

DOX has been the topic of several other reports. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Amdocs from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, November 8th. Bank of America decreased their price objective on shares of Amdocs from $100.00 to $97.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, November 12th. Wolfe Research restated a “peer perform” rating on shares of Amdocs in a research report on Thursday, November 13th. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Amdocs in a research note on Thursday, October 30th. Finally, 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, November 12th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $97.00.

Amdocs Stock Up 1.1%

DOX stock opened at $79.63 on Monday. Amdocs has a 52 week low of $74.32 and a 52 week high of $95.41. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $80.09 and a 200 day simple moving average of $85.04. The company has a quick ratio of 1.22, a current ratio of 1.17 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.23. The company has a market cap of $8.99 billion, a PE ratio of 15.77, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.33 and a beta of 0.43.

Amdocs Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, January 30th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, December 31st will be paid a $0.527 dividend. This represents a $2.11 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.6%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, December 31st. Amdocs’s dividend payout ratio is presently 41.78%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Amdocs

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. bought a new position in Amdocs in the third quarter valued at about $26,000. Root Financial Partners LLC bought a new position in Amdocs in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $26,000. WealthCollab LLC boosted its position in Amdocs by 94.5% during the 3rd quarter. WealthCollab LLC now owns 356 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $29,000 after buying an additional 173 shares during the period. Quarry LP grew its holdings in Amdocs by 42.2% during the 1st quarter. Quarry LP now owns 391 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $36,000 after acquiring an additional 116 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Rossby Financial LCC bought a new stake in Amdocs during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $41,000. Institutional investors 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.