Amdocs (NASDAQ:DOX) Hits New 12-Month Low – What’s Next?

Amdocs Limited (NASDAQ:DOX) hit a new 52-week low on Wednesday . The company traded as low as $74.32 and last traded at $76.02, with a volume of 1549447 shares. The stock had previously closed at $75.05.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Amdocs from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, November 8th. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Amdocs in a research report on Thursday, October 30th. Wolfe Research reiterated a “peer perform” rating on shares of Amdocs in a research report on Thursday, November 13th. Stifel Nicolaus lowered their target price on Amdocs from $100.00 to $97.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, November 12th. Finally, Bank of America cut their price target on Amdocs from $100.00 to $97.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, November 12th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $97.00.

Amdocs Price Performance

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.23, a quick ratio of 1.22 and a current ratio of 1.22. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $82.62 and a 200-day moving average price of $87.07. The firm has a market capitalization of $8.58 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.42, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.40 and a beta of 0.51.

Amdocs (NASDAQ:DOX) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, November 11th. The technology company reported $1.83 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.82 by $0.01. Amdocs had a return on equity of 19.66% and a net margin of 11.94%.The business had revenue of $1.15 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.15 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $1.70 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was down 9.0% on a year-over-year basis. Amdocs has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.270-7.550 EPS. Q1 2026 guidance at 1.730-1.790 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts predict that Amdocs Limited will post 6.21 earnings per share for the current year.

Amdocs Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, January 30th. Investors 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 2.8%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, December 31st. Amdocs’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 41.58%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. bought a new stake in Amdocs in the third quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Root Financial Partners LLC acquired a new position in shares of Amdocs in the 3rd quarter valued at $26,000. WealthCollab LLC increased its position in shares of Amdocs by 94.5% in the 3rd quarter. WealthCollab LLC now owns 356 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $29,000 after buying an additional 173 shares in the last quarter. Quarry LP increased its position in shares of Amdocs by 42.2% in the 1st quarter. Quarry LP now owns 391 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $36,000 after buying an additional 116 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp acquired a new stake in Amdocs during the 3rd quarter worth $37,000. 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.