Amdocs (NASDAQ:DOX) Updates Q1 Earnings Guidance

Amdocs (NASDAQ:DOX) updated its first quarter earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $1.61-1.67 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.70. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.095-1.135 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.28 billion. Amdocs also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 6.859-7.116 EPS.

Amdocs Trading Down 0.2 %

Shares of NASDAQ:DOX traded down $0.13 during trading on Friday, reaching $85.58. 11,631 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 678,970. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $88.18 and its 200-day simple moving average is $83.94. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21, a current ratio of 1.24 and a quick ratio of 1.24. Amdocs has a 12-month low of $74.41 and a 12-month high of $94.04. The firm has a market capitalization of $10.06 billion, a PE ratio of 20.21, a P/E/G ratio of 1.42 and a beta of 0.74.

Amdocs Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, January 31st. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 31st will be issued a dividend of $0.479 per share. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, December 31st. This represents a $1.92 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.24%. Amdocs’s payout ratio is currently 45.28%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts have recently issued reports on DOX shares. Stifel Nicolaus assumed coverage on Amdocs in a research report on Wednesday, October 2nd. They set a “buy” rating and a $100.00 price target on the stock. Barclays cut their target price on shares of Amdocs from $113.00 to $111.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday. Oppenheimer upped their price target on shares of Amdocs from $98.00 to $105.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday. Finally, StockNews.com downgraded shares of Amdocs from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and six have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $101.83.

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.