Amdocs Limited (NASDAQ:DOX – Get Free Report) declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 8th, Zacks reports. Investors of record on Friday, June 28th will be given a dividend of 0.479 per share by the technology company on Friday, July 26th. This represents a $1.92 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.45%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 28th.
Amdocs has raised its dividend by an average of 9.9% annually over the last three years and has increased its dividend annually for the last 13 consecutive years. Amdocs has a dividend payout ratio of 27.2% meaning its dividend is sufficiently covered by earnings. Analysts expect Amdocs to earn $6.48 per share next year, which means the company should continue to be able to cover its $1.92 annual dividend with an expected future payout ratio of 29.6%.
Amdocs Stock Performance
Amdocs stock opened at $78.33 on Thursday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.32, a current ratio of 1.32 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21. The stock has a market capitalization of $9.21 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.60, a P/E/G ratio of 1.38 and a beta of 0.74. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $80.82 and a 200 day simple moving average of $86.75. Amdocs has a 12-month low of $74.41 and a 12-month high of $99.75.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
DOX has been the topic of several recent research reports. Citigroup lowered their price objective on Amdocs from $105.00 to $100.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, May 9th. StockNews.com downgraded Amdocs from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, March 15th. Finally, Robert W. Baird lowered their target price on Amdocs from $97.00 to $90.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, May 9th. One analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and five have issued a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $103.80.
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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.
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