Ifrah Financial Services Inc decreased Amdocs Ltd (DOX) stake by 52.28% reported in 2017Q3 SEC filing. Zacks Investment Research's earnings per share averages are an average based on a survey of research analysts that that provide coverage for Amdocs Limited. Janus Henderson Group PLC boosted its stake in Amdocs by 0.8% in the 3rd quarter.

A number of other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of DOX. Majedie Asset Management Ltd lifted its holdings in shares of Amdocs by 155.8% in the fourth quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 2,969 shares of the technology company's stock worth $181,000 after purchasing an additional 696 shares during the period. Finally, Atria Investments LLC bought a new position in shares of Amdocs Limited during the second quarter worth approximately $218,000. The Ifrah Financial Services Inc holds 5,296 shares with $341,000 value, down from 11,098 last quarter. FMR LLC boosted its stake in Amdocs by 13.6% in the 2nd quarter. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.90 earnings per share. Boston Partners boosted its stake in Amdocs by 0.4% in the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 14,342,346 shares of the technology company's stock worth $924,507,000 after purchasing an additional 1,722,080 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 89.31% of the company's stock.

Several brokerages have recently commented on DOX. Oppenheimer Holdings, Inc. restated a "buy" rating and issued a $70.00 price objective on shares of Amdocs Limited in a research note on Tuesday, September 5th. The stock of Amdocs Limited (NASDAQ:DOX) has "Buy" rating given on Thursday, December 14 by Oppenheimer. Barclays Capital downgraded the stock to "Equal Weight" rating in Thursday, November 12 report. Jefferies Group reiterated a "hold" rating and issued a $70.00 price objective on shares of Amdocs in a research report on Thursday, October 12th. Finally, Robert W. Baird restated a "hold" rating and issued a $66.00 price target on shares of Amdocs in a research report on Friday, October 20th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have assigned a hold rating and two have issued a buy rating to the company. The stock now has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $70.71. Amdocs Ltd Ord now has $9.33B valuation. The company has a market capitalization of $9,278.16, a P/E ratio of 20.91, a PEG ratio of 2.19 and a beta of 0.52. Amdocs has a 1-year low of $58.89 and a 1-year high of $71.37.

Shares of Amdocs Limited (DOX) traded down 1.14% on Tuesday, hitting $62.69. The technology company reported $1.02 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.96 by $0.06. The business had revenue of $977.70 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $979.13 million. Amdocs had a net margin of 11.72% and a return on equity of 15.13%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 2.4% compared to the same quarter last year. analysts forecast that Amdocs will post 3.75 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, April 20th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 30th will be issued a $0.25 dividend. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.53%. This is a positive change from Amdocs's previous quarterly dividend of $0.22. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 28th. Amdocs's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is now 28.39%. Zacks Investment Research upgraded Amdocs Limited from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating and set a $75.00 price objective on the stock in a research note on Friday, August 4th. This repurchase authorization permits the technology company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are generally a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

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Amdocs Limited is a provider of software and services for communications, entertainment and media industry service providers.