CCSI vs NICE vs API Stock Comparison

Consensus Cloud Solutions, Nice and Agora Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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NICE NICE Ltd.
$122.41 +8.5% 1M -7.5% 1Y
Market cap
$7.54B
P/E
7.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.91B
Div. yield
–
Communications Platforms Technology
3 wins
API Agora, Inc.
$4.48 +6.4% 1M +24.4% 1Y
Market cap
$418.02M
P/E
38.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$151.69M
Div. yield
–
Communications Platforms Technology
1 win

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Consensus Cloud Solutions leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Consensus Cloud Solutions 6, Nice 3, Agora 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCCSINICEAPILeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $677.59M $7.54B $418.02M NICE
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 7.2x 7.9x 38.1x CCSI
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 6.7x 11.2x 32.0x CCSI
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +1.5% +22.9% +13.6% NICE
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 26.7% 16.2% 7.2% CCSI
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 19.0% — — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.7x — 1,164x CCSI
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +34.5% -7.5% +24.4% CCSI
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -10.4%/yr -15.0%/yr -28.9%/yr CCSI
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 53.5% 55.3% 49.0% API
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 56/100 57/100 42/100 NICE

Percentile Scorecard

CCSINICEAPI

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisCCSINICEAPI
Valuation 79 #7 of 29 100 #1 of 29 18 #24 of 29
Growth 15 #23 of 27 73 #8 of 27 54 #13 of 27
Profitability 92 #3 of 26 80 #6 of 26 20 #21 of 26
Financial Health 27 #23 of 31 30 #22 of 31 77 #8 of 31
Shareholder Returns 69 #6 of 17 0 #17 of 17 –
Overall 56 57 42
  • CCSI ranked among 32 companies in Workplace Software
  • NICE ranked among 32 companies in Workplace Software
  • API ranked among 32 companies in Workplace Software

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodCCSINICEAPISPY
1 month +5.7%+8.5%+6.4% -0.8%
3 months +2.4%+28.8%+12.6% +3.5%
6 months +37.3%+21.2%+26.2% +7.0%
Year to date +70.6%+8.3%+10.1% +12.2%
1 year +34.5%-7.5%+24.4% +13.0%
3 years +82.4%-19.5%+51.4% +86.3%
3 years, per year +22.2%-7.0%+14.8% +23.1%
5 years -42.1%-55.6%-81.9% +68.6%
5 years, per year -10.4%-15.0%-28.9% +11.0%
10 years —+83.7%— +258.0%
10 years, per year —+6.3%— +13.6%

Risk

MeasureCCSINICEAPISPY
Volatility, 1Y 53.5%55.3%49.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 53.9%59.5%45.6% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.230.230.89 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.64-0.140.50 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -82.1%-73.6%-93.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -6.6%-10.6%-14.8% -1.8%
52-week high $39.85$136.90$5.26 $779.14
52-week low $20.24$83.15$3.24 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleCCSINICEAPI
P/E now vs peer median 7.2xmedian 31.9x 8.0xmedian 31.9x 37.6xmedian 31.9x
P/S now vs peer median 1.9xmedian 2.4x 1.3xmedian 2.4x 3.5xmedian 2.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 6.7xmedian 11.5x 4.6xmedian 11.5x -7,072xmedian 11.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 5.9xmedian 14.2x 6.9xmedian 14.2x 35.9xmedian 14.2x
P/B now vs peer median 16.4xmedian 3.0x —median 3.0x —median 3.0x
PEG now vs peer median 0.59median 0.77 0.14median 0.77 1.35median 0.77

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsCCSINICEAPI
Revenue $354.67M $5.91B $151.69M
Gross profit $284.57M $3.89B $97.83M
Operating income $148.27M $1.14B -$5.19M
Net income $94.65M $955.10M $10.97M
Free cash flow $115.67M $1.08B $14.67M
R&D $8.30M $745.97M $57.28M
EPS (diluted) $4.93 $15.08 $0.11
Cash & equivalents $98.90M $315.38M $72.67M
Total debt $555.29M – $1.34M
Shares (diluted) 19.18M 63.32M 98.86M
Enterprise value $314.06M $6.01B $68.88M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricCCSINICEAPI
P/E 7.2x 8.0x 37.6x
P/FCF 5.9x 6.9x 35.9x
P/Operating cash flow 4.7x 5.4x 38.9x
P/S 1.9x 1.3x 3.5x
P/B 16.4x – –
P/Tangible book 504.8x – –
EV/EBITDA 6.7x 4.6x -7,072x
EV/EBIT 7.7x 6.2x -87.2x
EV/Revenue 3.2x 1.2x 3.0x
EV/FCF 9.9x 6.5x 30.9x
EV/Operating cash flow 7.8x 5.2x 33.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.59 0.14 1.35

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCCSINICEAPI
Revenue growth (1Y) 1.5% 22.9% 13.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -1.1% 50.0% 0.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 2.2% 21.5% 9.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -1.8% 48.5% 1.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) -0.1% 16.2% 85.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 0.6% 55.1% 65.3%
Net income growth (1Y) 16.7% 5.6% 149.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 11.2% 56.6% 27.8%
EPS growth (1Y) 18.6% 9.2% 146.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 12.1% 59.1% 27.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 19.7% -1.4% -20.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 20.7% 59.1% 35.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 27.4% -16.3% -25.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 34.0% 38.2% 37.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCCSINICEAPI
Gross margin 80.2% 65.8% 64.5%
EBITDA margin 47.8% 26.2% 0.0%
Operating margin 41.8% 19.2% -3.4%
Pretax margin 35.3% 21.3% 7.3%
Net margin 26.7% 16.2% 7.2%
FCF margin 32.6% 18.3% 9.7%
Operating cash flow margin 41.1% 23.1% 8.9%
Return on equity 297.8% – –
Return on assets 13.8% 18.9% 1.6%
Return on invested capital 19.0% – –
Return on capital employed 24.0% 28.8% -0.8%
Asset turnover 0.5x 1.2x 0.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.5x 1.4x 1.2x
Stock comp / revenue 5.4% 5.4% 3.0%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCCSINICEAPI
Debt / assets 79.7% – 0.2%
Debt / equity 13.4x – –
Net debt / EBITDA 2.7x – 1,164x
Debt / FCF 4.8x – 0.1x
Liabilities / assets 94.0% – 24.1%
Equity / assets 6.0% – –
Interest coverage 4.4x – -86.5x
Current ratio 1.9x 1.3x 5.1x
Quick ratio 1.8x 1.1x 1.3x
Cash ratio 1.4x 0.3x 1.0x
Altman Z-score 2.05 – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCCSINICEAPI
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield 5.2% -18.8% –
Shareholder yield 5.2% -18.8% –
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusCCSINICEAPI
Forward P/E 6.7xFY2026 11.2xFY2026 32.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $5.55FY2026 $10.91FY2026 $0.14FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -1.2%FY2026 -11.3%FY2026 +40.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +17.5% +19.1% +107.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $383.79MFY2026 $3.32BFY2026 $171.35MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +9.7%FY2026 +12.5%FY2026 +21.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +2.0% -2.0% +1.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCCSINICEAPI
Held by institutions 98.8% 56.3% 21.2%
Institutions holding 166 320 59
Change in shares held, QoQ -3.5% +7.0% -1.9%
Institutions buying 67 145 27
Institutions selling 68 131 18
Buyers to sellers 0.99 1.11 1.50

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

CCSINICEAPI
CCSI 1.00 0.30 0.19
NICE 0.30 1.00 0.13
API 0.19 0.13 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CCSI, NICE and API?

Nice (NICE) is the largest by market capitalisation: Consensus Cloud Solutions (CCSI) $677.59M, Nice (NICE) $7.54B, Agora (API) $418.02M.

Which stock is cheaper, CCSI, NICE and API?

Consensus Cloud Solutions (CCSI) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Consensus Cloud Solutions (CCSI) 7.2x, Nice (NICE) 7.9x, Agora (API) 38.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, Consensus Cloud Solutions (CCSI) is cheapest (Consensus Cloud Solutions (CCSI) 6.7x, Nice (NICE) 11.2x, Agora (API) 32.0x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Nice (NICE) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Consensus Cloud Solutions (CCSI) +1.5%, Nice (NICE) +22.9%, Agora (API) +13.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Consensus Cloud Solutions (CCSI) has the highest net margin (Consensus Cloud Solutions (CCSI) 26.7%, Nice (NICE) 16.2%, Agora (API) 7.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Consensus Cloud Solutions (CCSI) returned the most: Consensus Cloud Solutions (CCSI) +34.5%, Nice (NICE) -7.5%, Agora (API) +24.4%. Over five years, Consensus Cloud Solutions (CCSI) compounded fastest (Consensus Cloud Solutions (CCSI) -10.4%/yr, Nice (NICE) -15.0%/yr, Agora (API) -28.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Agora (API) has been the steadiest (Consensus Cloud Solutions (CCSI) 53.5%, Nice (NICE) 55.3%, Agora (API) 49.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CCSI, NICE and API?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Consensus Cloud Solutions (CCSI) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.