CCSI vs ZM vs NICE Stock Comparison

Consensus Cloud Solutions, Zoom Communications and Nice Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
ZM Zoom Communications, Inc.
$98.04 +9.3% 1M +16.3% 1Y
Market cap
$28.67B
P/E
9.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.97B
Div. yield
–
Communications Platforms Technology
4 wins
NICE NICE Ltd.
$122.41 +8.5% 1M -7.5% 1Y
Market cap
$7.57B
P/E
7.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.91B
Div. yield
–
Communications Platforms Technology
1 win

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Zoom Communications leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Zoom Communications 4, Consensus Cloud Solutions 4, Nice 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCCSIZMNICELeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $676.30M $28.67B $7.57B ZM
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 7.1x 9.0x 7.9x CCSI
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 6.7x 15.2x 11.2x CCSI
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +1.5% +4.6% +22.9% NICE
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 26.7% 64.1% 16.2% ZM
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 19.0% — — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.7x — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +34.5% +16.3% -7.5% CCSI
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -10.4%/yr -18.5%/yr -15.0%/yr CCSI
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 53.5% 44.8% 55.3% ZM
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 56/100 80/100 57/100 ZM

Percentile Scorecard

CCSIZMNICE

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

AxisCCSIZMNICE
Valuation 79 #7 of 29 71 #9 of 29 100 #1 of 29
Growth 15 #23 of 27 69 #9 of 27 73 #8 of 27
Profitability 92 #3 of 26 84 #5 of 26 80 #6 of 26
Financial Health 27 #23 of 31 97 #2 of 31 30 #22 of 31
Shareholder Returns 69 #6 of 17 – 0 #17 of 17
Overall 56 80 57
  • CCSI ranked among 32 companies in Workplace Software
  • ZM ranked among 32 companies in Workplace Software
  • NICE ranked among 32 companies in Workplace Software

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodCCSIZMNICESPY
1 month +5.7%+9.3%+8.5% -0.8%
3 months +2.4%+7.5%+28.8% +3.5%
6 months +37.3%+7.9%+21.2% +7.0%
Year to date +70.6%+13.6%+8.3% +12.2%
1 year +34.5%+16.3%-7.5% +13.0%
3 years +82.4%+65.4%-19.5% +86.3%
3 years, per year +22.2%+18.3%-7.0% +23.1%
5 years -42.1%-64.1%-55.6% +68.6%
5 years, per year -10.4%-18.5%-15.0% +11.0%
10 years ——+83.7% +258.0%
10 years, per year ——+6.3% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureCCSIZMNICESPY
Volatility, 1Y 53.5%44.8%55.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 53.9%42.6%59.5% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.231.030.23 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.640.36-0.14 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -82.1%-80.6%-73.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -6.6%-12.4%-10.6% -1.8%
52-week high $39.85$111.88$136.90 $779.14
52-week low $20.24$72.72$83.15 $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.

MultipleCCSIZMNICE
P/E now vs peer median 7.2xmedian 31.9x 9.0xmedian 31.9x 8.0xmedian 31.9x
P/S now vs peer median 1.9xmedian 2.4x 5.8xmedian 2.4x 1.3xmedian 2.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 6.7xmedian 11.5x 13.9xmedian 11.5x 4.6xmedian 11.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 5.9xmedian 14.2x 14.2xmedian 14.2x 6.9xmedian 14.2x
P/B now vs peer median 16.4xmedian 3.0x 2.5xmedian 3.0x —median 3.0x
PEG now vs peer median 0.59median 0.77 0.05median 0.77 0.14median 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 monthsCCSIZMNICE
Revenue $354.67M $4.97B $5.91B
Gross profit $284.57M $3.84B $3.89B
Operating income $148.27M $1.20B $1.14B
Net income $94.65M $3.19B $955.10M
Free cash flow $115.67M – $1.08B
R&D $8.30M $881.96M $745.97M
EPS (diluted) $4.93 $10.64 $15.08
Cash & equivalents $98.90M $931.99M $315.38M
Total debt $555.29M – –
Shares (diluted) 19.18M 299.75M 63.32M
Enterprise value $312.77M -$2.11B $6.04B

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
MetricCCSIZMNICE
P/E 7.2x 9.0x 8.0x
P/FCF 5.9x 14.2x 6.9x
P/Operating cash flow 4.7x – 5.4x
P/S 1.9x 5.8x 1.3x
P/B 16.4x 2.5x –
P/Tangible book 504.8x 2.5x –
EV/EBITDA 6.7x 13.9x 4.6x
EV/EBIT 7.7x 17.9x 6.2x
EV/Revenue 3.2x 4.3x 1.2x
EV/FCF 9.9x – 6.5x
EV/Operating cash flow 7.8x – 5.2x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.59 0.05 0.14

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCCSIZMNICE
Revenue growth (1Y) 1.5% 4.6% 22.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -1.1% 3.7% 50.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 2.2% 5.7% 21.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -1.8% 4.5% 48.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) -0.1% 23.2% 16.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 0.6% 112.9% 55.1%
Net income growth (1Y) 16.7% 168.3% 5.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 11.2% 182.3% 56.6%
EPS growth (1Y) 18.6% 175.9% 9.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 12.1% 184.2% 59.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 19.7% – -1.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 20.7% – 59.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 27.4% – -16.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 34.0% – 38.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCCSIZMNICE
Gross margin 80.2% 77.2% 65.8%
EBITDA margin 47.8% 30.9% 26.2%
Operating margin 41.8% 24.1% 19.2%
Pretax margin 35.3% 82.5% 21.3%
Net margin 26.7% 64.1% 16.2%
FCF margin 32.6% – 18.3%
Operating cash flow margin 41.1% – 23.1%
Return on equity 297.8% 30.2% –
Return on assets 13.8% 25.0% 18.9%
Return on invested capital 19.0% – –
Return on capital employed 24.0% 11.2% 28.8%
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.4x 1.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.5x – 1.4x
Stock comp / revenue 5.4% – 5.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCCSIZMNICE
Debt / assets 79.7% – –
Debt / equity 13.4x – –
Net debt / EBITDA 2.7x – –
Debt / FCF 4.8x – –
Liabilities / assets 94.0% 16.8% –
Equity / assets 6.0% 83.2% –
Interest coverage 4.4x – –
Current ratio 1.9x 3.8x 1.3x
Quick ratio 1.8x 3.7x 1.1x
Cash ratio 1.4x 3.4x 0.3x
Altman Z-score 2.05 9.51 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCCSIZMNICE
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.

ConsensusCCSIZMNICE
Forward P/E 6.7xFY2026 15.2xFY2026 11.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $5.55FY2026 $6.45FY2026 $10.91FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -1.2%FY2026 +9.0%FY2026 -11.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +17.5% +2.8% +19.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $383.79MFY2026 $4.76BFY2026 $3.32BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +9.7%FY2026 -2.4%FY2026 +12.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +2.0% +8.0% -2.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCCSIZMNICE
Held by institutions 98.8% 67.2% 56.3%
Institutions holding 166 862 320
Change in shares held, QoQ -3.5% +2.9% +7.0%
Institutions buying 67 477 145
Institutions selling 68 279 131
Buyers to sellers 0.99 1.71 1.11

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.

CCSIZMNICE
CCSI 1.00 0.30 0.30
ZM 0.30 1.00 0.38
NICE 0.30 0.38 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CCSI, ZM and NICE?

Zoom Communications (ZM) is the largest by market capitalisation: Consensus Cloud Solutions (CCSI) $676.30M, Zoom Communications (ZM) $28.67B, Nice (NICE) $7.57B.

Which stock is cheaper, CCSI, ZM and NICE?

Consensus Cloud Solutions (CCSI) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Consensus Cloud Solutions (CCSI) 7.1x, Zoom Communications (ZM) 9.0x, Nice (NICE) 7.9x). On next year's consensus earnings, Consensus Cloud Solutions (CCSI) is cheapest (Consensus Cloud Solutions (CCSI) 6.7x, Zoom Communications (ZM) 15.2x, Nice (NICE) 11.2x). 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%, Zoom Communications (ZM) +4.6%, Nice (NICE) +22.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

Zoom Communications (ZM) has the highest net margin (Consensus Cloud Solutions (CCSI) 26.7%, Zoom Communications (ZM) 64.1%, Nice (NICE) 16.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Consensus Cloud Solutions (CCSI) returned the most: Consensus Cloud Solutions (CCSI) +34.5%, Zoom Communications (ZM) +16.3%, Nice (NICE) -7.5%. Over five years, Consensus Cloud Solutions (CCSI) compounded fastest (Consensus Cloud Solutions (CCSI) -10.4%/yr, Zoom Communications (ZM) -18.5%/yr, Nice (NICE) -15.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Zoom Communications (ZM) has been the steadiest (Consensus Cloud Solutions (CCSI) 53.5%, Zoom Communications (ZM) 44.8%, Nice (NICE) 55.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Zoom Communications (ZM) leads on 4. 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.