DOX vs NMAX vs AAOI Stock Comparison

Amdocs, Newsmax and Applied Optoelectronics Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
DOX Amdocs Ltd
$61.77 +7.0% 1M -26.7% 1Y
Market cap
$6.84B
P/E
15.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.65B
Div. yield
–
Networking Equipment Technology
6 wins
NMAX Newsmax Inc.
$7.96 -26.7% 1M -22.3% 1Y
Market cap
$1.03B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$198.07M
Div. yield
–
Television Broadcasting Communication Services

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Amdocs leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Amdocs 6, Applied Optoelectronics 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionDOXNMAXAAOILeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $6.84B $1.03B $6.62B DOX
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 15.0x -13.0x -116.1x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 7.8x — 108.4x DOX
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +0.1% +8.3% +61.8% AAOI
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 9.8% -40.1% -9.6% DOX
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — -4.2% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.9x — 13.8x DOX
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -26.7% -22.3% +106.7% AAOI
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -4.2%/yr — +58.7%/yr AAOI
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 29.8% 77.7% 138.8% DOX
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 64/100 32/100 33/100 DOX

Percentile Scorecard

DOXNMAXAAOI

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

AxisDOXNMAXAAOI
Valuation 90 #12 of 112 2 #52 of 53 13 #98 of 112
Growth 15 #93 of 109 51 #22 of 44 56 #49 of 109
Profitability 84 #18 of 104 12 #37 of 42 17 #87 of 104
Financial Health 36 #75 of 116 63 #23 of 61 72 #33 of 116
Shareholder Returns 96 #4 of 81 – 9 #74 of 81
Overall 64 32 33
  • DOX ranked among 122 companies in Computer Hardware
  • NMAX ranked among 61 companies in Advertising and Media
  • AAOI ranked among 122 companies in Computer Hardware

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodDOXNMAXAAOISPY
1 month +7.0%-26.7%-24.1% -0.2%
3 months +12.6%-0.1%-12.7% +3.9%
6 months -3.9%+32.7%-43.9% +8.2%
Year to date -23.3%+3.0%+120.7% +12.9%
1 year -26.7%-22.3%+106.7% +12.3%
3 years -21.5%—+993.0% +87.4%
3 years, per year -7.8%—+122.0% +23.3%
5 years -19.4%—+904.6% +67.9%
5 years, per year -4.2%—+58.7% +10.9%
10 years +5.9%—+284.9% +261.1%
10 years, per year +0.6%—+14.4% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureDOXNMAXAAOISPY
Volatility, 1Y 29.8%77.7%138.8% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 32.5%79.5%126.6% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.251.644.31 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.90-0.290.77 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -49.5%-97.8%-82.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -27.7%-30.4%-65.5% -1.2%
52-week high $85.49$11.43$223.10 $779.14
52-week low $49.87$5.16$19.49 $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.

MultipleDOXNMAXAAOI
P/E now vs peer median 15.0xmedian 33.2x -12.9xmedian 18.4x -110.1xmedian 33.2x
P/S now vs peer median 1.4xmedian 2.8x 5.2xmedian 0.6x 10.9xmedian 2.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 8.9xmedian 20.0x -12.2xmedian 10.5x -188.5xmedian 20.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 7.8xmedian 29.8x —median 9.0x -10.8xmedian 29.8x
P/B now vs peer median 2.0xmedian 3.0x 9.0xmedian 1.5x 3.9xmedian 3.0x
PEG now vs peer median -4.11median 1.17 —median 0.44 -3.32median 1.17

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 monthsDOXNMAXAAOI
Revenue $4.65B $198.07M $595.97M
Gross profit $1.78B $78.29M $172.33M
Operating income $626.70M -$86.98M -$67.41M
Net income $457.53M -$79.40M -$57.02M
Free cash flow $858.80M – -$600.81M
R&D $343.21M – $107.61M
EPS (diluted) $4.17 $-0.61 $-0.70
Cash & equivalents $206.45M $25.88M $499.74M
Total debt $3.25B – $57.26M
Shares (diluted) 109.66M 129.29M 81.57M
Enterprise value $5.85B $940.15M $5.34B

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
MetricDOXNMAXAAOI
P/E 15.0x -12.9x -110.1x
P/FCF 7.8x – -10.8x
P/Operating cash flow 8.9x – -49.3x
P/S 1.4x 5.2x 10.9x
P/B 2.0x 9.0x 3.9x
P/Tangible book 2.2x 9.0x 3.9x
EV/EBITDA 8.9x -12.2x -188.5x
EV/EBIT 11.8x -11.5x -89.8x
EV/Revenue 1.6x 5.0x 10.2x
EV/FCF 8.6x – -10.1x
EV/Operating cash flow 9.9x – -45.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -4.11 – -3.32

Growth

14 metrics
MetricDOXNMAXAAOI
Revenue growth (1Y) 0.1% 8.3% 61.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -1.1% – 40.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 2.9% -4.1% 62.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 1.5% – 73.3%
Operating income growth (1Y) -11.9% 14.9% -40.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -3.0% – -2.8%
Net income growth (1Y) -18.0% 27.2% 63.4%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -7.0% – 6.2%
EPS growth (1Y) -14.5% 27.7% 74.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -3.7% – 33.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 1.6% – 15.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -0.8% – -168.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 2.8% – -146.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -3.2% – -294.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricDOXNMAXAAOI
Gross margin 38.3% 39.5% 28.9%
EBITDA margin 17.9% -41.2% -5.4%
Operating margin 13.5% -43.9% -11.3%
Pretax margin 12.5% -40.1% -10.6%
Net margin 9.8% -40.1% -9.6%
FCF margin 18.5% – -100.8%
Operating cash flow margin 16.1% – -22.1%
Return on equity – -72.4% -4.1%
Return on assets 7.2% -33.8% -2.9%
Return on invested capital – – -4.2%
Return on capital employed 13.4% -57.8% -4.5%
Asset turnover 0.7x 0.8x 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.6x – 2.3x
Stock comp / revenue 2.4% – 2.6%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricDOXNMAXAAOI
Debt / assets 14.5% – 2.5%
Debt / equity 0.3x – 0.0x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.9x – 13.8x
Debt / FCF 1.1x – -0.1x
Liabilities / assets 48.1% 50.9% 27.5%
Equity / assets 51.9% 49.1% 72.5%
Interest coverage – -4,632x -19.1x
Current ratio 0.9x 2.4x 2.8x
Quick ratio 1.0x 0.8x 1.9x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.3x 1.2x
Altman Z-score 3.93 3.48 6.39

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricDOXNMAXAAOI
Dividend yield 3.6% – –
Net buyback yield 7.9% – -20.8%
Shareholder yield 11.5% – -20.8%
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.

ConsensusDOXNMAXAAOI
Forward P/E 7.8xFY2026 – 108.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $7.92FY2026 $-0.01FY2026 $0.71FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +13.3%FY2026 – –
EPS growth, the year after +4.0% – +646.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year $4.46BFY2026 $203.04MFY2026 $994.70MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -1.6%FY2026 +7.3%FY2026 +118.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +5.0% +24.6% +185.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersDOXNMAXAAOI
Held by institutions 93.0% 28.5% 60.5%
Institutions holding 446 233 481
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.5% +13.5% -3.5%
Institutions buying 250 110 313
Institutions selling 151 37 143
Buyers to sellers 1.66 2.97 2.19

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.

DOXNMAXAAOI
DOX 1.00 0.14 -0.19
NMAX 0.14 1.00 0.13
AAOI -0.19 0.13 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, DOX, NMAX and AAOI?

Amdocs (DOX) is the largest by market capitalisation: Amdocs (DOX) $6.84B, Newsmax (NMAX) $1.03B, Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) $6.62B.

Which company is growing faster?

Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Amdocs (DOX) +0.1%, Newsmax (NMAX) +8.3%, Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) +61.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

Amdocs (DOX) has the highest net margin (Amdocs (DOX) 9.8%, Newsmax (NMAX) -40.1%, Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) -9.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) returned the most: Amdocs (DOX) -26.7%, Newsmax (NMAX) -22.3%, Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) +106.7%. Over five years, Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) compounded fastest (Amdocs (DOX) -4.2%/yr, Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) +58.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Amdocs (DOX) has been the steadiest (Amdocs (DOX) 29.8%, Newsmax (NMAX) 77.7%, Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) 138.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, DOX, NMAX and AAOI?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Amdocs (DOX) 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.