DOX vs NOW vs ERIC Stock Comparison

Amdocs, ServiceNow and Ericsson Lm Telephone Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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DOX Amdocs Ltd
$62.68 +8.6% 1M -24.9% 1Y
Market cap
$6.86B
P/E
15.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.65B
Div. yield
–
Networking Equipment Technology
4 wins
NOW ServiceNow, Inc.
$158.19 +16.6% 1M -15.0% 1Y
Market cap
$159.67B
P/E
95.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$14.73B
Div. yield
–
Business Process Automation Technology
4 wins
ERIC Ericsson Lm Telephone Co
$10.89 +14.3% 1M +15.2% 1Y
Market cap
$36.91B
P/E
18.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$24.56B
Div. yield
-0.03%
Networking Equipment Technology
2 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

ServiceNow leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (ServiceNow 4, Amdocs 4, Ericsson Lm Telephone 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionDOXNOWERICLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $6.86B $159.67B $36.91B NOW
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 15.0x 95.6x 18.1x DOX
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 7.9x 41.1x 16.8x DOX
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +0.1% +22.2% -38.5% NOW
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 9.8% 11.3% 8.3% NOW
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — 20.0% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.9x 0.8x -0.6x ERIC
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% -0.03% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -24.9% -15.0% +15.2% ERIC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -4.2%/yr +3.5%/yr -0.2%/yr NOW
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 29.8% 58.8% 36.5% DOX
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 64/100 52/100 59/100 DOX

Percentile Scorecard

DOXNOWERIC

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

AxisDOXNOWERIC
Valuation 90 #12 of 111 28 #74 of 102 88 #14 of 111
Growth 14 #93 of 108 58 #42 of 98 46 #59 of 108
Profitability 84 #18 of 104 82 #18 of 95 86 #15 of 104
Financial Health 36 #74 of 115 50 #55 of 109 40 #70 of 115
Shareholder Returns 96 #4 of 81 41 #38 of 64 38 #51 of 81
Overall 64 52 59
  • DOX ranked among 121 companies in Computer Hardware
  • NOW ranked among 115 companies in Business Applications
  • ERIC ranked among 121 companies in Computer Hardware

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodDOXNOWERICSPY
1 month +8.6%+16.6%+14.3% -0.8%
3 months +18.0%+49.9%+12.6% +3.5%
6 months -3.1%+74.9%-1.5% +7.0%
Year to date -22.1%+3.3%+12.8% +12.2%
1 year -24.9%-15.0%+15.2% +13.0%
3 years -20.3%+42.8%+149.8% +86.3%
3 years, per year -7.3%+12.6%+35.7% +23.1%
5 years -19.3%+19.0%-1.0% +68.6%
5 years, per year -4.2%+3.5%-0.2% +11.0%
10 years +6.9%+902.5%+116.1% +258.0%
10 years, per year +0.7%+25.9%+8.0% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureDOXNOWERICSPY
Volatility, 1Y 29.8%58.8%36.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 32.6%61.5%36.7% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.260.621.03 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.83-0.250.42 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -49.5%-64.5%-65.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -26.7%-16.4%-20.7% -1.8%
52-week high $85.49$189.26$13.74 $779.14
52-week low $49.87$83.00$9.15 $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.

MultipleDOXNOWERIC
P/E now vs peer median 15.3xmedian 32.0x 97.7xmedian 28.8x 17.8xmedian 32.0x
P/S now vs peer median 1.5xmedian 2.8x 11.1xmedian 2.8x 1.5xmedian 2.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 9.0xmedian 19.4x 48.7xmedian 17.7x 9.1xmedian 19.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 7.9xmedian 29.0x 35.7xmedian 15.8x 9.8xmedian 29.0x
P/B now vs peer median 2.0xmedian 2.9x 13.1xmedian 3.2x 3.3xmedian 2.9x
PEG now vs peer median -4.18median 1.13 18.80median 0.85 0.41median 1.13

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 monthsDOXNOWERIC
Revenue $4.65B $14.73B $24.56B
Gross profit $1.78B $11.02B $11.51B
Operating income $626.70M $1.68B $2.90B
Net income $457.53M $1.67B $2.04B
Free cash flow $858.80M $4.58B $3.76B
R&D $343.21M $3.26B $5.22B
EPS (diluted) $4.17 $1.61 $0.61
Cash & equivalents $206.45M $2.50B $5.11B
Total debt $3.25B $7.52B $3.73B
Shares (diluted) 109.66M 1.03B 3.34B
Enterprise value $5.87B $138.13B $14.53B

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
MetricDOXNOWERIC
P/E 15.3x 97.7x 17.8x
P/FCF 7.9x 35.7x 9.8x
P/Operating cash flow 9.1x 30.8x 10.7x
P/S 1.5x 11.1x 1.5x
P/B 2.0x 13.1x 3.3x
P/Tangible book 2.2x 18.7x 3.3x
EV/EBITDA 9.0x 48.7x 9.1x
EV/EBIT 12.0x 99.1x 11.9x
EV/Revenue 1.6x 11.3x 1.4x
EV/FCF 8.8x 36.3x 9.2x
EV/Operating cash flow 10.0x 31.4x 10.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -4.18 18.80 0.41

Growth

14 metrics
MetricDOXNOWERIC
Revenue growth (1Y) 0.1% 22.2% -38.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -1.1% 22.5% -2.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 2.9% 16.4% 3.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 1.5% 20.5% 4.0%
Operating income growth (1Y) -11.9% 4.9% -18.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -3.0% 49.1% 55.0%
Net income growth (1Y) -18.0% 0.5% -18.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -7.0% 5.5% 43.4%
EPS growth (1Y) -14.5% 1.7% -17.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -3.7% 5.2% 43.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 1.6% 13.0% 4.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -0.8% 22.2% 44.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 2.8% 19.0% 6.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -3.2% 25.7% 34.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricDOXNOWERIC
Gross margin 38.3% 74.8% 46.8%
EBITDA margin 17.9% 23.2% 15.4%
Operating margin 13.5% 11.4% 11.8%
Pretax margin 12.5% 15.9% 11.2%
Net margin 9.8% 11.3% 8.3%
FCF margin 18.5% 31.1% 15.3%
Operating cash flow margin 16.1% 36.0% 14.0%
Return on equity – 13.8% 18.7%
Return on assets 7.2% 6.0% 6.8%
Return on invested capital – – 20.0%
Return on capital employed 13.4% 10.6% 17.8%
Asset turnover 0.7x 0.5x 0.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.6x 3.2x 1.7x
Stock comp / revenue 2.4% 12.3% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricDOXNOWERIC
Debt / assets 14.5% 23.7% 12.4%
Debt / equity 0.3x 0.6x 0.3x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.9x 0.8x -0.6x
Debt / FCF 1.1x 1.6x 1.0x
Liabilities / assets 48.1% 60.5% 63.1%
Equity / assets 51.9% 39.5% 36.9%
Interest coverage – – –
Current ratio 0.9x 0.7x 1.2x
Quick ratio 1.0x 0.6x 0.8x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.4x 0.4x
Altman Z-score 3.95 5.89 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricDOXNOWERIC
Dividend yield 3.6% – 2.8%
Net buyback yield 7.8% 1.9% -2.2%
Shareholder yield 11.4% 1.9% 0.6%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 50.9%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 27.7%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – -13.4%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – -7.7%

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.

ConsensusDOXNOWERIC
Forward P/E 7.9xFY2026 41.1xFY2026 16.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $7.92FY2026 $3.85FY2026 $0.65FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +13.3%FY2026 +9.7%FY2026 -30.9%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +4.0% +27.0% -3.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $4.46BFY2026 $15.25BFY2026 $24.16BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -1.6%FY2026 +14.8%FY2026 -8.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +5.0% +17.7% +1.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersDOXNOWERIC
Held by institutions 93.0% 81.6% 9.5%
Institutions holding 446 2,224 388
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.5% -2.1% +0.4%
Institutions buying 250 1,285 219
Institutions selling 151 779 110
Buyers to sellers 1.66 1.65 1.99

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.

DOXNOWERIC
DOX 1.00 0.51 0.12
NOW 0.51 1.00 0.20
ERIC 0.12 0.20 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, DOX, NOW and ERIC?

ServiceNow (NOW) is the largest by market capitalisation: Amdocs (DOX) $6.86B, ServiceNow (NOW) $159.67B, Ericsson Lm Telephone (ERIC) $36.91B.

Which stock is cheaper, DOX, NOW and ERIC?

Amdocs (DOX) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Amdocs (DOX) 15.0x, ServiceNow (NOW) 95.6x, Ericsson Lm Telephone (ERIC) 18.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, Amdocs (DOX) is cheapest (Amdocs (DOX) 7.9x, ServiceNow (NOW) 41.1x, Ericsson Lm Telephone (ERIC) 16.8x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

ServiceNow (NOW) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Amdocs (DOX) +0.1%, ServiceNow (NOW) +22.2%, Ericsson Lm Telephone (ERIC) -38.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

ServiceNow (NOW) has the highest net margin (Amdocs (DOX) 9.8%, ServiceNow (NOW) 11.3%, Ericsson Lm Telephone (ERIC) 8.3%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Ericsson Lm Telephone (ERIC) returned the most: Amdocs (DOX) -24.9%, ServiceNow (NOW) -15.0%, Ericsson Lm Telephone (ERIC) +15.2%. Over five years, ServiceNow (NOW) compounded fastest (Amdocs (DOX) -4.2%/yr, ServiceNow (NOW) +3.5%/yr, Ericsson Lm Telephone (ERIC) -0.2%/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%, ServiceNow (NOW) 58.8%, Ericsson Lm Telephone (ERIC) 36.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, DOX, NOW and ERIC?

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