NICE vs AUDC vs CCSI Stock Comparison

Nice, Audiocodes and Consensus Cloud Solutions Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
NICE NICE Ltd.
$122.41 +8.5% 1M -7.5% 1Y
Market cap
$7.59B
P/E
7.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.91B
Div. yield
–
Communications Platforms Technology
3 wins
AUDC Audiocodes Ltd
$11.47 +7.6% 1M +26.7% 1Y
Market cap
$333.42M
P/E
47.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$249.25M
Div. yield
–
Networking Equipment Technology
2 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Consensus Cloud Solutions leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Consensus Cloud Solutions 6, Nice 3, Audiocodes 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionNICEAUDCCCSILeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $7.59B $333.42M $681.35M NICE
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 7.9x 47.2x 7.2x CCSI
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 11.2x 17.9x 6.7x CCSI
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +22.9% +2.5% +1.5% NICE
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 16.2% 2.8% 26.7% CCSI
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 9.1% 19.0% CCSI
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — -2.9x 2.7x AUDC
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -7.5% +26.7% +34.5% CCSI
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -15.0%/yr -19.5%/yr -10.4%/yr CCSI
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 55.3% 42.0% 53.5% AUDC
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 57/100 56/100 56/100 NICE

Percentile Scorecard

NICEAUDCCCSI

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

AxisNICEAUDCCCSI
Valuation 100 #1 of 29 87 #15 of 111 79 #7 of 29
Growth 73 #8 of 27 17 #90 of 108 15 #23 of 27
Profitability 80 #6 of 26 69 #33 of 104 92 #3 of 26
Financial Health 30 #22 of 31 69 #36 of 115 27 #23 of 31
Shareholder Returns 0 #17 of 17 36 #52 of 81 69 #6 of 17
Overall 57 56 56
  • NICE ranked among 32 companies in Workplace Software
  • AUDC ranked among 121 companies in Computer Hardware
  • CCSI ranked among 32 companies in Workplace Software

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodNICEAUDCCCSISPY
1 month +8.5%+7.6%+5.7% -0.8%
3 months +28.8%+17.3%+2.4% +3.5%
6 months +21.2%+29.3%+37.3% +7.0%
Year to date +8.3%+31.4%+70.6% +12.2%
1 year -7.5%+26.7%+34.5% +13.0%
3 years -19.5%+59.5%+82.4% +86.3%
3 years, per year -7.0%+16.9%+22.2% +23.1%
5 years -55.6%-66.2%-42.1% +68.6%
5 years, per year -15.0%-19.5%-10.4% +11.0%
10 years +83.7%+115.2%— +258.0%
10 years, per year +6.3%+8.0%— +13.6%

Risk

MeasureNICEAUDCCCSISPY
Volatility, 1Y 55.3%42.0%53.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 59.5%47.1%53.9% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.231.141.23 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.140.640.64 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -73.6%-81.0%-82.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -10.6%0.0%-6.6% -1.8%
52-week high $136.90$11.47$39.85 $779.14
52-week low $83.15$7.03$20.24 $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.

MultipleNICEAUDCCCSI
P/E now vs peer median 8.0xmedian 31.9x 46.3xmedian 32.0x 7.2xmedian 31.9x
P/S now vs peer median 1.3xmedian 2.4x 1.2xmedian 2.8x 1.9xmedian 2.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 4.6xmedian 11.5x 13.6xmedian 19.4x 6.7xmedian 11.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 6.9xmedian 14.2x 9.5xmedian 29.0x 5.9xmedian 14.2x
P/B now vs peer median —median 3.0x 2.1xmedian 2.9x 16.4xmedian 3.0x
PEG now vs peer median 0.14median 0.77 -2.74median 1.13 0.59median 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 monthsNICEAUDCCCSI
Revenue $5.91B $249.25M $354.67M
Gross profit $3.89B $163.86M $284.57M
Operating income $1.14B $14.36M $148.27M
Net income $955.10M $7.06M $94.65M
Free cash flow $1.08B $32.61M $115.67M
R&D $745.97M $54.05M $8.30M
EPS (diluted) $15.08 $0.24 $4.93
Cash & equivalents $315.38M $51.41M $98.90M
Total debt – $27.00M $555.29M
Shares (diluted) 63.32M 28.98M 19.18M
Enterprise value $6.06B $60.29M $317.82M

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
MetricNICEAUDCCCSI
P/E 8.0x 46.3x 7.2x
P/FCF 6.9x 9.5x 5.9x
P/Operating cash flow 5.4x 11.5x 4.7x
P/S 1.3x 1.2x 1.9x
P/B – 2.1x 16.4x
P/Tangible book – 2.9x 504.8x
EV/EBITDA 4.6x 13.6x 6.7x
EV/EBIT 6.2x 17.9x 7.7x
EV/Revenue 1.2x 1.0x 3.2x
EV/FCF 6.5x 7.9x 9.9x
EV/Operating cash flow 5.2x 9.5x 7.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.14 -2.74 0.59

Growth

14 metrics
MetricNICEAUDCCCSI
Revenue growth (1Y) 22.9% 2.5% 1.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 50.0% -1.3% -1.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 21.5% 3.5% 2.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 48.5% -0.2% -1.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) 16.2% -5.7% -0.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 55.1% -5.0% 0.6%
Net income growth (1Y) 5.6% -48.7% 16.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 56.6% -20.0% 11.2%
EPS growth (1Y) 9.2% -45.8% 18.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 59.1% -16.9% 12.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -1.4% -38.9% 19.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 59.1% 50.4% 20.7%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -16.3% -42.4% 27.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 38.2% 39.0% 34.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricNICEAUDCCCSI
Gross margin 65.8% 65.7% 80.2%
EBITDA margin 26.2% 7.6% 47.8%
Operating margin 19.2% 5.8% 41.8%
Pretax margin 21.3% 4.5% 35.3%
Net margin 16.2% 2.8% 26.7%
FCF margin 18.3% 13.1% 32.6%
Operating cash flow margin 23.1% 10.9% 41.1%
Return on equity – 10.3% 297.8%
Return on assets 18.9% 5.0% 13.8%
Return on invested capital – 9.1% 19.0%
Return on capital employed 28.8% 6.5% 24.0%
Asset turnover 1.2x 0.8x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.4x 3.8x 1.5x
Stock comp / revenue 5.4% 2.4% 5.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricNICEAUDCCCSI
Debt / assets – 2.4% 79.7%
Debt / equity – 0.1x 13.4x
Net debt / EBITDA – -2.9x 2.7x
Debt / FCF – 0.2x 4.8x
Liabilities / assets – 52.8% 94.0%
Equity / assets – 47.2% 6.0%
Interest coverage – – 4.4x
Current ratio 1.3x 1.9x 1.9x
Quick ratio 1.1x 1.4x 1.8x
Cash ratio 0.3x 0.7x 1.4x
Altman Z-score – – 2.05

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricNICEAUDCCCSI
Dividend yield – 3.5% –
Net buyback yield -18.8% -13.3% 5.2%
Shareholder yield -18.8% -9.8% 5.2%
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.

ConsensusNICEAUDCCCSI
Forward P/E 11.2xFY2026 17.9xFY2026 6.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $10.91FY2026 $0.64FY2026 $5.55FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -11.3%FY2026 +4.9%FY2026 -1.2%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +19.1% +3.1% +17.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year $3.32BFY2026 $265.51MFY2026 $383.79MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +12.5%FY2026 +8.1%FY2026 +9.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -2.0% +1.2% +2.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersNICEAUDCCCSI
Held by institutions 56.3% 33.5% 98.8%
Institutions holding 320 67 166
Change in shares held, QoQ +7.0% +7.5% -3.5%
Institutions buying 145 31 67
Institutions selling 131 20 68
Buyers to sellers 1.11 1.55 0.99

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.

NICEAUDCCCSI
NICE 1.00 0.23 0.30
AUDC 0.23 1.00 0.28
CCSI 0.30 0.28 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, NICE, AUDC and CCSI?

Nice (NICE) is the largest by market capitalisation: Nice (NICE) $7.59B, Audiocodes (AUDC) $333.42M, Consensus Cloud Solutions (CCSI) $681.35M.

Which stock is cheaper, NICE, AUDC and CCSI?

Consensus Cloud Solutions (CCSI) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Nice (NICE) 7.9x, Audiocodes (AUDC) 47.2x, Consensus Cloud Solutions (CCSI) 7.2x). On next year's consensus earnings, Consensus Cloud Solutions (CCSI) is cheapest (Nice (NICE) 11.2x, Audiocodes (AUDC) 17.9x, Consensus Cloud Solutions (CCSI) 6.7x). 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: Nice (NICE) +22.9%, Audiocodes (AUDC) +2.5%, Consensus Cloud Solutions (CCSI) +1.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Consensus Cloud Solutions (CCSI) has the highest net margin (Nice (NICE) 16.2%, Audiocodes (AUDC) 2.8%, Consensus Cloud Solutions (CCSI) 26.7%). On return on invested capital, Consensus Cloud Solutions (CCSI) leads (Audiocodes (AUDC) 9.1%, Consensus Cloud Solutions (CCSI) 19.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Consensus Cloud Solutions (CCSI) returned the most: Nice (NICE) -7.5%, Audiocodes (AUDC) +26.7%, Consensus Cloud Solutions (CCSI) +34.5%. Over five years, Consensus Cloud Solutions (CCSI) compounded fastest (Nice (NICE) -15.0%/yr, Audiocodes (AUDC) -19.5%/yr, Consensus Cloud Solutions (CCSI) -10.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Audiocodes (AUDC) has been the steadiest (Nice (NICE) 55.3%, Audiocodes (AUDC) 42.0%, Consensus Cloud Solutions (CCSI) 53.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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.