NICE vs AUDC vs ZM Stock Comparison

Nice, Audiocodes and Zoom Communications 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
$7.59B
P/E
7.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.91B
Div. yield
–
Communications Platforms Technology
4 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
ZM Zoom Communications, Inc.
$98.04 +9.3% 1M +16.3% 1Y
Market cap
$28.53B
P/E
8.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.97B
Div. yield
–
Communications Platforms Technology
3 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Nice leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Nice 4, Zoom Communications 3, Audiocodes 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionNICEAUDCZMLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $7.59B $333.42M $28.53B ZM
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 7.9x 47.2x 8.9x NICE
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 11.2x 17.9x 15.2x NICE
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +22.9% +2.5% +4.6% NICE
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 16.2% 2.8% 64.1% ZM
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 9.1% — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — -2.9x — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -7.5% +26.7% +16.3% AUDC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -15.0%/yr -19.5%/yr -18.5%/yr NICE
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 55.3% 42.0% 44.8% AUDC
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 57/100 56/100 80/100 ZM

Percentile Scorecard

NICEAUDCZM

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

AxisNICEAUDCZM
Valuation 100 #1 of 29 87 #15 of 111 71 #9 of 29
Growth 73 #8 of 27 17 #90 of 108 69 #9 of 27
Profitability 80 #6 of 26 69 #33 of 104 84 #5 of 26
Financial Health 30 #22 of 31 69 #36 of 115 97 #2 of 31
Shareholder Returns 0 #17 of 17 36 #52 of 81 –
Overall 57 56 80
  • NICE ranked among 32 companies in Workplace Software
  • AUDC ranked among 121 companies in Computer Hardware
  • ZM ranked among 32 companies in Workplace Software

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodNICEAUDCZMSPY
1 month +8.5%+7.6%+9.3% -0.8%
3 months +28.8%+17.3%+7.5% +3.5%
6 months +21.2%+29.3%+7.9% +7.0%
Year to date +8.3%+31.4%+13.6% +12.2%
1 year -7.5%+26.7%+16.3% +13.0%
3 years -19.5%+59.5%+65.4% +86.3%
3 years, per year -7.0%+16.9%+18.3% +23.1%
5 years -55.6%-66.2%-64.1% +68.6%
5 years, per year -15.0%-19.5%-18.5% +11.0%
10 years +83.7%+115.2%— +258.0%
10 years, per year +6.3%+8.0%— +13.6%

Risk

MeasureNICEAUDCZMSPY
Volatility, 1Y 55.3%42.0%44.8% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 59.5%47.1%42.6% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.231.141.03 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.140.640.36 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -73.6%-81.0%-80.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -10.6%0.0%-12.4% -1.8%
52-week high $136.90$11.47$111.88 $779.14
52-week low $83.15$7.03$72.72 $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.

MultipleNICEAUDCZM
P/E now vs peer median 8.0xmedian 31.9x 46.3xmedian 32.0x 9.0xmedian 31.9x
P/S now vs peer median 1.3xmedian 2.4x 1.2xmedian 2.8x 5.8xmedian 2.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 4.6xmedian 11.5x 13.6xmedian 19.4x 13.9xmedian 11.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 6.9xmedian 14.2x 9.5xmedian 29.0x 14.2xmedian 14.2x
P/B now vs peer median —median 3.0x 2.1xmedian 2.9x 2.5xmedian 3.0x
PEG now vs peer median 0.14median 0.77 -2.74median 1.13 0.05median 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 monthsNICEAUDCZM
Revenue $5.91B $249.25M $4.97B
Gross profit $3.89B $163.86M $3.84B
Operating income $1.14B $14.36M $1.20B
Net income $955.10M $7.06M $3.19B
Free cash flow $1.08B $32.61M –
R&D $745.97M $54.05M $881.96M
EPS (diluted) $15.08 $0.24 $10.64
Cash & equivalents $315.38M $51.41M $931.99M
Total debt – $27.00M –
Shares (diluted) 63.32M 28.98M 299.75M
Enterprise value $6.06B $60.29M -$2.26B

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
MetricNICEAUDCZM
P/E 8.0x 46.3x 9.0x
P/FCF 6.9x 9.5x 14.2x
P/Operating cash flow 5.4x 11.5x –
P/S 1.3x 1.2x 5.8x
P/B – 2.1x 2.5x
P/Tangible book – 2.9x 2.5x
EV/EBITDA 4.6x 13.6x 13.9x
EV/EBIT 6.2x 17.9x 17.9x
EV/Revenue 1.2x 1.0x 4.3x
EV/FCF 6.5x 7.9x –
EV/Operating cash flow 5.2x 9.5x –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.14 -2.74 0.05

Growth

14 metrics
MetricNICEAUDCZM
Revenue growth (1Y) 22.9% 2.5% 4.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 50.0% -1.3% 3.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 21.5% 3.5% 5.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 48.5% -0.2% 4.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) 16.2% -5.7% 23.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 55.1% -5.0% 112.9%
Net income growth (1Y) 5.6% -48.7% 168.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 56.6% -20.0% 182.3%
EPS growth (1Y) 9.2% -45.8% 175.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 59.1% -16.9% 184.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -1.4% -38.9% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 59.1% 50.4% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -16.3% -42.4% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 38.2% 39.0% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricNICEAUDCZM
Gross margin 65.8% 65.7% 77.2%
EBITDA margin 26.2% 7.6% 30.9%
Operating margin 19.2% 5.8% 24.1%
Pretax margin 21.3% 4.5% 82.5%
Net margin 16.2% 2.8% 64.1%
FCF margin 18.3% 13.1% –
Operating cash flow margin 23.1% 10.9% –
Return on equity – 10.3% 30.2%
Return on assets 18.9% 5.0% 25.0%
Return on invested capital – 9.1% –
Return on capital employed 28.8% 6.5% 11.2%
Asset turnover 1.2x 0.8x 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.4x 3.8x –
Stock comp / revenue 5.4% 2.4% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricNICEAUDCZM
Debt / assets – 2.4% –
Debt / equity – 0.1x –
Net debt / EBITDA – -2.9x –
Debt / FCF – 0.2x –
Liabilities / assets – 52.8% 16.8%
Equity / assets – 47.2% 83.2%
Interest coverage – – –
Current ratio 1.3x 1.9x 3.8x
Quick ratio 1.1x 1.4x 3.7x
Cash ratio 0.3x 0.7x 3.4x
Altman Z-score – – 9.51

Shareholder Returns

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

ConsensusNICEAUDCZM
Forward P/E 11.2xFY2026 17.9xFY2026 15.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $10.91FY2026 $0.64FY2026 $6.45FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -11.3%FY2026 +4.9%FY2026 +9.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +19.1% +3.1% +2.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $3.32BFY2026 $265.51MFY2026 $4.76BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +12.5%FY2026 +8.1%FY2026 -2.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -2.0% +1.2% +8.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersNICEAUDCZM
Held by institutions 56.3% 33.5% 67.2%
Institutions holding 320 67 862
Change in shares held, QoQ +7.0% +7.5% +2.9%
Institutions buying 145 31 477
Institutions selling 131 20 279
Buyers to sellers 1.11 1.55 1.71

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.

NICEAUDCZM
NICE 1.00 0.23 0.38
AUDC 0.23 1.00 0.34
ZM 0.38 0.34 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, NICE, AUDC and ZM?

Zoom Communications (ZM) is the largest by market capitalisation: Nice (NICE) $7.59B, Audiocodes (AUDC) $333.42M, Zoom Communications (ZM) $28.53B.

Which stock is cheaper, NICE, AUDC and ZM?

Nice (NICE) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Nice (NICE) 7.9x, Audiocodes (AUDC) 47.2x, Zoom Communications (ZM) 8.9x). On next year's consensus earnings, Nice (NICE) is cheapest (Nice (NICE) 11.2x, Audiocodes (AUDC) 17.9x, Zoom Communications (ZM) 15.2x). 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: Nice (NICE) +22.9%, Audiocodes (AUDC) +2.5%, Zoom Communications (ZM) +4.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Zoom Communications (ZM) has the highest net margin (Nice (NICE) 16.2%, Audiocodes (AUDC) 2.8%, Zoom Communications (ZM) 64.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Audiocodes (AUDC) returned the most: Nice (NICE) -7.5%, Audiocodes (AUDC) +26.7%, Zoom Communications (ZM) +16.3%. Over five years, Nice (NICE) compounded fastest (Nice (NICE) -15.0%/yr, Audiocodes (AUDC) -19.5%/yr, Zoom Communications (ZM) -18.5%/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%, Zoom Communications (ZM) 44.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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