NICE vs CCSI vs BAND Stock Comparison

Nice, Consensus Cloud Solutions and Bandwidth Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
NICE NICE Ltd.
$121.18 +2.9% 1M -8.2% 1Y
Market cap
$7.63B
P/E
8.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.91B
Div. yield
–
Communications Platforms Technology
3 wins
BAND Bandwidth Inc.
$44.18 -25.3% 1M +170.0% 1Y
Market cap
$1.51B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$828.24M
Div. yield
–
Communications Platforms Technology
1 win

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Consensus Cloud Solutions leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Consensus Cloud Solutions 7, Nice 3, Bandwidth 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionNICECCSIBANDLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $7.63B $683.83M $1.51B NICE
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 8.0x 7.2x -600.6x CCSI
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 11.1x 6.7x 25.8x CCSI
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +22.9% +1.5% +9.3% NICE
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 16.2% 26.7% -0.3% CCSI
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 19.0% 0.0% CCSI
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 2.7x 3.2x CCSI
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -8.2% +40.4% +170.0% BAND
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -15.5%/yr -10.5%/yr -12.8%/yr CCSI
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 55.2% 53.5% 94.8% CCSI
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 59/100 56/100 33/100 NICE

Percentile Scorecard

NICECCSIBAND

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

AxisNICECCSIBAND
Valuation 97 #2 of 30 76 #8 of 30 41 #18 of 30
Growth 73 #8 of 27 15 #23 of 27 27 #20 of 27
Profitability 80 #6 of 26 92 #3 of 26 28 #19 of 26
Financial Health 39 #20 of 32 29 #23 of 32 45 #18 of 32
Shareholder Returns 6 #16 of 17 69 #6 of 17 25 #13 of 17
Overall 59 56 33
  • NICE ranked among 33 companies in Workplace Software
  • CCSI ranked among 33 companies in Workplace Software
  • BAND ranked among 33 companies in Workplace Software

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodNICECCSIBANDSPY
1 month +2.9%+4.7%-25.3% -1.0%
3 months +34.3%+3.0%-26.1% +2.9%
6 months +20.8%+40.2%+83.2% +6.4%
Year to date +7.2%+71.7%+186.0% +11.4%
1 year -8.2%+40.4%+170.0% +13.1%
3 years -23.6%+76.5%+332.7% +79.4%
3 years, per year -8.6%+20.9%+63.0% +21.5%
5 years -57.0%-42.7%-49.7% +67.7%
5 years, per year -15.5%-10.5%-12.8% +10.9%
10 years +81.4%—— +255.2%
10 years, per year +6.1%—— +13.5%

Risk

MeasureNICECCSIBANDSPY
Volatility, 1Y 55.2%53.5%94.8% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 59.5%53.9%91.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.241.232.42 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.150.751.79 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -73.6%-82.1%-89.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -11.5%-6.0%-43.7% -2.5%
52-week high $136.90$39.85$78.44 $779.14
52-week low $83.15$20.24$12.82 $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.

MultipleNICECCSIBAND
P/E now vs peer median 7.9xmedian 32.3x 7.3xmedian 32.3x -563.7xmedian 32.3x
P/S now vs peer median 1.2xmedian 2.4x 1.9xmedian 2.4x 1.6xmedian 2.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 4.5xmedian 11.5x 6.7xmedian 11.5x 30.8xmedian 11.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 6.8xmedian 14.2x 5.9xmedian 14.2x 17.6xmedian 14.2x
P/B now vs peer median —median 2.7x 16.5xmedian 2.7x 3.6xmedian 2.7x
PEG now vs peer median 0.13median 0.77 0.60median 0.77 20.19median 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 monthsNICECCSIBAND
Revenue $5.91B $354.67M $828.24M
Gross profit $3.89B $284.57M $308.33M
Operating income $1.14B $148.27M -$15.11M
Net income $955.10M $94.65M $2.26M
Free cash flow $1.08B $115.67M $77.35M
R&D $745.97M $8.30M $145.95M
EPS (diluted) $15.08 $4.93 $-0.08
Cash & equivalents $315.38M $98.90M $169.90M
Total debt – $555.29M $330.77M
Shares (diluted) 63.32M 19.18M 33.49M
Enterprise value $6.09B $320.30M $1.10B

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
MetricNICECCSIBAND
P/E 7.9x 7.3x -563.7x
P/FCF 6.8x 5.9x 17.6x
P/Operating cash flow 5.4x 4.7x 13.8x
P/S 1.2x 1.9x 1.6x
P/B – 16.5x 3.6x
P/Tangible book – 508.0x 5.3x
EV/EBITDA 4.5x 6.7x 30.8x
EV/EBIT 6.1x 7.7x -100.4x
EV/Revenue 1.2x 3.2x 1.8x
EV/FCF 6.5x 9.9x 19.6x
EV/Operating cash flow 5.1x 7.8x 15.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.13 0.60 20.19

Growth

14 metrics
MetricNICECCSIBAND
Revenue growth (1Y) 22.9% 1.5% 9.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 50.0% -1.1% 12.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 21.5% 2.2% 5.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 48.5% -1.8% 8.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) 16.2% -0.1% -25.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 55.1% 0.6% 18.3%
Net income growth (1Y) 5.6% 16.7% 122.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 56.6% 11.2% -58.8%
EPS growth (1Y) 9.2% 18.6% 77.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 59.1% 12.1% -27.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -1.4% 19.7% 14.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 59.1% 20.7% 46.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -16.3% 27.4% 14.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 38.2% 34.0% 117.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricNICECCSIBAND
Gross margin 65.8% 80.2% 37.2%
EBITDA margin 26.2% 47.8% 5.9%
Operating margin 19.2% 41.8% -1.8%
Pretax margin 21.3% 35.3% -0.7%
Net margin 16.2% 26.7% -0.3%
FCF margin 18.3% 32.6% 9.3%
Operating cash flow margin 23.1% 41.1% 11.9%
Return on equity – 297.8% 0.6%
Return on assets 18.9% 13.8% 0.2%
Return on invested capital – 19.0% 0.0%
Return on capital employed 28.8% 24.0% -1.7%
Asset turnover 1.2x 0.5x 0.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.4x 1.5x 43.5x
Stock comp / revenue 5.4% 5.4% 6.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricNICECCSIBAND
Debt / assets – 79.7% 30.0%
Debt / equity – 13.4x 0.9x
Net debt / EBITDA – 2.7x 3.2x
Debt / FCF – 4.8x 4.3x
Liabilities / assets – 94.0% 65.7%
Equity / assets – 6.0% 34.3%
Interest coverage – 4.4x –
Current ratio 1.3x 1.9x 2.0x
Quick ratio 1.1x 1.8x 2.3x
Cash ratio 0.3x 1.4x 1.2x
Altman Z-score – 2.06 1.91

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricNICECCSIBAND
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield -19.0% 5.2% 1.5%
Shareholder yield -19.0% 5.2% 1.5%
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.

ConsensusNICECCSIBAND
Forward P/E 11.1xFY2026 6.7xFY2026 25.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $10.91FY2026 $5.56FY2026 $1.71FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -11.3%FY2026 -1.1%FY2026 +19.6%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +19.1% +17.1% +15.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $3.32BFY2026 $383.79MFY2026 $938.18MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +12.5%FY2026 +9.7%FY2026 +24.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -2.0% +2.0% -3.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersNICECCSIBAND
Held by institutions 56.3% 98.8% 98.8%
Institutions holding 320 166 240
Change in shares held, QoQ +7.0% -3.5% +27.1%
Institutions buying 145 67 171
Institutions selling 131 68 52
Buyers to sellers 1.11 0.99 3.29

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.

NICECCSIBAND
NICE 1.00 0.30 0.21
CCSI 0.30 1.00 0.27
BAND 0.21 0.27 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, NICE, CCSI and BAND?

Nice (NICE) is the largest by market capitalisation: Nice (NICE) $7.63B, Consensus Cloud Solutions (CCSI) $683.83M, Bandwidth (BAND) $1.51B.

Which stock is cheaper, NICE, CCSI and BAND?

Consensus Cloud Solutions (CCSI) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Nice (NICE) 8.0x, Consensus Cloud Solutions (CCSI) 7.2x, Bandwidth (BAND) -600.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, Consensus Cloud Solutions (CCSI) is cheapest (Nice (NICE) 11.1x, Consensus Cloud Solutions (CCSI) 6.7x, Bandwidth (BAND) 25.8x). 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%, Consensus Cloud Solutions (CCSI) +1.5%, Bandwidth (BAND) +9.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Consensus Cloud Solutions (CCSI) has the highest net margin (Nice (NICE) 16.2%, Consensus Cloud Solutions (CCSI) 26.7%, Bandwidth (BAND) -0.3%). On return on invested capital, Consensus Cloud Solutions (CCSI) leads (Consensus Cloud Solutions (CCSI) 19.0%, Bandwidth (BAND) 0.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Bandwidth (BAND) returned the most: Nice (NICE) -8.2%, Consensus Cloud Solutions (CCSI) +40.4%, Bandwidth (BAND) +170.0%. Over five years, Consensus Cloud Solutions (CCSI) compounded fastest (Nice (NICE) -15.5%/yr, Consensus Cloud Solutions (CCSI) -10.5%/yr, Bandwidth (BAND) -12.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Consensus Cloud Solutions (CCSI) has been the steadiest (Nice (NICE) 55.2%, Consensus Cloud Solutions (CCSI) 53.5%, Bandwidth (BAND) 94.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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 7. 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.