NICE vs SPOK vs API Stock Comparison

Nice, Spok Holdings and Agora Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
NICE NICE Ltd.
$121.58 +7.8% 1M -9.6% 1Y
Market cap
$7.35B
P/E
7.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.91B
Div. yield
–
Communications Platforms Technology
5 wins
SPOK Spok Holdings, Inc
$10.11 -3.3% 1M -38.2% 1Y
Market cap
$211.48M
P/E
17.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$135.97M
Div. yield
12.29%
Healthcare IT Technology
3 wins
API Agora, Inc.
$4.49 +6.7% 1M +24.7% 1Y
Market cap
$528.27M
P/E
37.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$151.69M
Div. yield
–
Communications Platforms Technology
1 win

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Nice leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Nice 5, Spok Holdings 3, Agora 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionNICESPOKAPILeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $7.35B $211.48M $528.27M NICE
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 7.9x 17.3x 37.7x NICE
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 11.1x 15.8x 32.1x NICE
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +22.9% -3.4% +13.6% NICE
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 16.2% 9.0% 7.2% NICE
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — 1,164x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 12.29% — –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -9.6% -38.2% +24.7% API
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -15.4%/yr -0.1%/yr -28.5%/yr SPOK
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 55.2% 31.7% 48.9% SPOK
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 57/100 70/100 43/100 SPOK

Percentile Scorecard

NICESPOKAPI

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

AxisNICESPOKAPI
Valuation 100 #1 of 29 99 #2 of 89 21 #23 of 29
Growth 73 #8 of 27 15 #69 of 81 54 #13 of 27
Profitability 80 #6 of 26 87 #11 of 76 20 #21 of 26
Financial Health 30 #22 of 31 53 #45 of 94 77 #8 of 31
Shareholder Returns 0 #17 of 17 98 #2 of 51 –
Overall 57 70 43
  • NICE ranked among 32 companies in Workplace Software
  • SPOK ranked among 98 companies in Vertical Software
  • API ranked among 32 companies in Workplace Software

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodNICESPOKAPISPY
1 month +7.8%-3.3%+6.7% -0.2%
3 months +19.9%-7.2%+14.0% +3.9%
6 months +19.1%-11.9%+30.9% +8.2%
Year to date +7.6%-23.4%+10.3% +12.9%
1 year -9.6%-38.2%+24.7% +12.3%
3 years -20.1%-33.3%+51.7% +87.4%
3 years, per year -7.2%-12.6%+14.9% +23.3%
5 years -56.6%-0.7%-81.3% +67.9%
5 years, per year -15.4%-0.1%-28.5% +10.9%
10 years +82.1%-43.2%— +261.1%
10 years, per year +6.2%-5.5%— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureNICESPOKAPISPY
Volatility, 1Y 55.2%31.7%48.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 59.3%39.0%45.6% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.230.180.89 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.17-1.210.51 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -73.6%-46.1%-93.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -11.2%-38.4%-14.6% -1.2%
52-week high $136.90$16.41$5.26 $779.14
52-week low $83.15$10.11$3.24 $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.

MultipleNICESPOKAPI
P/E now vs peer median 7.9xmedian 31.0x 17.3xmedian 40.1x 37.7xmedian 31.0x
P/S now vs peer median 1.2xmedian 2.4x 1.6xmedian 2.5x 3.5xmedian 2.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 4.5xmedian 11.3x 9.8xmedian 18.5x -7,090xmedian 11.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median 6.8xmedian 15.6x 8.3xmedian 20.1x 36.0xmedian 15.6x
P/B now vs peer median —median 3.0x 1.5xmedian 1.8x —median 3.0x
PEG now vs peer median 0.13median 0.74 -0.57median 1.73 1.35median 0.74

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 monthsNICESPOKAPI
Revenue $5.91B $135.97M $151.69M
Gross profit $3.89B $106.16M $97.83M
Operating income $1.14B $16.17M -$5.19M
Net income $955.10M $12.24M $10.97M
Free cash flow $1.08B $25.41M $14.67M
R&D $745.97M $12.87M $57.28M
EPS (diluted) $15.08 $0.58 $0.11
Cash & equivalents $315.38M $16.59M $72.67M
Total debt – – $1.34M
Shares (diluted) 63.32M 21.08M 98.86M
Enterprise value $5.81B $131.15M $179.13M

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
MetricNICESPOKAPI
P/E 7.9x 17.3x 37.7x
P/FCF 6.8x 8.3x 36.0x
P/Operating cash flow 5.4x 7.4x 39.0x
P/S 1.2x 1.6x 3.5x
P/B – 1.5x –
P/Tangible book – 1.5x –
EV/EBITDA 4.5x 9.8x -7,090x
EV/EBIT 6.2x 12.1x -87.4x
EV/Revenue 1.2x 1.4x 3.0x
EV/FCF 6.5x 7.7x 30.9x
EV/Operating cash flow 5.1x 6.8x 33.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.13 -0.57 1.35

Growth

14 metrics
MetricNICESPOKAPI
Revenue growth (1Y) 22.9% -3.4% 13.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 50.0% -0.2% 0.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 21.5% -4.9% 9.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 48.5% -1.1% 1.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) 16.2% -23.0% 85.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 55.1% -2.5% 65.3%
Net income growth (1Y) 5.6% -28.2% 149.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 56.6% -29.5% 27.8%
EPS growth (1Y) 9.2% -29.4% 146.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 59.1% -30.5% 27.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -1.4% -0.7% -20.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 59.1% 6.7% 35.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -16.3% 0.4% -25.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 38.2% 9.9% 37.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricNICESPOKAPI
Gross margin 65.8% 78.1% 64.5%
EBITDA margin 26.2% 14.6% 0.0%
Operating margin 19.2% 11.9% -3.4%
Pretax margin 21.3% 12.5% 7.3%
Net margin 16.2% 9.0% 7.2%
FCF margin 18.3% 18.7% 9.7%
Operating cash flow margin 23.1% 21.0% 8.9%
Return on equity – 8.7% –
Return on assets 18.9% 6.3% 1.6%
Return on invested capital – – –
Return on capital employed 28.8% 10.9% -0.8%
Asset turnover 1.2x 0.7x 0.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.4x 2.3x 1.2x
Stock comp / revenue 5.4% 3.9% 3.0%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricNICESPOKAPI
Debt / assets – – 0.2%
Debt / equity – – –
Net debt / EBITDA – – 1,164x
Debt / FCF – – 0.1x
Liabilities / assets – 28.5% 24.1%
Equity / assets – 71.5% –
Interest coverage – – -86.5x
Current ratio 1.3x 1.1x 5.1x
Quick ratio 1.1x 1.1x 1.3x
Cash ratio 0.3x 0.4x 1.0x
Altman Z-score – 3.50 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricNICESPOKAPI
Dividend yield – 12.3% –
Net buyback yield -18.9% – –
Shareholder yield -18.9% 12.3% –
Payout ratio (earnings) – 223.3% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 107.6% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 0.9% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 2.3% –

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.

ConsensusNICESPOKAPI
Forward P/E 11.1xFY2026 15.8xFY2026 32.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $10.91FY2026 $0.64FY2026 $0.14FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -11.3%FY2026 -14.7%FY2026 +40.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +19.1% -34.4% +107.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $3.32BFY2026 $144.30MFY2026 $171.35MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +12.5%FY2026 +3.3%FY2026 +21.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -2.0% -1.7% +1.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersNICESPOKAPI
Held by institutions 56.3% 51.6% 21.2%
Institutions holding 320 131 59
Change in shares held, QoQ +7.0% +3.0% -1.9%
Institutions buying 145 76 27
Institutions selling 131 40 18
Buyers to sellers 1.11 1.90 1.50

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.

NICESPOKAPI
NICE 1.00 0.18 0.13
SPOK 0.18 1.00 0.07
API 0.13 0.07 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, NICE, SPOK and API?

Nice (NICE) is the largest by market capitalisation: Nice (NICE) $7.35B, Spok Holdings (SPOK) $211.48M, Agora (API) $528.27M.

Which stock is cheaper, NICE, SPOK and API?

Nice (NICE) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Nice (NICE) 7.9x, Spok Holdings (SPOK) 17.3x, Agora (API) 37.7x). On next year's consensus earnings, Nice (NICE) is cheapest (Nice (NICE) 11.1x, Spok Holdings (SPOK) 15.8x, Agora (API) 32.1x). 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%, Spok Holdings (SPOK) -3.4%, Agora (API) +13.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Nice (NICE) has the highest net margin (Nice (NICE) 16.2%, Spok Holdings (SPOK) 9.0%, Agora (API) 7.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Agora (API) returned the most: Nice (NICE) -9.6%, Spok Holdings (SPOK) -38.2%, Agora (API) +24.7%. Over five years, Spok Holdings (SPOK) compounded fastest (Nice (NICE) -15.4%/yr, Spok Holdings (SPOK) -0.1%/yr, Agora (API) -28.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Nice (NICE) 0.00%, Spok Holdings (SPOK) 12.29%. Nice (NICE) and Agora (API) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Spok Holdings (SPOK) has been the steadiest (Nice (NICE) 55.2%, Spok Holdings (SPOK) 31.7%, Agora (API) 48.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, NICE, SPOK and API?

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 5. 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.