NICE vs SPOK vs ZM Stock Comparison

Nice, Spok Holdings and Zoom Communications Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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NICE NICE Ltd.
$121.58 +7.8% 1M -9.6% 1Y
Market cap
$7.36B
P/E
7.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.91B
Div. yield
–
Communications Platforms Technology
3 wins
SPOK Spok Holdings, Inc
$10.11 -3.3% 1M -38.2% 1Y
Market cap
$212.34M
P/E
17.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$135.97M
Div. yield
0.13%
Healthcare IT Technology
2 wins
ZM Zoom Communications, Inc.
$97.40 +8.6% 1M +14.4% 1Y
Market cap
$29.17B
P/E
9.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.97B
Div. yield
–
Communications Platforms Technology
4 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

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

QuestionNICESPOKZMLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $7.36B $212.34M $29.17B ZM
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 7.7x 17.3x 9.2x NICE
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 11.1x 15.8x 15.1x NICE
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +22.9% -3.4% +4.6% NICE
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 16.2% 9.0% 64.1% ZM
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.13% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -9.6% -38.2% +14.4% ZM
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -15.4%/yr -0.1%/yr -18.9%/yr SPOK
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 55.2% 31.7% 44.7% SPOK
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 57/100 70/100 80/100 ZM

Percentile Scorecard

NICESPOKZM

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

AxisNICESPOKZM
Valuation 100 #1 of 29 99 #2 of 89 71 #9 of 29
Growth 73 #8 of 27 15 #69 of 81 69 #9 of 27
Profitability 80 #6 of 26 87 #11 of 76 84 #5 of 26
Financial Health 30 #22 of 31 53 #45 of 94 97 #2 of 31
Shareholder Returns 0 #17 of 17 98 #2 of 51 –
Overall 57 70 80
  • NICE ranked among 32 companies in Workplace Software
  • SPOK ranked among 98 companies in Vertical Software
  • 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

PeriodNICESPOKZMSPY
1 month +7.8%-3.3%+8.6% -0.2%
3 months +19.9%-7.2%+6.5% +3.9%
6 months +19.1%-11.9%+6.9% +8.2%
Year to date +7.6%-23.4%+12.9% +12.9%
1 year -9.6%-38.2%+14.4% +12.3%
3 years -20.1%-33.3%+64.3% +87.4%
3 years, per year -7.2%-12.6%+18.0% +23.3%
5 years -56.6%-0.7%-64.8% +67.9%
5 years, per year -15.4%-0.1%-18.9% +10.9%
10 years +82.1%-43.2%— +261.1%
10 years, per year +6.2%-5.5%— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureNICESPOKZMSPY
Volatility, 1Y 55.2%31.7%44.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 59.3%39.0%42.4% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.230.181.03 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.17-1.210.32 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -73.6%-46.1%-80.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -11.2%-38.4%-12.9% -1.2%
52-week high $136.90$16.41$111.88 $779.14
52-week low $83.15$10.11$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.

MultipleNICESPOKZM
P/E now vs peer median 7.9xmedian 31.0x 17.3xmedian 40.1x 8.9xmedian 31.0x
P/S now vs peer median 1.2xmedian 2.4x 1.6xmedian 2.5x 5.7xmedian 2.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 4.5xmedian 11.3x 9.8xmedian 18.5x 13.8xmedian 11.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median 6.8xmedian 15.6x 8.3xmedian 20.1x —median 15.6x
P/B now vs peer median —median 3.0x 1.5xmedian 1.8x 2.5xmedian 3.0x
PEG now vs peer median 0.13median 0.74 -0.57median 1.73 0.05median 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 monthsNICESPOKZM
Revenue $5.91B $135.97M $4.97B
Gross profit $3.89B $106.16M $3.84B
Operating income $1.14B $16.17M $1.20B
Net income $955.10M $12.24M $3.19B
Free cash flow $1.08B $25.41M –
R&D $745.97M $12.87M $881.96M
EPS (diluted) $15.08 $0.58 $10.64
Cash & equivalents $315.38M $16.59M $931.99M
Shares (diluted) 63.32M 21.08M 299.75M
Enterprise value $5.83B $132.01M -$1.62B

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
MetricNICESPOKZM
P/E 7.9x 17.3x 8.9x
P/FCF 6.8x 8.3x –
P/Operating cash flow 5.4x 7.4x –
P/S 1.2x 1.6x 5.7x
P/B – 1.5x 2.5x
P/Tangible book – 1.5x 2.5x
EV/EBITDA 4.5x 9.8x 13.8x
EV/EBIT 6.2x 12.1x 17.7x
EV/Revenue 1.2x 1.4x 4.3x
EV/FCF 6.5x 7.7x –
EV/Operating cash flow 5.1x 6.8x –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.13 -0.57 0.05

Growth

14 metrics
MetricNICESPOKZM
Revenue growth (1Y) 22.9% -3.4% 4.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 50.0% -0.2% 3.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 21.5% -4.9% 5.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 48.5% -1.1% 4.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) 16.2% -23.0% 23.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 55.1% -2.5% 112.9%
Net income growth (1Y) 5.6% -28.2% 168.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 56.6% -29.5% 182.3%
EPS growth (1Y) 9.2% -29.4% 175.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 59.1% -30.5% 184.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -1.4% -0.7% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 59.1% 6.7% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -16.3% 0.4% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 38.2% 9.9% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricNICESPOKZM
Gross margin 65.8% 78.1% 77.2%
EBITDA margin 26.2% 14.6% 30.9%
Operating margin 19.2% 11.9% 24.1%
Pretax margin 21.3% 12.5% 82.5%
Net margin 16.2% 9.0% 64.1%
FCF margin 18.3% 18.7% –
Operating cash flow margin 23.1% 21.0% –
Return on equity – 8.7% 30.2%
Return on assets 18.9% 6.3% 25.0%
Return on invested capital – – –
Return on capital employed 28.8% 10.9% 11.2%
Asset turnover 1.2x 0.7x 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.4x 2.3x –
Stock comp / revenue 5.4% 3.9% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricNICESPOKZM
Debt / assets – – –
Debt / equity – – –
Net debt / EBITDA – – –
Debt / FCF – – –
Liabilities / assets – 28.5% 16.8%
Equity / assets – 71.5% 83.2%
Interest coverage – – –
Current ratio 1.3x 1.1x 3.8x
Quick ratio 1.1x 1.1x 3.7x
Cash ratio 0.3x 0.4x 3.4x
Altman Z-score – 3.50 9.46

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricNICESPOKZM
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.

ConsensusNICESPOKZM
Forward P/E 11.1xFY2026 15.8xFY2026 15.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $10.91FY2026 $0.64FY2026 $6.45FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -11.3%FY2026 -14.7%FY2026 +9.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +19.1% -34.4% +2.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $3.32BFY2026 $144.30MFY2026 $4.76BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +12.5%FY2026 +3.3%FY2026 -2.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -2.0% -1.7% +8.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersNICESPOKZM
Held by institutions 56.3% 51.6% 67.2%
Institutions holding 320 131 862
Change in shares held, QoQ +7.0% +3.0% +2.9%
Institutions buying 145 76 477
Institutions selling 131 40 279
Buyers to sellers 1.11 1.90 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.

NICESPOKZM
NICE 1.00 0.18 0.38
SPOK 0.18 1.00 0.26
ZM 0.38 0.26 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, NICE, SPOK and ZM?

Zoom Communications (ZM) is the largest by market capitalisation: Nice (NICE) $7.36B, Spok Holdings (SPOK) $212.34M, Zoom Communications (ZM) $29.17B.

Which stock is cheaper, NICE, SPOK and ZM?

Nice (NICE) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Nice (NICE) 7.7x, Spok Holdings (SPOK) 17.3x, Zoom Communications (ZM) 9.2x). On next year's consensus earnings, Nice (NICE) is cheapest (Nice (NICE) 11.1x, Spok Holdings (SPOK) 15.8x, Zoom Communications (ZM) 15.1x). 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%, Zoom Communications (ZM) +4.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Zoom Communications (ZM) has the highest net margin (Nice (NICE) 16.2%, Spok Holdings (SPOK) 9.0%, Zoom Communications (ZM) 64.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Zoom Communications (ZM) returned the most: Nice (NICE) -9.6%, Spok Holdings (SPOK) -38.2%, Zoom Communications (ZM) +14.4%. Over five years, Spok Holdings (SPOK) compounded fastest (Nice (NICE) -15.4%/yr, Spok Holdings (SPOK) -0.1%/yr, Zoom Communications (ZM) -18.9%/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) 0.13%, Zoom Communications (ZM) 0.00%. Nice (NICE) and Zoom Communications (ZM) 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%, Zoom Communications (ZM) 44.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, NICE, SPOK 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, Zoom Communications (ZM) 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.