DOXAmdocs Limited

$58.85-28% 1Y

Is the business good?

Mixed

The checks split: earnings fully cash-backed (1.4×), but margins compressing.

1 good, 1 to watch, 1 neutral, 1 without data
Profits arrive as cash1.37×derived · Sep 30, 2024

Operating profit is fully backed by cash. Conversion is worsening vs a year ago.

Margin direction, 3 years−1.6 pts

Negative operating leverage, costs are rising faster than sales, squeezing margins as it grows.

Where ROE comes from8% ROA

A balanced mix of margins, efficiency, and leverage. ROE 14% = margin × turnover × leverage.

Unless marked, from derived.

Against the whole market›

Percentile against every name Ryufin tracks. Higher is better; the tick marks the middle of the market. Context, not one of the checks above.

FCF conversionmiddle of the market
Leverage (Debt/EBITDA)better than 82% of the market

Where this answer is blind. The F-score rewards improvement, so an already-elite company can score mid-pack.

How good a business is DOX?

Amdocs Limited earns 14% on the capital it employs against a 9.0% cost of capital, so the business is worth more the bigger it gets.

14%

Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 4.8 points above what the capital costs: growth creates value

Operating margin
13%

Operating margin · Software - Infrastructure median 5.8% · fiscal year to FY2024

Cash conversion
1.37×

Cash conversion · 1.47× a year ago · operating cash flow covers the operating profit after tax

R&D as % of revenue
7.2%

R&D as % of revenue

Operating margin by fiscal year
YearOperating margin
FY201914%
FY202014%
FY202114%
FY202215%
FY202313%
FY202413%
Details›
Gross marginfiscal year to FY2024
35%
Operating marginfiscal year to FY2024
13%
Net marginfiscal year to FY2024
9.8%
Free cash flow margin
12%
R&D as % of revenue
7.2%
Revenue, trailing twelve months
$5.00B
Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
$619M
Net income, trailing twelve months
$493M
Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
14%

Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion is operating cash flow over operating profit after tax.