NICE Stock

Post on: 16 Март, 2015 No Comment

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Trade-Ideas LLC identified NICE-Systems ( NICE ) as a strong and under the radar candidate. In addition to specific proprietary factors, Trade-Ideas identified NICE-Systems as such a stock due to the following factors:

NICE has an average dollar-volume (as measured by average daily share volume multiplied by share price) of $8.5 million.

NICE is making at least a new 3-day high.

NICE has a PE ratio of 34.8.

NICE is mentioned 1.94 times per day on StockTwits.

NICE has not yet been mentioned on StockTwits today.

NICE is currently in the upper 20% of its 1-year range.

NICE is in the upper 35% of its 20-day range.

NICE is in the upper 45% of its 5-day range.

NICE is currently trading above yesterday’s high.

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More details on NICE:

NICE Systems Ltd. provides software solutions that enable organizations to take action in order to improve customer experience and business results, ensure compliance, fight financial crime, and safeguard people and assets. The stock currently has a dividend yield of 0.9%. NICE has a PE ratio of 34.8. Currently there are 5 analysts that rate NICE-Systems a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 3 rate it a hold.

The average volume for NICE-Systems has been 176,400 shares per day over the past 30 days. NICE-Systems has a market cap of $3.5 billion and is part of the technology sector and computer software & services industry. Shares are up 15.9% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Thursday.

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TheStreet Quant Ratings rates NICE-Systems as a buy. The company’s strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, impressive record of earnings per share growth, compelling growth in net income, revenue growth and largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures. Although the company may harbor some minor weaknesses, we feel they are unlikely to have a significant impact on results.

Highlights from the ratings report include:

Powered by its strong earnings growth of 112.82% and other important driving factors, this stock has surged by 43.23% over the past year, outperforming the rise in the S&P 500 Index during the same period. Regarding the stock’s future course, although almost any stock can fall in a broad market decline, NICE should continue to move higher despite the fact that it has already enjoyed a very nice gain in the past year.
NICE SYSTEMS LTD reported significant earnings per share improvement in the most recent quarter compared to the same quarter a year ago. The company has demonstrated a pattern of positive earnings per share growth over the past two years. We feel that this trend should continue. During the past fiscal year, NICE SYSTEMS LTD increased its bottom line by earning $1.70 versus $0.89 in the prior year. This year, the market expects an improvement in earnings ($3.13 versus $1.70).
The net income growth from the same quarter one year ago has significantly exceeded that of the S&P 500 and the Software industry. The net income increased by 106.8% when compared to the same quarter one year prior, rising from $24.22 million to $50.08 million.
Despite its growing revenue, the company underperformed as compared with the industry average of 10.4%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues slightly increased by 8.8%. Growth in the company’s revenue appears to have helped boost the earnings per share.
NICE has no debt to speak of therefore resulting in a debt-to-equity ratio of zero, which we consider to be a relatively favorable sign. Along with the favorable debt-to-equity ratio, the company maintains an adequate quick ratio of 1.15, which illustrates the ability to avoid short-term cash problems.