NICE Ltd. (NICE)Technology | Software - Application | Ra'anana, Israel | NasdaqGS
105.25 USD
+0.21
(0.200%)
⇧
(April 17, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 105.25 Short-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Long-term: ★★★☆☆ | Dividends: ☆☆☆☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 18, 2026, 11:33 p.m. EDT
A fundamentally sound software company in the AI space is currently treated as a defensive asset due to technical weakness and slow recovery. The recent price drop to ~$97 (52-week low) and the heavy clustering of Put options below $105 suggest the market has priced out near-term recovery, expecting further consolidation or correction. While the valuation (Forward P/E ~8.5x) and earnings growth (56% YoY) offer a compelling long-term entry, the immediate sentiment remains overwhelmingly cautious, waiting for a clearer technical breakout above key resistance levels before re-rating. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL ✓ | 0.041194 |
| AutoETS | 0.041664 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.041665 |
| AutoTheta | 0.057934 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 78% |
| H-stat | 0.55 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.169 |
| Excess Kurtosis | 1.25 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Ex Dividend Date | 2017-02-22 |
| Last Dividend Date | 2017-02-22 |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 2.291 |
| Revenue per Share | 1.89012 |
| Market Cap | 6,401,566,208 |
| Trailing P/E | 10.88 |
| Forward P/E | 8.47 |
| Beta | 0.24 |
| Profit Margins | 20.78% |
| Website | https://www.nice.com |
As of April 18, 2026, 11:33 p.m. EDT: Options flow reveals a distinct hedging bias. In expiration categories ranging from May 15, 2026, through January 2028, Put Open Interest (OI) significantly outpaces Call OI, particularly in low/strike ranges (e.g., 55, 60, 85, 90). The highest concentration of Put OI is observed at strikes 55-95, creating a dense hedge wall significantly below the current ~105 price. While some OTM Call OI exists at 125-140 strikes, the volume and OI disparity strongly suggest retail or algorithmic investors are positioning for downside protection rather than upside speculation. This confirmed defensive positioning aligns with the stock's recent volatility but indicates a lack of aggressive bullish momentum in the options chain.
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 2017-02-23 | 0.16 | 0.230614 |
| 2016-11-18 | 0.16 | 0.240507 |
| 2016-08-11 | 0.16 | 0.236441 |
| 2016-05-19 | 0.16 | 0.252883 |
| 2016-02-22 | 0.16 | 0.266808 |
| 2015-11-06 | 0.16 | 0.259718 |
| 2015-08-07 | 0.16 | 0.244063 |
| 2015-05-18 | 0.16 | 0.244213 |
| 2015-02-13 | 0.16 | 0.300539 |
| 2014-11-13 | 0.16 | 0.352680 |
| 2014-08-08 | 0.16 | 0.418369 |
| 2014-05-22 | 0.16 | 0.429159 |
| 2014-02-13 | 0.16 | 0.420542 |
| 2013-11-07 | 0.16 | 0.440643 |
| 2013-08-20 | 0.16 | 0.438780 |
| 2013-05-21 | 0.16 | 0.456223 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.26808065 |
| Address1 | NICE 1, 2, 3 |
| Address2 | 13 Zarhin Street PO Box 690 |
| All Time High | 319.88 |
| All Time Low | 3.32 |
| Ask | 105.54 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 2.1 - Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 585,910 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 782,685 |
| Average Volume | 782,685 |
| Average Volume10Days | 585,910 |
| Beta | 0.236 |
| Bid | 104.97 |
| Bid Size | 3 |
| Book Value | 64.152 |
| City | Ra'anana |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Country | Israel |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 105.25 |
| Current Ratio | 1.554 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 107.5275 |
| Day Low | 104.74 |
| Debt To Equity | 2.291 |
| Display Name | NICE |
| Dividend Date | 1,489,536,000 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,771,507,800 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,771,507,800 |
| Earnings Growth | 0.567 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | 0.513 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,771,507,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,778,761,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,778,761,800 |
| Ebitda | 853,868,032 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.2899 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 6.937 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 2.011 |
| Enterprise Value | 5,923,629,568 |
| Eps Current Year | 10.94596 |
| Eps Forward | 12.43155 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 9.67 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Ex Dividend Date | 1,487,808,000 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fax | 972 3 775 3379 |
| Fifty Day Average | 112.5852 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -7.3351974 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.065152414 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -26.808065 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 180.61 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -75.36 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.41725266 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 94.65 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 10.599998 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.11199153 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 94.65 - 180.61 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 822,580,200,000 |
| Float Shares | 59,002,606 |
| Forward Eps | 12.43155 |
| Forward P E | 8.466362 |
| Free Cashflow | 457,306,752 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 9,626 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.66414 |
| Gross Profits | 1,956,145,024 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.000030000001 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.56605 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 60,822,484 |
| Industry | Software - Application |
| Industry Disp | Software - Application |
| Industry Key | software-application |
| Ir Website | http://www.nice.com/investor-relations |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Dividend Date | 1,487,808,000 |
| Last Dividend Value | 0.16 |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Last Split Date | 1,149,033,600 |
| Last Split Factor | 2:1 |
| Long Business Summary | NICE Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides AI-powered cloud platforms for customer engagement, and financial crime and compliance in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. It operates in two segments, Customer Engagement; and Financial Crime and Compliance. The Customer Engagement segment provides CXone Mpower platform for organizations to automate service, augment the workforce with AI-powered solutions, and unify enterprise knowledge, data and AI models resolutions, and customer experiences. The Financial Crime and Compliance segment offers embedded-AI solutions that identify risks and help prevent money laundering and fraud, as well as help ensure financial markets compliance in real-time. It also provides NICE Evidencentral, a digital evidence management and investigation platform for criminal justice system. In addition, the company offers NiCE Actimize provides cloud platforms embedded with AI capabilities for real-time and cross-channel fraud prevention, know-your-customer, anti-money laundering, and capital markets compliance; X-Sight, an open AI-cloud platform for Financial Crime and Compliance, enabling financial services organizations; Xceed which provides AI, data intelligence, machine learning, and insights for AML and fraud prevention for small and mid-sized organizations; cloud platforms provide financial services organizations with the agility required to adapt changing regulatory and threat landscapes; data intelligence solutions enable organizations to turn raw data into actionable intelligence to prevent and detect financial crimes; AI and analytics; intelligent investigations solutions; and self-service solutions. The company was formerly known as NICE-Systems Ltd. and changed its name to NICE Ltd. in June 2016. NICE Ltd. was incorporated in 1986 and is headquartered in Ra'anana, Israel. |
| Long Name | NICE Ltd. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 6,401,566,208 |
| Market State | PREPRE |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_32181 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Net Income To Common | 612,100,992 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 6,270,254,619 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 15 |
| Open | 107.47 |
| Operating Cashflow | 716,548,992 |
| Operating Margins | 0.22406 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 0.88 |
| Phone | 972 9 775 3151 |
| Post Market Change | 0.0 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.0 |
| Post Market Price | 105.25 |
| Post Market Time | 1,776,459,845 |
| Previous Close | 105.04 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 9.615419 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 1.6406348 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 2.173412 |
| Profit Margins | 0.20782 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.409 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 2.11765 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.209999 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 0.199923 |
| Regular Market Day High | 107.5275 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 104.74 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 104.74 - 107.5275 |
| Regular Market Open | 107.47 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 105.04 |
| Regular Market Price | 105.25 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,456,000 |
| Regular Market Volume | 751,696 |
| Return On Assets | 0.07869 |
| Return On Equity | 0.16367 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.09 |
| Revenue Per Share | 1.89012 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.38150132 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Shares Outstanding | 59,403,580 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.049099997 |
| Shares Short | 2,914,062 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 4,216,949 |
| Short Name | NICE Ltd |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0494 |
| Short Ratio | 5.1 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| Symbol | NICE |
| Target High Price | 200.0 |
| Target Low Price | 119.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 149.93333 |
| Target Median Price | 150.0 |
| Total Cash | 417,398,016 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 7.026 |
| Total Debt | 88,801,000 |
| Total Revenue | 2,945,399,040 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 9.67 |
| Trailing P E | 10.884178 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | 0.8811 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 127.0247 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -21.774696 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.17142096 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 751,696 |
| Website | https://www.nice.com |
| Zip | 4,310,602 |