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NICE Ltd ADR

NICENASDAQ

SectorInformation Technology

IndustrySoftware - Application

Beta (adjusted)0.37

Intrinsic Value $394.59median of 6 methods · middle span $186-$623based on filings through 31 Dec 2025

Market Price $116.48Price as of 1 Oct 2026

Significantly undervaluedIntrinsic value is 239% above the market price

−50% · IV below pricenear fair value ±15%IV above price · +50%

marker beyond scale (+239%)

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Market Cap $6.8B

Enterprise Value $6.4B

Moat Rating Wide

Next Earnings Date12 Nov 2026

Last ex-dividend23 Feb 2017

All prices and values are periodic snapshots, not live quotes. Source dates are shown for reference.

Thesis

Street consensus, scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggers

AI-assisted

Thesis Summary

NICE Ltd. presents a highly compelling contrarian investment opportunity. The market has excessively discounted the stock due to fears of AI-driven seat-count reductions and near-term margin compression from heavy AI investments (including the Cognigy acquisition). However, customer feedback and hard ROI metrics (such as Openreach's rollout of NICE Cognigy) demonstrate that the reality of AI adoption is highly accretive, enabling NICE to monetize rising interaction volumes. Trading at a significant discount to historical averages and SaaS peers (<8x forward P/E), NICE's robust balance sheet (debt-free with strong cash generation) and clear leadership in the CCaaS space position it for substantial long-term upside as cloud migrations continue.

This section is the 12-month view: analyst targets and the probability-weighted scenarios built from them. The intrinsic value at the top of this page answers a different question: what the business is worth today.

Street view · analyst 12-month targets13 analysts · as of 18 Aug 2026

Low · most bearish analyst$100.00

Mean target$125.85

High · most bullish analyst$170.00

Our research · scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggersResearch as of 18 Sep 2026

Scenarios · 12-month scenario targetsAnchored at research date

Bear CaseDownside scenario

$100.0015%

Intense competition from platform giants (Salesforce, Microsoft) and cloud-native rivals (Five9) limits market share gains. AI-driven automation leads to a faster-than-expected reduction in human agent seat counts, offsetting the gains from AI feature monetization and keeping revenue growth in the mid-single digits.

Base CaseCentral scenario

$125.8560%

Matches the consensus mean

NICE successfully delivers on its FY 2026 guidance of $3.17B–$3.19B in revenue and non-GAAP EPS of $10.85–$11.05. Cloud revenue grows at a steady 14-15% pace, and AI ARR continues to expand. The market gradually re-rates the stock as fears of immediate AI disruption subside and the durability of the CCaaS business model is confirmed.

Bull CaseUpside scenario

$170.0025%

Accelerated enterprise adoption of NICE Cognigy and CXone Mpower drives cloud revenue growth above 15% and rapidly expands AI ARR. Operating margins recover faster than expected as integration synergies materialize, proving that AI features are highly accretive and expand the total addressable market beyond traditional seat-based licensing.

Scenarios are anchored to street consensus at the research date, with our probabilities and rationale.

Key Investment Merits

Market leadership in CCaaS with a highly sticky, all-in-one cloud platform (CXone) and high customer switching costs.
Strong financial profile characterized by robust cash generation, best-in-class profitability, and a debt-free balance sheet.
Proven ability to commercialize AI, highlighted by the rapid integration of Cognigy and 66% YoY growth in AI ARR in Q1 2026.

Key Investment Risks

Intense competition from both specialized cloud-native players (Five9, Genesys) and large enterprise software consolidators.
Risk of seat-count cannibalization as AI-powered virtual agents automate tasks previously performed by human agents.
Near-term margin pressure from elevated investments in AI, cloud infrastructure, and international expansion.

Thesis Invalidation Triggers

Cloud revenue growth decelerating below 10% YoY.
Significant deterioration in Cloud Net Revenue Retention (NRR) indicating customer churn or seat contraction.
Failure of non-GAAP operating margins to recover toward the 28-30% range by late 2027.

All scenarios are estimates and subject to change. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

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