Contrasting Amdocs (NASDAQ:DOX) and Doximity (NASDAQ:DOCS)

Doximity (NASDAQ:DOCS) and Amdocs (NASDAQ:DOX) are both medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, risk, institutional ownership and valuation.

Profitability

This table compares Doximity and Amdocs’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Doximity	27.20%	13.11%	11.25%
Amdocs	11.80%	17.60%	9.83%

Risk and Volatility

Doximity has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amdocs has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Doximity and Amdocs, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Doximity	2	6	2	0	2.00
Amdocs	0	1	3	0	2.75

Doximity currently has a consensus price target of $29.50, suggesting a potential upside of 42.10%. Amdocs has a consensus price target of $106.00, suggesting a potential upside of 22.35%. Given Doximity’s higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Doximity is more favorable than Amdocs.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

54.7% of Doximity shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.6% of Amdocs shares are held by institutional investors. 39.4% of Doximity shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.4% of Amdocs shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Doximity and Amdocs’ revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Doximity	$419.05 million	9.65	$112.82 million	$0.55	37.75
Amdocs	$4.58 billion	2.29	$549.50 million	$4.67	18.55

Amdocs has higher revenue and earnings than Doximity. Amdocs is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Doximity, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

About Doximity

Doximity, Inc. operates a cloud-based digital platform for medical professionals in the United States. The company's platform provides its members with tools built for medical professionals, enabling them to collaborate with their colleagues, coordinate patient care, conduct virtual patient visits, stay up to date with the latest medical news and research, and manage their careers. It primarily serves pharmaceutical manufacturers and healthcare systems. The company was formerly known as 3MD Communications, Inc. and changed its name to Doximity, Inc. in June 2010. Doximity, Inc. was incorporated in 2010 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

About Amdocs

Amdocs Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides software and services worldwide. It designs, develops, operates, implements, supports, and markets open and modular cloud portfolio. The company provides CES21, a 5G and cloud-native microservices-based market-leading customer experience suite, that enables service providers to build, deliver, and monetize advanced services; the Commerce and Care suite for order capture, handling, and customer engagement; the Monetization suite for charging, billing, policy, and revenue management; Intelligent Networking suite with a set of modular, flexible, and open service lifecycle management capabilities for network automation journeys; MarketONE, a cloud-native business ecosystem; Digital Brands Suite, a pre-integrated digital business suite for digital telecom brands and small-scale service providers; and eSIM Cloud for service providers. It also offers AI-powered, cloud-native, and home operating systems; data intelligence solutions and applications; media services for media publishers, TV networks, and video streaming and service providers; end-to-end application development and maintenance services; and ongoing services. In addition, the company provides a line of services designed for various stages of a service provider's lifecycle includes design, delivery, quality engineering, operations, systems integration, mobile network services, consulting, and content services; managed services comprising application development, modernization and maintenance, IT and infrastructure services, testing and professional services that are designed to assist customers in the selection, implementation, operation, management, and maintenance of IT systems. It serves to the communications, cable and satellite, entertainment, and media industry service providers, as well as mobile virtual network operators and directory publishers. Amdocs Limited was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Saint Louis, Missouri.