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NICENICE LtdBuy Wait5.8·$98.89+1.84%
Buy WaitModerate Confidence
Investment thesis

NICE Ltd is a cloud-based software company trading at a forward P/E of 6.9x with 52% analyst upside and a 32% margin of safety, but confirmed downward price momentum with the 200-day moving average declining at 6.7%/month and a death cross create a challenging near-term technical environment despite the compelling valuation.

Thesis pillars

  • Deep Value Software DiscountStable
  • High Quality Business MetricsDeteriorating
  • Earnings Beat ConsistencyImproving
  • +1 more pillar — see the Why tab for full reasoning

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NICE Ltd (NICE) Stock Analysis

Range Bound setup

Buy WaitValueModerate Confidence

Technology · Software - Application

Wait for pullback to $94.22. At $98.89 the A.R:R is 0.8:1 — below the 1.5:1 minimum for BUY_NOW. Engine's entry $94.22 (Ma50 Sticky) is the shallowest technical level that clears the 2:1 A.R:R minimum. Key risks: Weak growth; Negative momentum.

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... Read more

$98.89+10.8% A.UpsideScore 5.8/10#72 of 124 Software - Application
QualityF-score7 / 9FCF yield10.84%
Entry $94.22(Ma50 Sticky)Stop $83.27Target $109.49(analyst − 13%)A.R:R 0.8:1
Analyst target$125.85+27.3%13 analysts
$109.49our TP
$98.89price
$125.85mean
$170

Wait for pullback to $94.22. At $98.89 the A.R:R is 0.8:1 — below the 1.5:1 minimum for BUY_NOW. Engine's entry $94.22 (Ma50 Sticky) is the shallowest technical level that clears the 2:1 A.R:R minimum. Key risks: Weak growth; Negative momentum. Chart setup: RSI 48 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Maintain position. Not compelling to add more. | News modifier +2 (HOLD_IF_HOLDING → STRONG_BUY_WAIT) Score 5.8/10, moderate confidence.

Passes 6/9 gates (clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news boost analyst 0.80, earnings proximity 96d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and favorable risk/reward ratio and death cross (50MA < 200MA). Suitability: speculative.

TrendMatrix Research · upcoming catalyst calendar

Upcoming dated catalysts

Thu, Nov 12, 202696d to earnings· next earnings call

Thesis

Rewards
Strong earnings beat streak (4/4)
Positive news sentiment (+0.58)
Attractive valuation
Risks
Weak growth
Negative momentum
Below 200-MA, MA slope -5.7%/30d (confirmed downtrend)

Key Metrics

P/E (TTM)14.1
P/E (Fwd)7.7
Mkt Cap$5.7B
EV/EBITDA174.7
Profit Mgn13.9%
ROE11.3%
Rev Growth7.6%
Beta0.04
DividendNone
Rating analysts15

Quality Signals

Piotroski F7/9MoatNarrow

Options Flow

P/C1.47bearish
IV51%elevated

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Rating Breakdown

3 floor-breakers

Growth below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static

Earnings Growth
0.0
Revenue Growth
4.4

Momentum below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static

Volume
0.0
Obv
1.0
Macd
3.5
Rsi
4.5
Ma Position
6.0
Volume distribution (falling OBV)Below 200-MA, MA slope -5.7%/30d — confirmed downtrend

Technicals below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static

52w Position
1.3
Support Resistance
3.5
Bollinger
4.8
GatesMomentum 3.0<4.5A.R:R 0.8 < 1.5@spotDeath cross (50MA < 200MA)Insider activity: OKNo SEC red flagsNEWS BOOST ANALYST 0.80EARNINGS PROXIMITY 96d clearSEMI CYCLE PEAK CLEARMATERIALS CYCLE PEAK CLEARRange BoundSuitability: Speculative
RSI
48 · Neutral
20D MA 50D MA 200D MADEATH CROSSSupport $86.01Resistance $105.84

Price Targets

$83
$94
$109
A.Upside+10.8%
A.R:R0.8:1

Position Sizing

ConvictionMedium conviction
Suggested %0.5%
Max %1%
RegimeSteady

Risk Alerts

! NEWS_MOD=+2: HOLD_IF_HOLDING → STRONG_BUY_WAIT
! momentum at 3.0 (below the engine's 4.5 threshold)
! asymmetry at 0.8 (below the engine's 1.5 threshold)@spot

Earnings

B
B
B
B
4/4 beats
Next Earnings2026-11-12 (96d)

Verdict History

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Frequently Asked Questions
Is NICE stock a buy right now?

Wait for pullback to $94.22. At $98.89 the A.R:R is 0.8:1 — below the 1.5:1 minimum for BUY_NOW. Engine's entry $94.22 (Ma50 Sticky) is the shallowest technical level that clears the 2:1 A.R:R minimum. Key risks: Weak growth; Negative momentum. Chart setup: RSI 48 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Maintain position. Not compelling to add more. | News modifier +2 (HOLD_IF_HOLDING → STRONG_BUY_WAIT) Target $109.49 (+10.7%), stop $83.27 (−18.8%), A.R:R 0.8:1. Score 5.8/10, moderate confidence.

What is the NICE stock price target?

Take-profit target: $109.49 (+10.8% upside). Target $109.49 (+10.7%), stop $83.27 (−18.8%), A.R:R 0.8:1. Stop-loss: $83.27.

What are the risks of investing in NICE?

Weak growth; Negative momentum; Below 200-MA, MA slope -5.7%/30d (confirmed downtrend).

Is NICE overvalued or undervalued?

NICE Ltd trades at a P/E of 14.1 (forward 7.7). TrendMatrix value score: 8.4/10. Verdict: Buy (Wait for Entry).

What do analysts say about NICE?

15 analysts cover NICE with a consensus score of 3.9/5. Average price target: $126.

What does NICE Ltd do?NICE Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides AI-powered cloud platforms for customer engagement, and financial...

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 also develops NiCE Labs, a AI innovation initiatives for customer experience and related 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.

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