Topic: How To Invest

Q: Pat, would you kindly provide an analysis of Nice Ltd. (NICE—Nasdaq). Thank you.

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A: NICE Ltd. (ADR), $152.79, symbol NICE on Nasdaq (ADRs outstanding: 62.3 billion; Market cap: $9.6 billion; www.nice.com), is an Israel-based company, specializing in telephone voice recording, data security and surveillance, as well as systems that analyze this recorded data. That “big data” includes structured and unstructured customer interaction and transaction data from multiple channels. The company’s segments include Customer Interactions Solutions, and Financial Crime and Compliance Solutions. The Customer Interactions Solutions segment aims to provide data-driven insights that let businesses deliver a personalized experience to customers. The Financial Crime and Compliance Solutions segment provides real-time and cross-channel fraud prevention, anti-money laundering, brokerage compliance and enterprise-wide case management. NICE serves contact centres, back-office operations and retail branches for various industries. They include communications, banking, insurance, health care, business processes outsourcing (BPO), government, utilities, travel and entertainment. The stock’s main listing is on Israel’s stock exchange. In the three months ended June 30, 2019, NICE’s revenue rose 11.2%, to $380.4 million from $342.0 million a year…