Oppenheimer upgrades NICE stock and sets a USD 150 target

Published on 10/20/2026 at 09:54 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

NICE reported USD 782.29 million revenue in Q2 2026, up 7.60 percent year over year. NICE stock costs EUR 103.00 on October 20, 2026.

AI platform and quarterly results

Oppenheimer upgraded NICE to Outperform and set a USD 150.00 target on September 30, 2026.
NICE reported USD 782.29 million in revenue for the second quarter of 2026.
NICE stock was trading at EUR 103.00 at 9:42 a.m. CEST at Lang & Schwarz on October 20, 2026.

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NICE (ISIN US6536561086) was trading at EUR 103.00 at Lang & Schwarz on October 20, 2026, at 9:42 a.m. CEST. On September 30, 2026, Investing.com reported that Oppenheimer upgraded NICE from Perform to Outperform and set a USD 150.00 price target.

AI platform drives the upgrade

Oppenheimer cited NICE's improved AI platform, rising demand for AI agents and the stock's historically low valuation, according to Investing.com on September 30, 2026. The same report said the target was based on 12 times estimated 2027 earnings per share, while the stock traded at more than a 50 percent discount to its historical median multiples.

RBC Capital also raised its NICE target from USD 130.00 to USD 145.00 while retaining an Outperform rating, the report said. That creates a second dated analyst reference alongside Oppenheimer's USD 150.00 target.

What does the latest quarter show?

NICE reported USD 782.29 million in revenue for the second quarter of 2026, up 7.60 percent from the second quarter of 2025, while net income was USD 83.20 million, according to Simply Wall St. The company also reported diluted earnings per share of USD 1.42 for the quarter, down from USD 3.02 in the second quarter of 2025.

The financial profile is mixed: revenue continued to expand, but earnings per share and net income were lower year over year. For investors, the analyst thesis therefore depends on whether AI adoption can translate into stronger profit growth.

Three dated developments

On August 5, 2026, NICE released second-quarter results with USD 782.29 million in revenue. On September 8, 2026, AOK PLUS began using NICE Cognigy and CXone for more than 5 million annual member interactions, according to StockTitan. On October 1, 2026, NICE said it had been named a leader in the IDC MarketScape for worldwide agentic contact center as a service platforms, as listed on the company's investor-relations page.

Stock price and company profile

NICE's investor-relations page identifies its American depositary receipts as listed on Nasdaq under NICE and its ordinary shares as listed on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. The company operates AI-powered cloud platforms for customer engagement and financial crime and compliance, with Technology as its sector and application software as its industry.

NICE was trading at EUR 103.00 at Lang & Schwarz on October 20, 2026, at 9:42 a.m. CEST. The further course of trading is shown by the continuously updated real-time quote of NICE stock.