AMDOCS LTD Q3 FY2026 earnings call

Liquidity and Capital Allocation

• Ended Q3 with $206 million in cash and $930 million in total aggregate borrowings, including a $650 million senior note maturing in 2030 and $280 million in short-term financing.
• $520 million remains available on the revolving credit facility as of June 30, 2026, providing ample liquidity for ongoing operations and future strategic growth.
• The company repurchased $143 million of its shares in the quarter, leaving $560 million in remaining repurchase authorization, and paid a $60 million cash dividend.
• Management expects to return the majority of fiscal 2026 free cash flow to shareholders.

Operational and Balance Sheet Highlights

• VSO (Velocity of Service Operation) was 78 days, an increase of 2 days year-over-year and 5 days sequentially.
• Net unbuilt receivables (net of deferred revenue) increased $98 million year-over-year and $68 million sequentially, a normal fluctuation aligned with multi-year engagement progress.
• Free cash flow before restructuring payments was $193 million in Q3; the company has already hit nearly 75% of its full fiscal 2026 free cash flow target. Reported free cash flow including $21 million in restructuring payments was $172 million.
• 12-month backlog totaled $4.26 billion at quarter-end, up 2.7% year-over-year and down $20 million sequentially, which management notes is a normal fluctuation and retains backlog as a reliable leading indicator for future performance.
• Secured a multi-year managed services agreement with Liberty Latin America, a leading South American provider, that expands Amdocs' prior small footprint and leverages Amdocs' full BOSS stack, AI-driven application management, and software factory expertise to transform the customer's entire IT operations.

Strategic Priorities

• Amdocs' core growth strategy centers on agentic AI transformation, both for customer engagements and internal operations, centered on the company's agentic operating system (AOS).
• AOS was launched in March 2026, and 5 months later the company already has 10 active customer engagements, with the Liberty Latin America deal as the marquee proof of concept for full-scale transformation.
• Management plans to expand agentic transformation capabilities beyond the core telecommunications vertical into new industries, and to incubate new growth opportunities from new Gen AI-driven customer needs that did not exist previously.

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• Full fiscal 2026 revenue guidance is tightened to 3.2-4% year-over-year growth, with an unchanged midpoint from the prior 2.6-4.6% guidance range. Constant currency revenue guidance is tightened to 2.6-3.4% growth, also with an unchanged 3% midpoint.
• Foreign currency is expected to provide a 0.6% revenue tailwind, consistent with prior assumptions. Roughly half of expected 2026 revenue growth is projected to be inorganic, consistent with prior guidance.
• Full fiscal 2026 free cash flow (excluding restructuring payments) is projected to be $710-$730 million, representing a ~90% conversion rate from expected non-GAAP net income, aligned with prior targets.
• Non-GAAP operating margin is expected to come in at 21.3-21.9% for fiscal 2026, with a midpoint ~20 basis points higher than the prior year's 21.4%. The outlook reflects accelerated investment in GenAI and AOS balanced by internal transformation efficiency gains.
• Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share growth guidance is tightened to 5.5-6.5% for fiscal 2026, with an unchanged 6% midpoint.
• The non-GAAP effective tax rate is projected to remain within the prior guidance range of 16-19% for full fiscal 2026.
• Q4 fiscal 2026 revenue is expected to be between $1.175 billion and $1.215 billion.

• Persistent macroeconomic, geopolitical, and general business/operational uncertainty that impacts customer spending behavior creates unforeseeable scenarios that may deviate from current guidance.
• Future costs for AI technology and model tokens are not fully predictable at this stage.
• Some customers remain hesitant to pursue full-scale agentic transformation, as they are still in experimentation phases and not ready to commit to large, end-to-end engagements, slowing near-term adoption of AOS.

Q: Analyst Timothy Horan asked for a high-level sense of how transformational agentic AI will be for customer cost structures and Amdocs' internal productivity, and what magnitude of improvements management expects, along with details on new industry expansion. / A: Management confirmed agentic transformation is Amdocs' core growth pillar. For customers that pursue full end-to-end transformation (like Liberty Latin America), it will deliver significant cost reductions; customers that engage in smaller pilots will see more incremental gains, and Amdocs will tailor programs to each customer's appetite. Internally, Amdocs is already seeing efficiency gains, which are being reinvested into building out future agentic offerings, with long-term expected higher profitability. Management also noted the company's deep telecommunications transformation experience can be extended to new verticals, and new Gen AI-specific customer needs are creating entirely new growth opportunities not previously available to Amdocs.

Q: Horan asked if the new Liberty Latin America engagement represents a material increase in spending with Amdocs compared to their prior relationship. / A: Management confirmed the engagement represents a major expansion of Amdocs' previously small footprint with Liberty Latin America, without sharing specific deal financial details.

Q: Analyst Devin Ah asked what customer constraints are slowing AOS adoption, and how Amdocs is enabling sales to convert pilots to commercial deals. / A: Management noted AOS launched only 5 months prior, and already has 10 customer engagements with strong momentum, highlighted by the marquee Liberty Latin America deal. The primary delay is that customers are still in early experimentation phases; once customers see tangible results from small initial engagements, discussions typically expand to larger scope. Amdocs currently has multiple meaningful ongoing discussions with potential customers, and management expects adoption to grow over time.

Q: Devin Ah asked for context on the sequential downtick in 12-month backlog, and whether the new Liberty Latin America deal was included in the reported backlog figure. / A: Management noted that backlog always has sequential fluctuations as a snapshot in time, and backlog still grew 2.7% year-over-year, reflecting healthy underlying growth. The Liberty Latin America deal is partially included in the current reported backlog, and management noted the overall sales pipeline, particularly for AOS, remains healthy.