New York, Feb 20, 2026, 09:02 EST — Premarket

NICE Ltd (NASDAQ: NICE) picked up another 1.8% in premarket action Friday, trading at $113.59 after a sharp 13.25% rally the prior session that took shares to $111.55 at the close. (StockAnalysis)

NICE’s latest quarterly update throws some concrete figures at a lingering question in cloud software: can new AI offerings actually move the needle on recurring revenues—fast—without hitting profitability? In the fourth quarter, cloud revenue climbed 14%. For 2025, NICE projected total revenue up 8%, with cloud revenue growth at 13%. AI ARR, their annual recurring revenue measure tied to subscriptions, surged 66% to $328 million, and the cloud backlog—contracted but not…