Cognizant/$CTSH
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About Cognizant
Cognizant Technology Solutions is a multinational IT services provider that offers a range of consulting and business process outsourcing services. Originally founded in India, the company is headquartered in the US and serves enterprise customers spanning the financial services, healthcare, and resources industries. With most of its workforce located in India, Cognizant leverages a global delivery model that helps clients outsource their IT needs to offshore labor.
- Ticker
- $CTSH
- Sector
- Business services
- Primary listing
- NASDAQ
- Employees
- 359,900
- Headquarters
- Teaneck, United States
- Website
- www.cognizant.com
Cognizant Metrics
BasicAdvanced
$29B
12.00
$5.48
0.85
$1.30
2.01%
Price and volume
Market cap
$29B
Beta
0.85
52-week high
$87.03
52-week low
$37.08
Average daily volume
6.9M
Dividend rate
$1.30
Financial strength
Current ratio
2.224
Quick ratio
1.76
Long term debt to equity
0.134
Total debt to equity
0.145
Dividend payout ratio (TTM)
23.94%
Interest coverage (TTM)
76.11%
Profitability
EBITDA (TTM)
4,107
Gross margin (TTM)
33.42%
Net profit margin (TTM)
11.75%
Operating margin (TTM)
16.34%
Effective tax rate (TTM)
26.15%
Revenue per employee (TTM)
$60,000
Management effectiveness
Return on assets (TTM)
10.78%
Return on equity (TTM)
17.37%
Valuation
Price to earnings (TTM)
11.999
Price to revenue (TTM)
1.406
Price to book
2
Price to tangible book (TTM)
5.84
Price to free cash flow (TTM)
13.021
Free cash flow yield (TTM)
7.68%
Free cash flow per share (TTM)
5.052
Dividend yield (TTM)
1.98%
Forward dividend yield
2.01%
Growth
Revenue change (TTM)
4.96%
Earnings per share change (TTM)
26.90%
3-year revenue growth (CAGR)
4.05%
10-year revenue growth (CAGR)
5.14%
3-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
10.18%
10-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
7.91%
3-year dividend per share growth (CAGR)
4.40%
What the Analysts think about Cognizant
Analyst ratings (Buy, Hold, Sell) for Cognizant stock.
Analyst projections of the future price of Cognizant stock.
Bulls say / Bears say
Financial Services revenue rose 12% year on year in the second quarter, extending its double-digit growth and helping support 4.1% constant-currency company-wide growth. This gives Cognizant a stronger base while spending in other areas remains soft. (Reuters)
Adjusted operating margin reached 16%, up 40 basis points year on year, and Cognizant raised its 2026 adjusted earnings-per-share forecast to $5.70–$5.82. Continued cost discipline could support earnings growth even if revenue growth stays modest. (Cognizant)
Cognizant is building capacity to deliver enterprise AI projects at scale: its expanded Google Cloud partnership includes a dedicated group of more than 18,000 associates, and it recently won a five-year AI-focused technology framework with the EBRD. These moves could help it capture more work as clients shift from trials to production deployments. (Cognizant, Cognizant)
Cognizant shares rose more than 30% after its second-quarter results, but JPMorgan said the move reflected a broader AI-investment narrative rather than a recovery in IT-services demand. If demand stays weak, the rally may prove difficult to sustain, especially as the full-year outlook relies on stronger discretionary spending in the fourth quarter. (Investing.com)
Data summarised monthly by Lightyear AI. Last updated on 28 Oct 2026.
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Upcoming events
Cognizant News
AllArticlesVideos
What Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH) Said on Its Q3 Earnings Call
MarketBeat1 week ago
ACI Worldwide and Cognizant Demonstrate Strong Card Processing Performance on Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS)
Business Wire1 month ago
Cognizant Pivots to AI-Driven Outcomes, Digital Labor Model
MarketBeat2 months ago
Funds containing Cognizant
AllUSDEURGBP
Fund name | Fund size | $CTSH weighting |
|---|---|---|
iShares AI Adopters and Applications€AIAA | $188M | 0.55% |
iShares AI Adopters and Applications£AIAA | $188M | 0.55% |
iShares MSCI USA Quality Dividend ESG£HDIQ | $784M | 0.46% |
iShares MSCI USA Quality Dividend Advanced$QDIV | $784M | 0.46% |
JPMorgan Global Equity Premium Income£JEGP | $1.6B | 0.42% |
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