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Market cap

24.5B

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Market data

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Current market quote for this ticker.

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Upcoming earnings date and setup when available.

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Sector context

Where the current metrics sit

Percentiles come from the backend screener cohort cache for the ticker's country and sector.

Forward P/E8.9

P25 12.5P50 22.3P75 38.6

Trailing P/E11.2

P25 16.3P50 33.5P75 65.6

ROE14.9

P25 -30.7P50 1.5P75 14.4

ROIC15

P25 -18.6P50 1.9P75 13.7

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Indicator catalog

All CTSH market and fundamental indicators

A searchable catalog of the available market, valuation, profitability, growth, balance-sheet, ownership, and analyst metrics for this ticker.

Available fields

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Currency

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Showing 284 of 284 available metrics for this ticker.

Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Cik	0001058290
Company name	Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation
Country	United States
Country code	US
Cusip	192446102
Employees	351,600
Employees Change	14,800%
Employees Change Percent	4.39
Enterprise value	$24.1B
Exchange	NASDAQ
Financial currency	USD
First seen	2026-05-09
In Index	SP500, NASDAQ100
Industry	Information Technology Services
IPO Date	1998-06-19
Isin	US1924461023
Last refreshed	2026-05-10
Market cap	$24.5B
Market cap category	Large-Cap
Price	$51.68
Price currency	USD
Rev Per Employee	60,881.68x
Sector	Technology
Sic	7371
Symbol	CTSH
Website	https://www.cognizant.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	9.1%
EV Earnings	10.8x
EV Sales Forward	1.04x
EV/EBIT	7.12x
EV/EBITDA	6.18x
EV/FCF	9.74x
EV/Sales	1.12x
FCF yield	10.09%
Forward P/E	8.92x
P/B ratio	1.63x
P/E ratio	11.23x
P/S ratio	1.14x
PE Ratio10 Y	19.83x
PE Ratio3 Y	16.21x
PE Ratio5 Y	16.74x
PEG ratio	1.2x
PS Forward	1.06x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT Margin	15.79%
EBITDA Margin	18.18%
FCF margin	11.54%
Gross margin	33.51%
Gross Profit	$7.2B
Gross Profit Growth	4.24%
Gross Profit Growth Q	3.32%
Gross Profit Growth3 Y	0.92%
Gross Profit Growth5 Y	2.92%
Net Income	$2.2B
Net Income Growth	-5.43%
Net Income Growth Q	-0.15%
Net Income Growth Years	0%
Net Income Growth3 Y	-1.14%
Net Income Growth5 Y	7.82%
Pretax Margin	16.27%
Profit Margin	10.41%
Profit Per Employee	$6,340
Profitable Years	31
ROA	10.44
Roa5y	10.13
ROCE	19.9
ROE	14.88
Roe5y	17.12
ROIC	14.96
Roic5y	18.59

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
Cagr10y	-0.33%
Cagr15y	2.86%
Cagr1y	-32.52%
Cagr20y	6.3%
Cagr3y	-4.96%
Cagr5y	-5.65%
Div CAGR3	4.55%
Div CAGR5	6.83%
EPS Growth	-3.11
EPS Growth Q	3.57
EPS Growth Quarters	2
EPS Growth Years	2
EPS Growth3 Y	0.9
EPS Growth5 Y	10.09
FCF Growth	15.75%
FCF Growth Q	-38.7%
FCF Growth3 Y	-2.7%
FCF Growth5 Y	-1.09%
OCF Growth	13.5%
OCF Growth Q	-31.5%
OCF Growth10 Y	3.08%
OCF Growth3 Y	-2.68%
OCF Growth5 Y	-1.56%
Revenue Growth	6.55x
Revenue Growth Q	5.83x
Revenue Growth Quarters	7x
Revenue Growth Years	2x
Revenue Growth3 Y	3.31x
Revenue Growth5 Y	4.93x

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Asset Turnover	$1.06
Assets	$20.5B
Cash	$1.5B
Current Assets	$7.8B
Current Liabilities	$3.5B
Debt	$1.1B
Debt EBITDA	$0.27
Debt Equity	$0.07
Debt FCF	$0.44
Equity	$15.1B
Interest Coverage	105.6
Liabilities	$5.4B
Long Term Assets	$12.7B
Long Term Liabilities	$1.9B
Net Cash	$425M
Net Cash By Market Cap	$1.74
Net Cash Growth	-47.72%
Net Debt EBITDA	$-0.11
Net Debt Equity	$-0.03
Net Debt FCF	$-0.17
Tangible Book Value	$5.9B
Tangible Book Value Per Share	$12.45
WACC	8.37

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Current ratio	2.23
Net Working Capital	$3B
Quick ratio	1.74
Working Capital	$4.3B
Working Capital Turnover	$5.06

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	2.37%
Dividend Growth	4.92%
Dividend Growth Years	6%
Dividend per share	$1.32
Dividend Years	10
Dividend Yield	2.55%
Ex Div Date	2026-05-18
Last Dividend	$0.33
Payout Frequency	Quarterly
Payout Ratio	27.82%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y total return	-3.24%
1Y total return	-32.5%
200-day SMA	70.44
3Y total return	-14.15%
50-day SMA	59.58
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50under200
5Y total return	-25.22%
All Time High	93.47
All Time High Change	-44.71%
All Time High Date	2022-03-22
All Time Low	0.15
All Time Low Change	35,345.82%
All Time Low Date	1998-10-08
ATR	1.89
Beta	0.8
Beta1y	0.8
Beta2y	0.83
Ch YTD	-37.73
High	51.92
High52	87.03
High52 Date	2026-01-14
High52ch	-40.62%
Low	50.19
Low52	50.19
Low52 Date	2026-05-08
Low52ch	2.98%
Ma50ch	-13.26%
Premarket Change Percent	-0.33
Premarket Price	$51.77
Premarket Volume	2,981
Price vs 200-day SMA	-26.63%
RSI	26.97
RSI Monthly	34.98
RSI Weekly	28.45
Sharpe ratio	-1.33x
Sortino ratio	-1.49
Total Return	4.92%
Tr YTD	-37.42
Tr15y	52.64%
Tr1m	-15.95%
Tr1w	-1.43%
Tr3m	-32.61%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Analyst Count	16
Analyst Count Top	2
Analyst Price Target Top	$65
Analyst Ratings	Buy
Analyst Ratings Top	Hold
Earnings EPS Estimate	$1.33
Earnings EPS Estimate Growth	8.13
Earnings Revenue Estimate	5,411,848,536x
Earnings Revenue Estimate Growth	5.8x
Operating Income	$3.4B
Operating Income Growth	9.04
Operating Income Growth Q	6.57
Operating Income Growth3 Y	3.9
Operating Income Growth5 Y	6.98
Operating margin	15.79
Price target	$74.13
Price Target Change	$43.44
Price Target Change Top	$25.77

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	472,711,513%
Float Percent	99.76%
Net Borrowing	-41,000,000
Shares Insiders	0.12%
Shares Institutions	103.51%
Shares Out	473,869,469
Shares Qo Q	-1.04%
Shares Yo Y	-2.37%
Short Float	7.56%
Short Ratio	6.56
Short Shares	7.54

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Adjusted FCF	$2.3B
Average Volume	6,824,525.05x
Bv Per Share	31.79
CAPEX	$-287M
Ch10y	-14.65
Ch15y	34.64
Ch1m	-15.95
Ch1w	-1.43
Ch1y	-33.68
Ch20y	199.5
Ch3m	-32.95
Ch3y	-18.34
Ch5y	-30.92
Ch6m	-29.4
Change	-0.5%
Change From Open	-0.15
Close	51.94
Days Gap	-0.35
Depreciation Amortization	512,000,000
Dollar Volume	278,547,344.6
Earnings Date	2026-04-29
Earnings Time	bmo
EBIT	$3.4B
EBITDA	$3.9B
EPS	$4.6
F Score	7
FCF	$2.5B
FCF EV Yield	10.26x
FCF Per Share	$5.21
Financing CF	-2,212,000,000
Fiscal Year End	December
Founded	1,994
Goodwill	7,681,000,000
Graham Number	57.37115
Graham Upside	11.01
Income Tax	$1.3B
Investing CF	-1,029,000,000
Is Primary Listing	1
Is Spac	No
Last Earnings Date	2026-04-29
Last Report Date	2026-03-31
Last Split Date	2014-03-10
Last Split Type	Forward
Last10k Filing Date	2026-02-12
Lynch Fair Value	$35.97
Lynch Upside	-30.4
Ma150	70.44
Ma150ch	-26.63%
Ma20	56.05
Ma20ch	-7.79%
Net CF	-476,000,000
Next Earnings Date	2026-07-29
Open	51.76
Optionable	Yes
P FCF Ratio	9.91
P OCF Ratio	8.88
Payment Date	2026-05-27
Position In Range	86.13
Post Close	51.68
Postmarket Change Percent	-0.15
Postmarket Price	$51.6
Ppne	1,494,000,000
Pre Close	51.94
Price Date	2026-05-08
Price EBITDA	$6.29
Ptbv Ratio	4.15
Relative Volume	0.79x
Revenue	21,406,000,000x
SBC By Revenue	0.86x
Share Based Comp	185,000,000
Tax By Revenue	5.85x
Tax Rate	35.99%
Tr20y	239.6%
Tr6m	-28.73%
Us State	New Jersey
Volume	5,389,848
Z Score	6.86

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Forward P/E

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Valuation uses the full report model stack, not a single multiple.

Next action

Research pending

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Income

CTSH dividend yield, growth & safety

Yield, payout sustainability, and the multi-year growth streak.

Dividend yield

+2.6%

$1.32 annual per share

Payout ratio

+27.8%

Share of earnings returned as dividends. Below 60% is generally sustainable.

5Y dividend CAGR

+6.8%

6 consecutive years of growth

Total shareholder yield

+4.9%

Next ex-dividend date: 2026-05-18

Performance

CTSH stock returns vs the market

Total return (incl. dividends) compared to S&P 500.

Ownership

Who owns CTSH?

Insider, institutional, and short-interest positioning.

Institutional ownership

+103.5%

Float: +99.8% of shares outstanding

Insider ownership

+0.1%

Stake held by company insiders. Higher generally signals alignment.

Negative means the company is buying back shares.

Technical

CTSH momentum and risk profile

RSI, moving-average stack, beta, and risk-adjusted return.

RSI (14)

27.0

Below 30: short-term oversold

Price vs 200-day MA

-26.6%

50/200-day relationship not available

Beta (5Y)

0.80

Moves roughly with the market

Sharpe ratio

-1.33

Risk-adjusted return — higher is better; >1.0 is solid.

Questions

About CTSH

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What is the current CTSH stock rating?

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