CTSH

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Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation Class A Common Stock
Technology · Information Technology Services · NASDAQ · United States
$59.87-3.25%
Market cap $27.0BNext earnings 2026-11-04Updated Sep 19, 2026
FAIR VALUE · CONSENSUS
$59.87+0.0%
confidence-weighted across 5 of 6 models
Now $59.87
$59.87
$46.71$158.81
Strong BuyBronze49
Price vs fair value
25.4% below
+34.1% to fair value
ACCE score
61
out of 100
Analysts
26% buy
27 covering
P/E
12.8x
forward 9.6x
1-year return
-14.8%
Dividend yield
2.10%
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Overview

Reports in 44 days, last quarter missed by 0.0%.

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Price

-12.2% · 1Y

Valuation

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Wall Street consensus

Bearish26% buy · 27 covering analysts
● Strong buy 4● Buy 3● Hold 19● Sell 0● Strong sell 1
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Where it sits vs peers

This stock Peer Peer median weaker → stronger
P/Ebetter than 83% of peers
low 5.5x12.8xhigh 23.7x
ROEbetter than 33% of peers
low 12%15%high 44%
Div yieldbetter than 50% of peers
low 0.8%2.1%high 4.6%

Algorithmic peers (6)

TickerCompanyMcapP/EROED/EYieldQuality
AMS.MCAmadeus IT Group$26.5B18.126.5%0.641.8%-Compare
CAP.PACapgemini$19.9B13.312.2%0.723.2%-Compare
BRBroadridge Financial Solutions Inc. Common Stock$18.6B17.040.9%1.162.4%-Compare
FISFidelity National Information Services Inc. Common Stock$18.4B5.522.4%0.944.6%-Compare
CDWCDW Corporation Common Stock$18.3B17.644.0%2.161.7%-Compare
6701.TNEC$40.4B23.714.2%25.490.8%-Compare

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News and Record

Reports in 44 days, last quarter missed by 0.0%.

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Recent performance

1 week
-0.2%
1 month
-1.7%
3 months
+37.0%
6 months
-3.5%
YTD
-27.9%
1 year
-14.8%

SEC filings

40 filings
September 2026
Sep 17
Form 4Insider transactionPeriod 2026-09-15
Sep 17
Form 4Insider transactionPeriod 2026-09-15
Sep 17
Form 4Insider transactionPeriod 2026-09-15
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