Cognyte Software Ltd CGNT
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What the company does
Cognyte Software Ltd is a small-cap company in the Technology sector (Software - Infrastructure), with a market value of $651M, based in the USA.
It employs about 1,710 people and has been listed since Dec 15, 1992.
Cognyte Software Ltd., a software-driven technology company, focuses on investigative analytics solutions worldwide. The company offers network intelligence analytics, threat intelligence analytics, decision intelligence analytics, and operational intelligence analytics solutions. It also offers software products, including subscription or perpetual licenses and appliances that include software that is essential to the product's functionality; software services, such as support and cloud-based SaaS subscriptions; and professional services and others comprising installation and integration services, customer specific development work, resale of third-party hardware, and consulting and training services.
Cheap or expensive? priced in line with its group
No valuation multiples are available for this asset.
Revenue is growing 12% versus the same quarter last year.
The average analyst price target is 12.33, 40% above the current price (their view, not ours).
The stock sits at 42% of its one-year range (0% = the low, 100% = the high).
The risks
- • More cash leaves than comes in (negative free cash flow).
- • The stock is more volatile than average (beta 1.6) — big daily moves both ways.
- • Low trading volume — hard to buy or sell size without moving the price.
Strengths
- ✅ Profitable — 4 of every 100 dollars of revenue stays as profit.
- ✅ Buys back its shares (1% fewer shares in a year).
- ✅ More cash than debt.
What changed this week
Over the past week the stock rose 0.9% (for comparison: S&P 500 +1.2%, sector ETF XLK -0.5%).
No notable news about the company was found in the past week.
What changed since last week
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