Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A CTSH
Stock research in plain language · As of Oct 04, 2026 · updated once a week, after the trading week closes
What the company does
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A is a large-cap company in the Technology sector (Information Technology Services), with a market value of $26.4B, based in the USA.
It employs about 356,700 people and has been listed since Jun 19, 1998.
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation, a professional services company, provides consulting and technology, and outsourcing services in North America, Europe, and internationally. It operates through four segments: Financial Services; Health Sciences; Products and Resources; and Communications, Media and Technology. The company provides services including artificial intelligence (AI) and other technology services and solutions, consulting, application development, systems integration, quality engineering and assurance, engineering research and development, application maintenance, infrastructure, security, and business process services and automation.
Cheap or expensive? relatively cheap
Its price-to-earnings (P/E) is 12.6 versus 41.5 for the median of the Technology sector in our universe (46 companies) — relatively cheap.
Revenue is growing 4% versus the same quarter last year.
On analysts' next-year forecasts the multiple drops to 9.4 — they expect higher earnings.
The average analyst price target is 65.10, 11% above the current price (their view, not ours).
The stock sits at 45% of its one-year range (0% = the low, 100% = the high).
The risks
- • The stock is 32% below its one-year high.
Strengths
- ✅ Profitable — 12 of every 100 dollars of revenue stays as profit.
- ✅ Generates free cash flow — profit becomes cash in the bank.
- ✅ Buys back its shares (5% fewer shares in a year).
- ✅ Most analysts rate it buy (13 vs 0).
- ✅ Pays a dividend (2.1% a year).
What changed this week
Over the past week the stock rose 2.1% (for comparison: S&P 500 -0.2%, sector ETF XLK +1.8%).
This week's news
- Cognizant continues to experience high demand ahead of incoming AI revenue streams: Wedbush seekingalpha.com · 2026-10-02
- Cognizant Set for Durable Growth as Margin Expansion Expected to Begin in Q4, Wedbush Says finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-02
- Innodata Opens Motion-Capture Lab: Can Physical AI Drive Growth? finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-02
- Cognizant Schedules Third Quarter 2026 Earnings Release and Conference Call finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-02
- EPAM, DXC, Everforth, EXL, and Grid Dynamics Stocks Trade Up, What You Need To Know finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-01
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