Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation, a professional services company, provides consulting and technology, and outsourcing services in North America, Europe, and internationally.
Cognizant Technology Solutions stock last closed at $68.22, down 3.45% from the previous day, and has decreased 20.73% in one year. It has underperformed other stocks in the Information Technology Services industry by 0.13 percentage points. Cognizant Technology Solutions stock is currently +32.9% from its 52-week low of $51.33, and -27.01% from its 52-week high of $93.47.
As of Feb 3, 2023, there are 513.92M shares of CTSH outstanding. The market cap of CTSH is $35.06B. In the last 24 hours, 7.37M CTSH shares were traded.
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Out of 15 Equities analysts who give ratings on CTSH, the consensus analyst rating on CTSH is a Hold
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Ramsey El-Assal, a bottom 1% analyst from Barclays maintains CTSH with a strong sell rating and raises their CTSH price target from $45.00 to $53.00, on Feb 6, 2023.
James Friedman, a bottom 6% analyst from Susquehanna maintains CTSH with a strong buy rating and lowers their CTSH price target from $93.00 to $91.00, on Feb 3, 2023.
James Faucette, a top 12% analyst from Morgan Stanley maintains CTSH with a hold rating and lowers their CTSH price target from $65.00 to $60.00, on Feb 3, 2023.
David Koning, a top 10% analyst from Baird downgrades CTSH to a hold rating and raises their CTSH price target from $66.00 to $68.00, on Feb 3, 2023.
Keith Bachman, a top 11% analyst from BMO Capital maintains CTSH with a hold rating and raises their CTSH price target from $65.00 to $71.00, on Jan 13, 2023.
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Last year, CTSH earnings were $2.35B. In the past 5 year, CTSH's earnings have increased by 6.79% per year. This was slower than the Information Technology Services industry average of 6.88%.
Last year, CTSH revenue was $19.37B. During the past five year, CTSH's revenue has gone up by 6.04% per year. This was slower than the Information Technology Services industry average of 10.86%.
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In the last year, executives and large shareholders at CTSH have sold more shares than they have bought.
Robert C. Walker, EVP Pres Global Growth Mkts of CTSH, was the latest CTSH insider to sell. They sold $51,010.44 worth of CTSH shares on Feb 1, 2023.
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Cognizant Technology Solutions pays a dividend of 1.58%, compared to the Information Technology Services industry's average dividend yield of 1.85%. If you owned $1,000 of CTSH stock, you would have received $15.83 in the past 12 months.
Cognizant Technology Solutions dividend payments have consistently grown over the past 6 years and have remained stable.
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