Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation - (CTSH): Price and Financial Metrics
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation - (CTSH)
Today's Latest Price: $81.06 USD
Updated Dec 4 4:00pm
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Ranked of 14 in Outsourcing - Tech Services
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CTSH Stock Summary
- Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp's market capitalization of $41,766,157,810 is ahead of 94.87% of US-listed equities.
- Equity multiplier, or assets relative to shareholders' equity, comes in at 1.61 for Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp; that's greater than it is for 28.16% of US stocks.
- With a year-over-year growth in debt of 107.82%, Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp's debt growth rate surpasses 88.83% of about US stocks.
- If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp, a group of peers worth examining would be TROW, EMR, LHX, ALGN, and AON.
- Visit CTSH's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.cognizant.com.
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CTSH Price/Volume Stats
| Current price | $81.06 | 52-week high | $81.11 |
| Prev. close | $78.76 | 52-week low | $40.01 |
| Day low | $78.49 | Volume | 3,078,900 |
| Day high | $81.11 | Avg. volume | 3,630,861 |
| 50-day MA | $74.00 | Dividend yield | 1.09% |
| 200-day MA | $62.08 | Market Cap | 43.95B |
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation - (CTSH) Company Bio
Cognizant Technology Solutions is a provider of information technology, consulting, and business process outsourcing services. The Company operates in four segments: Financial Services segment, which include banking and insurance; Healthcare segment, which includes healthcare and life sciences, and Manufacturing/Retail/Logistics segment, which includes manufacturing and logistics; retail, travel and hospitality, and consumer goods and Other segment, which includes Communications, Manufacturing/Retail/Logistics, and High Technology.
CTSH Price Forecast Based on DCF Valuation
| Current Price | DCF Fair Value Target: | Forecasted Gain: |
| $81.06 | $88.51 | 13% |
We started the process of determining a valid price forecast for Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp with a discounted cash flow analysis -- the results of which can be found in the table below. To summarize, we found that Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp ranked in the 51th percentile in terms of potential gain offered. More precisely, our analysis suggests the stock is undervalued by approximately 13.83% on a DCF basis. The most interesting components of our discounted cash flow analysis for Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp ended up being:
- Interest coverage, a measure of earnings relative to interest payments, is 82.37; that's higher than 91.71% of US stocks in the Technology sector that have positive free cash flow.
- The business' balance sheet reveals debt to be 8% of the company's capital (with equity being the remaining amount). Approximately just 20.49% of US stocks with free cash flow have a lower reliance on debt in their capital structure.
- CTSH's estimated cost of debt, based largely on its market capitalization and its interest coverage ratio, is 2%; for context, that number is higher than 39.26% of tickers in our DCF set.
| Terminal Growth Rate in Free Cash Flow | Return Relative to Current Share Price |
| 0% | 11% |
| 1% | 12% |
| 2% | 13% |
| 3% | 14% |
| 4% | 16% |
| 5% | 17% |
IBM, COMM, CPSI, AUDC, and PALT can be thought of as valuation peers to CTSH, in the sense that they are in the Technology sector and have a similar price forecast based on DCF valuation.
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