Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation - (CTSH): Price and Financial Metrics
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation - (CTSH)
Today's Latest Price: $61.20 USD
Updated Jul 16 12:25pm
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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 $32,256,411,703 is ahead of 94.32% of US-listed equities.
- With a year-over-year growth in debt of 114.99%, Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp's debt growth rate surpasses 88.58% of about US stocks.
- The volatility of Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp's share price is greater than that of only 11.15% US stocks with at least 200 days of trading history.
- Stocks with similar financial metrics, market capitalization, and price volatility to Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp are TROW, EMR, COF, CTAS, and WLTW.
- 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 | $61.20 | 52-week high | $71.48 |
| Prev. close | $59.67 | 52-week low | $40.01 |
| Day low | $60.50 | Volume | 1,857,989 |
| Day high | $61.69 | Avg. volume | 4,060,362 |
| 50-day MA | $55.04 | Dividend yield | 1.47% |
| 200-day MA | $58.30 | Market Cap | 33.08B |
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: |
| $61.20 | $60.54 | 7% |
Below please find a table outlining a discounted cash flow forecast for CTSH, in which we model out valuation assuming a variety of terminal growth rates. To summarize, we found that Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp ranked in the 48th percentile in terms of potential gain offered. Specifically, our DCF analysis implies the stock is trading below its fair value by an estimated 7.5%. In terms of the factors that were most noteworthy in this DCF analysis for CTSH, they are:
- The company's debt burden, as measured by earnings divided by interest payments, is 97.44 -- which is good for besting 93.74% of its peer stocks (US stocks in the Technology sector with positive cash flow).
- The business' balance sheet suggests that 10% of the company's capital is sourced from debt; this is greater than merely 21.46% of the free cash flow producing stocks we're observing.
- 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 40.38% of tickers in our DCF set.
| Terminal Growth Rate in Free Cash Flow | Return Relative to Current Share Price |
| 0% | 5% |
| 1% | 6% |
| 2% | 7% |
| 3% | 8% |
| 4% | 9% |
| 5% | 10% |
MCHP, MXL, AMOT, CDW, and GIB 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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