CTSH - Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation (BRSE) - Share Price and News

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation
CH ˙ BRSE ˙ US1924461023
Overview
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation, based in the United States, operates predominantly in the information technology services industry. It focuses on providing a range of IT services, including digital, technology, consulting, and operations services. Cognizant is renowned for aiding clients in enhancing their operations and competitiveness by integrating information technology and business processes. Key projects and initiatives typically involve digital transformation, cloud computing services, data security solutions, and customized IT infrastructure management. This strategic alignment enables Cognizant to cater to diverse sectors such as healthcare, financial services, retail, and manufacturing, further underscoring its role as a pivotal player in the global IT landscape.
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Basic Stats

The Factor Analysis chart (below right) shows a view of Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation from a variety of lenses. Each factor shows how well the company ranks against all other companies in the Fintel global investing universe. Factor scores range from zero to 100, with 100 being most desirable, and 50 being average.

For example, a company with a Value Score of 100 would be the most undervalued company in our database. A company with a Value Score of zero would be the most overvalued.

Market Cap
EV
Shares Out. 489.00 MM
Earnings Date
EPS (TTM) 4.98
Dividend Yield
Ex-Dividend Date 2025-08-18
Borrow Rate
Short Shares Avail.
Short Interest
Short Float
Days to Cover
Risk Free Rate 4.17 %
Price Change (1 yr)
Volatility (1 yr)
Beta
Sharpe Ratio (1 yr)
Sortino Ratio (1 yr)
PE Ratio
Price/Book
Price/TBV
Book/Market
EBIT/EV
EBIT(3yr avg)/EV
ROA 0.13
ROE 0.18
ROIC 0.15
CROIC -0.02
OCROIC 0.16
Implied Volatility
Put/Call OI Ratio
Growth 60.37 /100
Profitability 64.96 /100
Quality Score 64.27 /100
Value Score
Momentum Score
Stability (Low Vol) Score
Analyst Sentiment
Fund Sentiment 37.16 /100
Insider Sentiment
Officer Sentiment
Dividend Score
QVM Score
Piotroski F-SCORE 7.00 /9
Factor Scores range from 0 to 100, with 100 being most desirable. Larger circles are better. In situations where we have no data (e.g. no insider trades), we plot the score at 50 to avoid penalizing companies. However, a company that does not pay dividends will get a Dividend Score of Zero. Additionally, we inverted volatility to create a "stability" metric which is better when higher.
Stock Upgrades/Downgrades

This card shows analyst upgrades/downgrades for Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation. An analyst rating is a classification that gives investors a sense of analyst sentiment about the direction and performance of an equity - usually a stock - over a period of time, typically 12 months.

The standard analyst ratings are generally as follows:
  • Buy/Overweight/Outperform - Any of these ratings conveys an analyst’s belief that the stock is likely to outperform a market index (e.g. the S&P 500).
  • Hold/Equal-Weight/Market Perform - Any of these ratings conveys an analyst’s belief that the stock is likely to perform in line with a market index.
  • Sell/Underweight/Underperform - Any of these ratings suggest that an analyst believes the stock is likely to underperform a market index.

When an analyst upgrades a stock, they are signaling that the company’s fundamentals are being undervalued by investors. It could also mean they believe the market is underestimating the company’s potential. The opposite is true when a stock receives a downgrade.

The average rating of each individual analyst’s rating is the consensus rating for a stock. This gives investors a broader sense of the overall sentiment for that stock.

Date Analyst Prior Latest
Recommendation
Action
2024-06-24 Goldman Sachs Neutral Initiate
2024-06-11 Mizuho Neutral Neutral Maintains
2024-06-10 Needham Hold Reiterate
2024-05-02 JP Morgan Neutral Neutral Maintains
2024-05-02 BMO Capital Market Perform Market Perform Maintains
2024-05-02 Wedbush Outperform Outperform Reiterate
2024-05-02 Susquehanna Neutral Neutral Maintains
2024-05-02 Needham Hold Reiterate
2024-04-30 BMO Capital Market Perform Market Perform Maintains
2024-04-26 Barclays Equal-Weight Equal-Weight Maintains
2024-04-22 Citigroup Buy Buy Maintains
2024-04-01 Susquehanna Positive Neutral Downgrade
2024-03-26 Evercore ISI Group In-Line In-Line Maintains
2024-03-19 Guggenheim Neutral Initiate
2024-02-07 BMO Capital Market Perform Market Perform Maintains
2024-02-07 RBC Capital Sector Perform Sector Perform Maintains
2024-01-30 Mizuho Neutral Initiate
2024-01-23 Barclays Equal-Weight Equal-Weight Maintains
2024-01-17 Citigroup Buy Buy Maintains
2024-01-11 Jefferies Hold Buy Upgrade
2024-01-05 Societe Generale Hold Sell Downgrade
2024-01-04 Wolfe Research Underperform Peer Perform Upgrade
2023-12-26 Wedbush Outperform Outperform Maintains
2023-12-14 Barclays Underweight Equal-Weight Upgrade
2023-11-16 Redburn Atlantic Neutral Initiate
2023-11-07 UBS Neutral Initiate
2023-11-03 BMO Capital Market Perform Market Perform Maintains
2023-11-02 JP Morgan Neutral Neutral Maintains
2023-11-02 Morgan Stanley Equal-Weight Equal-Weight Maintains
2023-10-30 Morgan Stanley Equal-Weight Equal-Weight Maintains
2023-10-20 Citigroup Neutral Buy Upgrade
2023-08-22 JP Morgan Underweight Neutral Upgrade
2023-08-11 Wedbush Outperform Outperform Reiterate
2023-08-03 BMO Capital Market Perform Market Perform Maintains
2023-08-03 Wedbush Outperform Outperform Reiterate
2023-08-03 RBC Capital Sector Perform Sector Perform Maintains
2023-08-03 Citigroup Neutral Neutral Maintains
2023-07-25 Barclays Underweight Underweight Maintains
2023-06-07 Wedbush Outperform Outperform Reiterate
2023-05-05 HSBC Hold Buy Upgrade
2023-05-04 BMO Capital Market Perform Maintains
2023-05-04 Morgan Stanley Equal-Weight Maintains
2023-05-04 RBC Capital Sector Perform Reiterate
2023-04-19 B of A Securities Underperform Maintains
2023-03-13 Wedbush Outperform Reiterate
2023-02-06 Barclays Underweight Maintains
2023-02-03 Susquehanna Positive Maintains
2023-02-03 Morgan Stanley Equal-Weight Maintains
2023-02-03 Baird Outperform Neutral Downgrade
2023-01-27 Morgan Stanley Equal-Weight Maintains
2023-01-19 MoffettNathanson Market Perform Underperform Downgrade
2023-01-13 BMO Capital Market Perform Maintains
2023-01-09 B of A Securities Neutral Underperform Downgrade
2023-01-05 Wolfe Research Peer Perform Underperform Downgrade
2022-12-15 JP Morgan Neutral Underweight Downgrade
2022-11-07 Barclays Underweight Maintains
2022-11-03 Morgan Stanley Equal-Weight Maintains
2022-11-03 William Blair Outperform Market Perform Downgrade
2022-11-03 Citigroup Neutral Maintains
2022-11-03 Societe Generale Buy Hold Downgrade
2022-11-03 RBC Capital Outperform Sector Perform Downgrade
2022-11-03 BMO Capital Outperform Market Perform Downgrade
2022-10-31 BMO Capital Outperform Maintains
2022-10-21 B of A Securities Buy Neutral Downgrade
2022-10-20 Baird Outperform Maintains
2022-10-14 JP Morgan Neutral Maintains
2022-09-22 Baird Outperform Maintains
2022-09-14 Jefferies Hold Maintains
2022-07-28 RBC Capital Outperform Maintains
2022-07-28 Morgan Stanley Equal-Weight Maintains
2022-07-28 Cowen & Co. Outperform Market Perform Downgrade
2022-07-28 UBS Neutral Maintains
2022-07-28 JP Morgan Overweight Neutral Downgrade
2022-07-26 BMO Capital Outperform Maintains
2022-07-22 Morgan Stanley Equal-Weight Maintains
2022-07-20 JP Morgan Overweight Maintains
2022-07-19 Barclays Underweight Maintains
2022-05-09 Cowen & Co. Outperform Maintains
2022-05-09 Barclays Underweight Maintains
2022-05-05 RBC Capital Outperform Maintains
2022-05-05 Citigroup Neutral Maintains
2022-05-05 Morgan Stanley Equal-Weight Maintains
2022-02-07 Barclays Underweight Maintains
2022-01-24 Deutsche Bank Hold Maintains
2022-01-21 UBS Sell Neutral Upgrade
2022-01-10 Morgan Stanley Overweight Equal-Weight Downgrade
2022-01-10 Goldman Sachs Buy Initiate
2021-11-19 RBC Capital Outperform Maintains
2021-10-29 Barclays Underweight Maintains
2021-10-28 Morgan Stanley Overweight Maintains
2021-10-20 Morgan Stanley Overweight Maintains
2021-08-17 JP Morgan Overweight Maintains
2021-07-29 Societe Generale Hold Buy Upgrade
2021-07-22 HSBC Hold Buy Upgrade
2021-06-30 Susquehanna Positive Maintains
2021-05-06 Susquehanna Positive Maintains
2021-05-06 Morgan Stanley Overweight Maintains
2021-02-05 HSBC Buy Hold Downgrade
2021-02-02 Berenberg Hold Maintains
2021-02-01 Deutsche Bank Hold Maintains
2021-02-01 BMO Capital Outperform Maintains
2021-01-29 Morgan Stanley Equal-Weight Overweight Upgrade
2021-01-20 William Blair Market Perform Outperform Upgrade
2020-12-29 Credit Suisse Outperform Maintains
2020-12-11 JP Morgan Neutral Overweight Upgrade
2020-12-04 Morgan Stanley Equal-Weight Maintains
2020-11-19 Goldman Sachs Buy Initiate
2020-10-29 BMO Capital Outperform Maintains
2020-10-29 Deutsche Bank Hold Maintains
2020-10-29 Cowen & Co. Market Perform Outperform Upgrade
2020-10-22 Morgan Stanley Equal-Weight Maintains
2020-10-13 Susquehanna Neutral Positive Upgrade
2020-09-11 B of A Securities Neutral Buy Upgrade
2020-07-30 Citigroup Buy Maintains
2020-07-30 Deutsche Bank Hold Maintains
2020-07-30 JP Morgan Underweight Neutral Upgrade
2020-07-30 RBC Capital Outperform Maintains
2020-07-30 Morgan Stanley Equal-Weight Maintains
2020-07-30 Needham Underperform Hold Upgrade
2020-07-28 Morgan Stanley Equal-Weight Maintains
2020-07-16 BMO Capital Market Perform Outperform Upgrade
2020-07-16 Wedbush Neutral Outperform Upgrade
2020-06-10 B of A Securities Underperform Neutral Upgrade
2020-05-08 Deutsche Bank Hold Maintains
2020-05-08 JP Morgan Underweight Maintains
2020-05-08 RBC Capital Outperform Maintains
2020-05-08 Morgan Stanley Equal-Weight Maintains
2020-05-04 BMO Capital Outperform Market Perform Downgrade
2020-04-14 Wells Fargo Overweight Maintains
2020-04-13 Morgan Stanley Equal-Weight Maintains
2020-04-07 UBS Sell Maintains
2020-03-30 Morgan Stanley Underweight Equal-Weight Upgrade
2020-02-19 Atlantic Equities Underweight Initiate
2020-02-13 Wells Fargo Overweight Maintains
2020-02-06 Wells Fargo Overweight Maintains
2020-01-21 Berenberg Hold Initiate
2020-01-09 Wells Fargo Equal-Weight Overweight Upgrade
2020-01-06 Wolfe Research Peer Perform Underperform Downgrade
2019-12-23 Ambit Capital Sell Initiate
2019-11-22 Needham Hold Underperform Downgrade
2019-11-11 Edward Jones Hold Buy Upgrade
2019-11-04 Barclays Underweight Maintains
2019-10-14 Citigroup Buy Maintains
2019-09-23 Credit Suisse Outperform Maintains
2019-09-20 Barclays Underweight Initiate
2019-08-02 UBS Neutral Sell Downgrade
2019-07-23 HSBC Buy Hold Downgrade
2019-05-10 Argus Buy Hold Downgrade
2019-05-07 UBS Neutral Neutral Maintains
2019-05-03 Goldman Sachs Buy Neutral Downgrade
2019-05-03 Evercore ISI Group Outperform In-Line Downgrade
2019-05-03 KeyBanc Overweight Sector Weight Downgrade
2019-05-03 Wedbush Outperform Neutral Downgrade
2019-05-03 JP Morgan Neutral Underweight Downgrade
2019-04-29 Morgan Stanley Equal-Weight Underweight Downgrade
2019-04-25 BMO Capital Outperform Outperform Maintains
2019-04-16 Wells Fargo Outperform Market Perform Downgrade
2019-02-07 BMO Capital Market Perform Outperform Upgrade
2019-01-25 Bernstein Market Perform Outperform Upgrade
2018-11-26 Cowen & Co. Outperform Market Perform Downgrade
2018-11-26 Goldman Sachs Neutral Buy Upgrade
2018-11-20 Jefferies Hold Initiate
2018-11-02 Bank of America Underperform Underperform Maintains
2018-11-01 Citigroup Buy Buy Maintains
2018-10-31 Morgan Stanley Equal-Weight Equal-Weight Maintains
2018-10-31 Citigroup Buy Buy Maintains
2018-10-31 KeyBanc Overweight Overweight Maintains
2018-10-31 BMO Capital Outperform Market Perform Downgrade
2018-09-04 Bank of America Buy Underperform Downgrade
2018-08-14 JP Morgan Overweight Neutral Downgrade
2018-08-03 KeyBanc Overweight Overweight Maintains
2018-05-08 Credit Suisse Outperform Outperform Maintains
2018-05-08 Morgan Stanley Equal-Weight Equal-Weight Maintains
2018-02-22 Argus Hold Buy Upgrade
2018-02-09 Credit Suisse Outperform Outperform Maintains
2018-02-08 Bank of America Buy Buy Maintains
2018-02-08 Morgan Stanley Equal-Weight Equal-Weight Maintains
2018-02-08 BMO Capital Outperform Outperform Maintains
2018-02-08 Nomura Neutral Neutral Maintains
2018-02-08 Barclays Overweight Overweight Maintains
2018-02-05 Morgan Stanley Equal-Weight Equal-Weight Maintains
2018-01-18 Citigroup Neutral Buy Upgrade
2017-11-08 Pivotal Research Buy Initiate
2017-11-02 Morgan Stanley Equal-Weight Maintains
2017-11-02 BMO Capital Outperform Maintains
2017-11-02 Citigroup Neutral Maintains
2017-11-02 Bernstein Outperform Maintains
2017-11-02 Credit Suisse Outperform Maintains
2017-11-01 William Blair Market Perform Outperform Upgrade
2017-11-01 Needham Buy Strong Buy Upgrade
2017-10-31 Citigroup Neutral Maintains
2017-10-30 Barclays Overweight Maintains
2017-10-19 Baird Outperform Maintains
2017-08-08 Berenberg Hold Buy Upgrade
2017-08-04 Loop Capital Hold Buy Upgrade
2017-06-05 Societe Generale Buy Hold Downgrade
2017-04-13 SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Hold Buy Upgrade
2017-03-29 Berenberg Hold Initiate
2017-01-31 Morgan Stanley Overweight Equal-Weight Downgrade
2017-01-10 Loop Capital Hold Initiate
2016-11-23 William Blair Outperform Market Perform Downgrade
2016-11-22 Bank of America Buy Underperform Downgrade
2016-10-10 Jefferies Buy Maintains
2016-10-03 Citigroup Neutral Maintains
2016-09-30 Argus Buy Hold Downgrade
2016-09-30 Citigroup Buy Neutral Downgrade
2016-09-30 HSBC Buy Initiate
2016-09-26 Societe Generale Buy Initiate
2016-09-15 Goldman Sachs Buy Neutral Downgrade
2016-09-14 CLSA Buy Maintains
2016-09-09 Wedbush Neutral Initiate
2016-08-08 Nomura Buy Neutral Downgrade
2016-07-20 Citigroup Buy Maintains
2016-07-12 Pacific Crest Overweight Initiate
2016-07-12 SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Buy Neutral Downgrade
2016-07-07 Barclays Overweight Maintains
2016-02-19 Cowen & Co. Outperform Initiate
2016-02-16 Credit Suisse Outperform Maintains
2016-02-09 Barclays Overweight Maintains
2016-02-09 JP Morgan Overweight Maintains
2016-01-05 Barclays Overweight Maintains
2015-12-17 Sterne Agee CRT Neutral Initiate
2015-10-14 Barclays Overweight Maintains
2015-07-06 CLSA Outperform Buy Upgrade
2015-05-05 Citigroup Buy Maintains
2015-05-05 Oppenheimer Outperform Maintains
2015-04-21 Citigroup Buy Maintains
2015-03-13 Berenberg Hold Buy Upgrade
2015-03-02 Barclays Overweight Maintains
2015-02-05 Citigroup Buy Maintains
2015-01-12 Jefferies Buy Maintains
2015-01-09 Citigroup Buy Maintains
2014-12-11 Barclays Overweight Initiate
2014-11-11 UBS Buy Neutral Downgrade
2014-11-06 Citigroup Buy Maintains
2014-11-06 Bank of America Buy Maintains
2014-09-30 CLSA Outperform Initiate
2014-09-16 Bernstein Outperform Initiate
2014-08-07 UBS Buy Maintains
2014-08-07 Jefferies Buy Maintains
2014-08-07 Citigroup Buy Maintains
2014-06-10 Susquehanna Positive Neutral Downgrade
2014-05-08 Deutsche Bank Buy Maintains
2014-05-08 Credit Suisse Outperform Maintains
2014-04-02 UBS Neutral Buy Upgrade
2014-03-12 Nomura Buy Maintains
2014-03-11 Berenberg Buy Hold Downgrade
2014-02-06 Nomura Buy Maintains
2014-02-06 Bank of America Buy Maintains
2014-01-21 Barclays Overweight Maintains
2013-11-19 Deutsche Bank Buy Maintains
2013-11-06 BMO Capital Outperform Maintains
2013-10-29 Oppenheimer Outperform Maintains
2013-10-17 Tigress Financial Buy Initiate
2013-09-18 Barclays Equal-Weight Overweight Upgrade
2013-08-07 Berenberg Hold Buy Upgrade
2013-08-07 Nomura Buy Maintains
2013-07-22 Goldman Sachs Neutral Buy Upgrade
2013-07-08 Barclays Overweight Equal-Weight Downgrade
2013-06-28 Societe Generale Buy Initiate
2013-04-29 UBS Neutral Maintains
2013-04-15 Evercore Partners Overweight Initiate
2013-03-11 Pacific Crest Outperform Sector Perform Downgrade
2013-02-08 BMO Capital Outperform Maintains
2013-01-25 Citigroup Buy Maintains
2013-01-09 Goldman Sachs Sell Neutral Upgrade
2012-11-23 PiperJaffray Overweight Maintains
2012-11-07 Bank of America Buy Maintains
2012-10-23 Oppenheimer Outperform Maintains
2012-09-19 Jefferies Buy Maintains
2012-09-14 Credit Suisse Neutral Initiate
2012-08-08 PiperJaffray Overweight Maintains
2012-08-06 Bank of America Buy Maintains
2012-06-26 Goldman Sachs Neutral Sell Downgrade
2012-05-09 Jefferies Buy Maintains
2012-05-08 Deutsche Bank Buy Maintains
2012-05-08 Goldman Sachs Neutral Maintains
2012-05-08 JP Morgan Overweight Maintains
2012-05-07 BGB Securities Hold Maintains
2012-05-07 Citigroup Buy Maintains
2012-05-07 Deutsche Bank Buy Maintains
2012-02-09 Goldman Sachs Neutral Maintains
2024-08-01 RBC Capital Sector Perform Sector Perform Maintains
2024-08-01 Baird Neutral Neutral Maintains
2024-08-28 RBC Capital Sector Perform Sector Perform Maintains
2024-08-28 Jefferies Buy Buy Reiterate
2024-08-28 Needham Hold Reiterate
2025-05-01 TD Securities Hold Hold Maintains
2025-05-01 JP Morgan Neutral Neutral Maintains
2024-10-31 TD Cowen Hold Hold Maintains
2024-10-31 Baird Neutral Neutral Maintains
2024-10-31 Needham Hold Reiterate
2025-02-06 RBC Capital Sector Perform Sector Perform Maintains
2025-02-06 BMO Capital Market Perform Market Perform Maintains
2025-02-06 Morgan Stanley Equal-Weight Equal-Weight Maintains
2025-02-06 Needham Hold Hold Reiterate
2025-02-10 Barclays Overweight Overweight Maintains
2024-12-17 Barclays Equal-Weight Overweight Upgrade
2025-02-03 UBS Neutral Neutral Maintains
2024-08-07 B of A Securities Underperform Neutral Upgrade
2025-03-12 Morgan Stanley Equal-Weight Equal-Weight Maintains
2025-03-27 Needham Hold Hold Reiterate
2025-03-26 RBC Capital Sector Perform Sector Perform Reiterate
2024-08-28 Goldman Sachs Neutral Neutral Maintains
2024-10-22 Deutsche Bank Hold Hold Maintains
2024-11-01 Mizuho Neutral Neutral Maintains
2024-07-23 Barclays Equal-Weight Equal-Weight Maintains
2024-09-12 Goldman Sachs Neutral Neutral Maintains
2025-04-23 Guggenheim Neutral Neutral Reiterate
2025-04-23 Susquehanna Neutral Neutral Maintains
2025-03-17 UBS Neutral Neutral Maintains
2025-01-31 Morgan Stanley Equal-Weight Equal-Weight Maintains
2025-08-20 JP Morgan Overweight Overweight Maintains
2024-09-06 JP Morgan Neutral Neutral Maintains
2025-04-08 Baird Neutral Neutral Maintains
2025-04-25 Barclays Overweight Overweight Maintains
2025-07-17 Deutsche Bank Hold Reiterate
2025-07-17 Evercore ISI Group Outperform Initiate
2025-05-01 Baird Neutral Neutral Maintains
2025-05-01 Needham Hold Hold Reiterate
2025-05-01 Susquehanna Neutral Positive Upgrade
2025-04-29 JP Morgan Neutral Neutral Maintains
2025-07-18 Guggenheim Neutral Buy Upgrade
2025-05-19 JP Morgan Neutral Overweight Upgrade
2025-07-28 JP Morgan Overweight Overweight Maintains
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