NASDAQ:CTSHCognizant Technology Solutions Stock Price, Forecast & News

Cognizant Technology Solutions' stock was trading at $53.15 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, CTSH stock has increased by 25.2% and is now trading at $66.53.
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21 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Cognizant Technology Solutions in the last year. There are currently 5 sell ratings, 8 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."
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Cognizant Technology Solutions is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, November 4th 2020.
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Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp (NASDAQ:CTSH) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July, 29th. The information technology service provider reported $0.82 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.68 by $0.14. The information technology service provider had revenue of $4 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.84 billion. Cognizant Technology Solutions had a net margin of 9.67% and a return on equity of 19.87%. Cognizant Technology Solutions's revenue for the quarter was down 3.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.94 EPS.
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Cognizant Technology Solutions announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 29th. Investors of record on Friday, August 21st will be paid a dividend of $0.22 per share on Monday, August 31st. This represents a $0.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.32%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 20th.
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Shares of Cognizant Technology Solutions split on Monday, March 10th 2014. The 2-1 split was announced on Wednesday, February 5th 2014. The newly issued shares were payable to shareholders after the market closes on Friday, March 7th 2014. An investor that had 100 shares of Cognizant Technology Solutions stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

Cognizant Technology Solutions announced that its board has initiated a share buyback plan on Wednesday, February 5th 2020, which authorizes the company to buyback $2,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire up to 5.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are often an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Cognizant Technology Solutions updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Wednesday, July, 29th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $3.48-3.58 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $3.36. The company issued revenue guidance of $16.4-16.7 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $16.13 billion.

21 brokerages have issued twelve-month price targets for Cognizant Technology Solutions' stock. Their forecasts range from $37.00 to $81.00. On average, they expect Cognizant Technology Solutions' stock price to reach $67.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 0.7% from the stock's current price.
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News headlines about CTSH stock have been trending extremely negative on Thursday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Cognizant Technology Solutions earned a news impact score of -4.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the information technology service provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days.
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Cognizant Technology Solutions saw a increase in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 10,860,000 shares, an increase of 34.4% from the April 30th total of 8,080,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 4,850,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.2 days. Currently, 2.0% of the company's stock are short sold.
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Cognizant Technology Solutions trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "CTSH."

Cognizant Technology Solutions' stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Bank of New York Mellon Corp (4.04%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (2.18%), Pzena Investment Management LLC (1.62%), Comgest Global Investors S.A.S. (1.24%), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (0.82%) and Yacktman Asset Management LP (0.78%). Company insiders that own Cognizant Technology Solutions stock include Allen Shaheen, Brian Humphries, Francisco Dsouza, Gajakarnan Vibushanan Kandiah, James Patrick Lennox, John E Klein, John Nelson Fox Jr, Karen Mcloughlin, Malcolm Frank, Matthew W Friedrich, Rajeev Mehta, Robert Telesmanic, Sean Middleton, Srinivasan Veeraraghavachary and Venkat Krishnaswamy.
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CTSH stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including First Trust Advisors LP, Comgest Global Investors S.A.S., Bank of Nova Scotia, Broad Peak Investment Holdings Ltd., Russell Investments Group Ltd., Scharf Investments LLC, Prudential PLC, and AJO LP. Company insiders that have sold Cognizant Technology Solutions company stock in the last year include Allen Shaheen, Francisco Dsouza, James Patrick Lennox, John E Klein, John Nelson Fox Jr, Karen Mcloughlin, Malcolm Frank, Matthew W Friedrich, and Robert Telesmanic.
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CTSH stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Macquarie Group Ltd., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc., Bank of Montreal Can, Prudential Financial Inc., LSV Asset Management, and Ensign Peak Advisors Inc.
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Shares of CTSH can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of CTSH stock can currently be purchased for approximately $66.53.

Cognizant Technology Solutions has a market capitalization of $36.08 billion and generates $16.78 billion in revenue each year. The information technology service provider earns $1.84 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.99 on an earnings per share basis. Cognizant Technology Solutions employs 292,500 workers across the globe.

The official website for Cognizant Technology Solutions is www.cognizant.com.

Cognizant Technology Solutions' mailing address is GLENPOINTE CENTRE WEST 500 FRANK W. BURR BLVD., TEANECK NJ, 07666. The information technology service provider can be reached via phone at 201-801-0233 or via email at [email protected]