Cognizant Technology Solutions Stock Price, News & Analysis (NASDAQ:CTSH)

Cognizant Technology Solutions trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "CTSH."

Cognizant Technology Solutions declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 31st. Stockholders of record on Thursday, August 22nd will be paid a dividend of $0.20 per share on Friday, August 30th. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.30%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, August 21st. View Cognizant Technology Solutions' Dividend History.

Shares of Cognizant Technology Solutions split on the morning of Monday, March 10th 2014. The 2-1 split was announced on Wednesday, February 5th 2014. The newly created 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 Corp (NASDAQ:CTSH) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, July, 31st. The information technology service provider reported $0.94 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.93 by $0.01. The information technology service provider earned $4.14 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.13 billion. Cognizant Technology Solutions had a net margin of 12.61% and a return on equity of 20.52%. Cognizant Technology Solutions's revenue for the quarter was up 3.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $1.05 earnings per share. View Cognizant Technology Solutions' Earnings History.

Cognizant Technology Solutions is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 30th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Cognizant Technology Solutions.

Cognizant Technology Solutions will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, October 30th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Cognizant Technology Solutions updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Wednesday, July, 31st. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $3.92-3.98 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $3.89. The company issued revenue guidance of $16.57-16.73 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $16.70 billion.

26 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Cognizant Technology Solutions' stock. Their forecasts range from $57.00 to $94.00. On average, they anticipate Cognizant Technology Solutions' stock price to reach $72.81 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 18.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Cognizant Technology Solutions.

26 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Cognizant Technology Solutions in the last year. There are currently 5 sell ratings, 13 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Cognizant Technology Solutions.

Headlines about CTSH stock have been trending very negative this week, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Cognizant Technology Solutions earned a daily sentiment score of -3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the information technology service provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Cognizant Technology Solutions.

Cognizant Technology Solutions saw a increase in short interest during the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 11,080,000 shares, an increase of 8.4% from the August 30th total of 10,220,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 3,230,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.4 days. Currently, 2.0% of the company's stock are short sold. View Cognizant Technology Solutions' Current Options Chain.

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Cognizant Technology Solutions' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include PGGM Investments (0.17%), LGT Capital Partners LTD. (0.12%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.08%), CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC (0.08%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.05%) and Kirr Marbach & Co. LLC IN (0.04%). Company insiders that own Cognizant Technology Solutions stock include Allen Shaheen, Brian Humphries, Chandrasekaran Ramakrishnan, Debashis Chatterjee, Francisco Dsouza, Gajakarnan Vibushanan Kandiah, James Patrick Lennox, John E Klein, John Nelson Fox Jr, Karen Mcloughlin, Leo S Jr Mackay, Malcolm Frank, Matthew W Friedrich, Maureen Breakiron-Evans, Rajeev Mehta, Robert Telesmanic, Sean Middleton, Srinivasan Veeraraghavachary, Sumithra Gomatam and Venkat Krishnaswamy. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Cognizant Technology Solutions.

CTSH stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including DNB Asset Management AS, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC, Bath Savings Trust Co, First Financial Corp IN, Forte Capital LLC ADV, Exane Derivatives and Douglas Lane & Associates LLC. Company insiders that have sold Cognizant Technology Solutions company stock in the last year include Allen Shaheen, Gajakarnan Vibushanan Kandiah, James Patrick Lennox, John E Klein, Karen Mcloughlin, Malcolm Frank, Matthew W Friedrich, Rajeev Mehta, Robert Telesmanic, Srinivasan Veeraraghavachary and Venkat Krishnaswamy. View Insider Buying and Selling for Cognizant Technology Solutions.

CTSH stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Assenagon Asset Management S.A., LGT Capital Partners LTD., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, PGGM Investments, CLARET ASSET MANAGEMENT Corp, Rockland Trust Co., Pacer Advisors Inc. and Cerebellum GP LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Cognizant Technology Solutions.

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 $61.39.

Cognizant Technology Solutions has a market capitalization of $33.91 billion and generates $16.13 billion in revenue each year. The information technology service provider earns $2.10 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.02 on an earnings per share basis. Cognizant Technology Solutions employs 281,600 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Cognizant Technology Solutions.

The official website for Cognizant Technology Solutions is http://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]