NASDAQ:CTSH - Cognizant Technology Solutions Stock Price, Forecast & News

Cognizant Technology Solutions' stock was trading at $53.15 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, CTSH shares have decreased by 9.6% and is now trading at $48.04. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

25 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Cognizant Technology Solutions in the last year. There are currently 7 sell ratings, 11 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Cognizant Technology Solutions.

Cognizant Technology Solutions is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 7th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Cognizant Technology Solutions.

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp (NASDAQ:CTSH) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February, 5th. The information technology service provider reported $1.07 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.04 by $0.03. The information technology service provider had revenue of $4.30 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.23 billion. Cognizant Technology Solutions had a net margin of 10.98% and a return on equity of 20.60%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 4.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $1.13 EPS. View Cognizant Technology Solutions' earnings history.

Cognizant Technology Solutions declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 5th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, February 18th will be paid a dividend of $0.22 per share on Friday, February 28th. This represents a $0.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.83%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 14th. This is a boost from Cognizant Technology Solutions's previous quarterly dividend of $0.20. View Cognizant Technology Solutions' dividend history.

Cognizant Technology Solutions's stock split on the morning of Monday, March 10th 2014. The 2-1 split was announced on Wednesday, February 5th 2014. The newly minted shares were payable to shareholders after the closing bell 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 declared that its board has authorized a stock repurchase 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 stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are generally a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Cognizant Technology Solutions updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 5th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $3.97-$4.13 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $4.13. The company issued revenue guidance of $17.14-$17.47 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $17.25 billion.

25 brokers have issued 1 year target prices for Cognizant Technology Solutions' shares. Their forecasts range from $49.00 to $81.00. On average, they anticipate Cognizant Technology Solutions' share price to reach $66.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 37.4% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Cognizant Technology Solutions.

Press coverage about CTSH stock has been trending very positive on Tuesday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Cognizant Technology Solutions earned a news impact score of 3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the information technology service provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news aboutCognizant Technology Solutions.

Cognizant Technology Solutions saw a increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 12,211,200 shares, an increase of 19.5% from the February 27th total of 10,220,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 5,120,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.4 days. Currently, 2.2% of the company's stock are short sold. View Cognizant Technology Solutions' Current Options Chain.

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

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One share of CTSH stock can currently be purchased for approximately $48.04.

Cognizant Technology Solutions has a market capitalization of $26.36 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. 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]