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

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

Cognizant Technology Solutions announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 31st. Shareholders 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 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.24%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, August 21st. View Cognizant Technology Solutions' Dividend History.

Cognizant Technology Solutions shares split before market open on Monday, March 10th 2014. The 2-1 split was announced on Wednesday, February 5th 2014. The newly created shares were distributed 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 Corp (NASDAQ:CTSH) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July, 31st. The information technology service provider reported $0.94 earnings per share for the quarter, beating 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%. The company's revenue was up 3.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $1.05 earnings per share. View Cognizant Technology Solutions' Earnings History.

Cognizant Technology Solutions is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 29th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Cognizant Technology Solutions.

Cognizant Technology Solutions issued an update on 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 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 twelve-month target prices for Cognizant Technology Solutions' stock. Their forecasts range from $57.00 to $94.00. On average, they expect Cognizant Technology Solutions' share price to reach $74.8562 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 16.4% 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 4 sell ratings, 14 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Cognizant Technology Solutions.

News stories about CTSH stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Cognizant Technology Solutions earned a coverage optimism score of 0.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the information technology service provider a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Cognizant Technology Solutions.

Cognizant Technology Solutions saw a decrease in short interest in the month of August. As of August 15th, there was short interest totalling 8,351,700 shares, a decrease of 18.5% from the July 15th total of 10,245,800 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 5,240,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.6 days. Approximately 1.5% of the company's shares are sold short. View Cognizant Technology Solutions' Current Options Chain.

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Cognizant Technology Solutions' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (8.86%), BlackRock Inc. (8.86%), Vanguard Group Inc. (7.96%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (3.04%), Invesco Ltd. (2.64%) and Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (1.93%). 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 Prudential Financial Inc., AQR Capital Management LLC, Man Group plc, Marshall Wace North America L.P., Waddell & Reed Financial Inc., Boston Partners, Pendal Group Ltd and Coronation Fund Managers Ltd.. 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, Sean Middleton, 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 Generation Investment Management LLP, Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Eaton Vance Management, BlackRock Inc., BlackRock Inc., Yacktman Asset Management LP and First Trust Advisors LP. 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 $64.33.

Cognizant Technology Solutions has a market capitalization of $35.53 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]