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

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

Cognizant Technology Solutions announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 30th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, November 19th will be paid a dividend of $0.20 per share on Friday, November 29th. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.29%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, November 18th. View Cognizant Technology Solutions' Dividend History.

Cognizant Technology Solutions's stock split on Monday, March 10th 2014. The 2-1 split was announced on Wednesday, February 5th 2014. The newly minted shares were issued 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 results on Wednesday, October, 30th. The information technology service provider reported $1.08 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.05 by $0.03. The information technology service provider earned $4.25 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.21 billion. Cognizant Technology Solutions had a return on equity of 20.23% and a net margin of 12.60%. The business's revenue was up 4.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company posted $1.05 EPS. View Cognizant Technology Solutions' Earnings History.

Cognizant Technology Solutions is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 5th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Cognizant Technology Solutions.

Cognizant Technology Solutions will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, February 5th 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, October, 30th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $3.95-3.98 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $3.96. The company issued revenue guidance of $16.70-16.74 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $16.69 billion.

26 brokers have issued 12 month target prices for Cognizant Technology Solutions' shares. Their forecasts range from $57.00 to $90.00. On average, they anticipate Cognizant Technology Solutions' share price to reach $70.63 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 13.5% 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 7 sell ratings, 10 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Cognizant Technology Solutions.

Press coverage about CTSH stock has been trending negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group rates the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Cognizant Technology Solutions earned a coverage optimism score of -2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the information technology service provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Cognizant Technology Solutions.

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Cognizant Technology Solutions' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include LGT Capital Partners LTD. (0.17%), PGGM Investments (0.16%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.05%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.04%), CLARET ASSET MANAGEMENT Corp (0.04%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.03%). 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 Coronation Fund Managers Ltd., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Loring Wolcott & Coolidge Fiduciary Advisors LLP MA, Rockland Trust Co., PGGM Investments, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC and Galibier Capital Management Ltd.. Company insiders that have sold Cognizant Technology Solutions company stock in the last year include Allen Shaheen, Francisco Dsouza, 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including LGT Capital Partners LTD., CLARET ASSET MANAGEMENT Corp, Alpine Global Management LLC, Pensionfund DSM Netherlands, Pensionfund Sabic, DNB Asset Management AS, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank and Diversified Trust Co. 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 $62.21.

Cognizant Technology Solutions has a market capitalization of $34.06 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]