NASDAQ:CTSHCognizant 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. Since then, CTSH stock has increased by 6.2% and is now trading at $56.47. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

20 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Cognizant Technology Solutions in the last year. There are currently 6 sell ratings, 7 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 Wednesday, July 29th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Cognizant Technology Solutions.

Cognizant Technology Solutions will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, July 29th 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 Corp (NASDAQ:CTSH) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May, 7th. The information technology service provider reported $0.96 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.93 by $0.03. The information technology service provider had revenue of $4.23 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.22 billion. Cognizant Technology Solutions had a net margin of 10.46% and a return on equity of 20.90%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 2.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.91 EPS. View Cognizant Technology Solutions' earnings history.

Cognizant Technology Solutions announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 7th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, May 20th will be given a dividend of $0.22 per share on Friday, May 29th. This represents a $0.88 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.56%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, May 19th. 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 issued 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 declared that its Board of Directors has approved a stock 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 purchase up to 5.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are typically a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

20 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Cognizant Technology Solutions' shares. Their forecasts range from $37.00 to $81.00. On average, they anticipate Cognizant Technology Solutions' share price to reach $62.06 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 9.9% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Cognizant Technology Solutions.

Media stories about CTSH stock have trended somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Cognizant Technology Solutions earned a media sentiment score of -1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the information technology service provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news about Cognizant Technology Solutions.

Cognizant Technology Solutions saw a increase in short interest in June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 12,000,000 shares, an increase of 10.5% from the May 31st total of 10,860,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 4,640,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.6 days. Currently, 2.2% of the company's shares 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."

Cognizant Technology Solutions' stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Genesis Investment Management LLP (0.54%), LGT Capital Partners LTD. (0.24%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.16%), Factory Mutual Insurance Co. (0.15%), Reinhart Partners Inc. (0.08%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.04%). Company insiders that own Cognizant Technology Solutions stock include Allen Shaheen, Brian Humphries, Francisco Dsouza, 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 institutional ownership trends for Cognizant Technology Solutions.

CTSH stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Factory Mutual Insurance Co., Fulton Bank N. A., Reinhart Partners Inc., IFM Investors Pty Ltd, DNB Asset Management AS, Birch Capital Management LLC, Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd., and Addenda Capital Inc.. 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, Karen Mcloughlin, Malcolm Frank, Matthew W Friedrich, and Robert Telesmanic. View insider buying and selling activity for Cognizant Technology Solutions.

CTSH stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Envestnet Asset Management Inc., MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, LGT Capital Partners LTD., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, NuWave Investment Management LLC, Genesis Investment Management LLP, Boenning & Scattergood Inc., and Unison Advisors LLC. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $56.47.

Cognizant Technology Solutions has a market capitalization of $30.53 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]