Cognizant Technology Solutions Stock Forecast, Price & News

23 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Cognizant Technology Solutions in the last twelve months. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 6 hold ratings and 14 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" Cognizant Technology Solutions stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in CTSH, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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Cognizant Technology Solutions saw a increase in short interest in the month of May. As of May 28th, there was short interest totaling 8,110,000 shares, an increase of 20.3% from the May 13th total of 6,740,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 3,780,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.1 days. Approximately 1.5% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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Cognizant Technology Solutions is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 4th 2021.
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Cognizant Technology Solutions Co. (NASDAQ:CTSH) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May, 4th. The information technology service provider reported $0.97 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.94 by $0.03. The information technology service provider earned $4.40 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.36 billion. Cognizant Technology Solutions had a net margin of 9.09% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 16.77%. The company's revenue was up 4.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.96 earnings per share.
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Cognizant Technology Solutions' stock was trading at $53.15 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, CTSH stock has increased by 28.5% and is now trading at $68.32.
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Cognizant Technology Solutions declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 5th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 20th will be paid a dividend of $0.24 per share on Friday, May 28th. This represents a $0.96 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.41%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, May 19th.
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Cognizant Technology Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.39%. Cognizant Technology Solutions does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Cognizant Technology Solutions is 28.07%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Cognizant Technology Solutions will have a dividend payout ratio of 21.77% next year. This indicates that Cognizant Technology Solutions will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Shares of Cognizant Technology Solutions 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 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 announced that its board has approved a share buyback plan on Wednesday, February 5th 2020, which permits the company to buyback $2,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire up to 5.8% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are often a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Cognizant Technology Solutions updated its FY 2021 earnings guidance on Wednesday, May, 26th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 3.900-4.020 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $3.980. The company issued revenue guidance of $17.80 billion-$18.10 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $17.81 billion.

23 brokers have issued 12 month target prices for Cognizant Technology Solutions' stock. Their forecasts range from $54.00 to $99.00. On average, they anticipate Cognizant Technology Solutions' share price to reach $80.85 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 18.3% from the stock's current price.
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5,992 employees have rated Cognizant Technology Solutions CEO Brian Humphries on Glassdoor.com. Brian Humphries has an approval rating of 75% among Cognizant Technology Solutions' employees.

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

Cognizant Technology Solutions' stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (9.44%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (4.26%), Generation Investment Management LLP (2.42%), Artisan Partners Limited Partnership (2.23%), Pzena Investment Management LLC (1.92%) and Franklin Resources Inc. (1.76%). Company insiders that own Cognizant Technology Solutions stock include Allen Shaheen, Becky Schmitt, Dharmendra Kumar Sinha, Francisco Dsouza, James Patrick Lennox, John E Klein, John Nelson Fox Jr, Karen Mcloughlin, Malcolm Frank, Matthew W Friedrich, Michael Patsalos-Fox and Robert Telesmanic.
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CTSH stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Genesis Investment Management LLP, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Generation Investment Management LLP, BlackRock Inc., Comgest Global Investors S.A.S., Madison Asset Management LLC, Alyeska Investment Group L.P., and Farr Miller & Washington LLC DC. Company insiders that have sold Cognizant Technology Solutions company stock in the last year include Becky Schmitt, Dharmendra Kumar Sinha, John Nelson Fox Jr, Malcolm Frank, Matthew W Friedrich, Michael Patsalos-Fox, and Robert Telesmanic.
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CTSH stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Pzena Investment Management LLC, Clearbridge Investments LLC, Morgan Stanley, Waddell & Reed Financial Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc., LGT Capital Partners LTD., and Nuveen Asset Management LLC.
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Shares of CTSH can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of CTSH stock can currently be purchased for approximately $68.32.

Cognizant Technology Solutions has a market capitalization of $36.03 billion and generates $16.65 billion in revenue each year. The information technology service provider earns $1.39 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.42 on an earnings per share basis.

Cognizant Technology Solutions employs 289,500 workers across the globe.

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Cognizant Technology Solutions was founded in 1994.

The official website for Cognizant Technology Solutions is www.cognizant.com.

Cognizant Technology Solutions is headquartered at GLENPOINTE CENTRE WEST 500 FRANK W. BURR BLVD., TEANECK NJ, 07666.

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]