CTSH vs. IT, LDOS, BAH, DOX, EPAM, CACI, TDC, HCKT, UIS, and FORR
Should you be buying Cognizant Technology Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cognizant Technology Solutions include Gartner (IT), Leidos (LDOS), Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH), Amdocs (DOX), EPAM Systems (EPAM), CACI International (CACI), Teradata (TDC), The Hackett Group (HCKT), Unisys (UIS), and Forrester Research (FORR). These companies are all part of the "it consulting & other services" industry.
Cognizant Technology Solutions vs. Its Competitors
Gartner (NYSE:IT) and Cognizant Technology Solutions (NASDAQ:CTSH) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, risk, community ranking, profitability and dividends.
91.5% of Gartner shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Cognizant Technology Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of Gartner shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Cognizant Technology Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Gartner currently has a consensus target price of $518.67, suggesting a potential upside of 28.21%. Cognizant Technology Solutions has a consensus target price of $85.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.66%. Given Gartner's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Gartner is more favorable than Cognizant Technology Solutions.
Cognizant Technology Solutions received 752 more outperform votes than Gartner when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.29% of users gave Cognizant Technology Solutions an outperform vote while only 58.17% of users gave Gartner an outperform vote.
Gartner has a net margin of 20.00% compared to Cognizant Technology Solutions' net margin of 11.35%. Gartner's return on equity of 116.56% beat Cognizant Technology Solutions' return on equity.
Gartner has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cognizant Technology Solutions has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Gartner had 1 more articles in the media than Cognizant Technology Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Gartner and 11 mentions for Cognizant Technology Solutions. Cognizant Technology Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Gartner's score of 0.45 indicating that Cognizant Technology Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Cognizant Technology Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than Gartner. Cognizant Technology Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gartner, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Gartner beats Cognizant Technology Solutions on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:CTSH) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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