CTSH vs. GOOGL, SSNC, TRMB, ACN, LDOS, IT, BAH, CACI, DOX, and EPAM
Should you be buying Cognizant Technology Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cognizant Technology Solutions include Alphabet (GOOGL), SS&C Technologies (SSNC), Trimble (TRMB), Accenture (ACN), Leidos (LDOS), Gartner (IT), Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH), CACI International (CACI), Amdocs (DOX), and EPAM Systems (EPAM).
Cognizant Technology Solutions vs. Its Competitors
Cognizant Technology Solutions (NASDAQ:CTSH) and Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends and risk.
92.4% of Cognizant Technology Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.0% of Alphabet shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Cognizant Technology Solutions shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.6% of Alphabet shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Cognizant Technology Solutions currently has a consensus target price of $86.79, suggesting a potential upside of 28.27%. Alphabet has a consensus target price of $240.76, suggesting a potential downside of 1.87%. Given Cognizant Technology Solutions' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Cognizant Technology Solutions is more favorable than Alphabet.
Cognizant Technology Solutions pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Alphabet pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Cognizant Technology Solutions pays out 25.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alphabet pays out 8.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Cognizant Technology Solutions has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years and Alphabet has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Cognizant Technology Solutions is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Cognizant Technology Solutions has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alphabet has a beta of 1, indicating that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Alphabet had 154 more articles in the media than Cognizant Technology Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 167 mentions for Alphabet and 13 mentions for Cognizant Technology Solutions. Cognizant Technology Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Alphabet's score of 1.30 indicating that Cognizant Technology Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Alphabet has higher revenue and earnings than Cognizant Technology Solutions. Cognizant Technology Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alphabet, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Alphabet has a net margin of 31.12% compared to Cognizant Technology Solutions' net margin of 11.89%. Alphabet's return on equity of 34.31% beat Cognizant Technology Solutions' return on equity.
Summary
Alphabet beats Cognizant Technology Solutions on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:CTSH) was last updated on 10/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
