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CTSH vs. IT, LDOS, BAH, EPAM, CACI, DOX, 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), EPAM Systems (EPAM), CACI International (CACI), Amdocs (DOX), 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.

Cognizant Technology Solutions (NASDAQ:CTSH) and Gartner (NYSE:IT) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and community ranking.

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Cognizant Technology SolutionsOutperform Votes
1229
73.29%
Underperform Votes
448
26.71%
GartnerOutperform Votes
477
58.17%
Underperform Votes
343
41.83%

Cognizant Technology Solutions has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gartner has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Gartner had 23 more articles in the media than Cognizant Technology Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 46 mentions for Gartner and 23 mentions for Cognizant Technology Solutions. Cognizant Technology Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.62 beat Gartner's score of 1.03 indicating that Cognizant Technology Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cognizant Technology Solutions
16 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Gartner
35 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

92.4% of Cognizant Technology Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.5% of Gartner shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Cognizant Technology Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Gartner shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cognizant Technology Solutions$20.09B1.97$2.24B$4.7516.91
Gartner$6.33B5.42$1.25B$16.0727.71

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cognizant Technology Solutions11.35% 16.78% 12.24%
Gartner 20.00%116.56%14.01%

Cognizant Technology Solutions presently has a consensus target price of $85.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.82%. Gartner has a consensus target price of $518.67, indicating a potential upside of 16.47%. Given Gartner's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Gartner is more favorable than Cognizant Technology Solutions.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cognizant Technology Solutions
0 Sell rating(s)
14 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.22
Gartner
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.44

Summary

Gartner beats Cognizant Technology Solutions on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CTSH vs. The Competition

MetricCognizant Technology SolutionsCustom computer programming services IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$39.64B$7.45B$25.23B$8.42B
Dividend Yield1.52%2.94%2.89%4.11%
P/E Ratio17.83100.1044.7119.77
Price / Sales1.9712.992,088.45116.56
Price / Cash14.9423.7734.7834.62
Price / Book2.765.016.704.53
Net Income$2.24B$204.55M$739.99M$248.18M
7 Day Performance-0.14%-3.74%-0.51%1.06%
1 Month Performance17.91%6.44%14.99%14.68%
1 Year Performance16.66%37.89%52,511.11%6.87%

Cognizant Technology Solutions Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CTSH
Cognizant Technology Solutions
4.7924 of 5 stars
$79.99
-1.2%
$85.00
+6.3%
+16.4%$39.43B$20.09B17.74355,300Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
IT
Gartner
4.7538 of 5 stars
$449.98
+0.4%
$518.67
+15.3%
-1.9%$34.57B$6.33B28.0719,500Trending News
Insider Trade
LDOS
Leidos
4.8349 of 5 stars
$159.20
+0.1%
$180.69
+13.5%
+7.2%$20.49B$16.93B17.2345,000News Coverage
Positive News
BAH
Booz Allen Hamilton
4.9477 of 5 stars
$129.88
+0.8%
$144.27
+11.1%
-15.8%$16.45B$11.78B19.3629,300News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
EPAM
EPAM Systems
4.8993 of 5 stars
$184.28
+0.4%
$231.50
+25.6%
-2.9%$10.52B$4.86B23.5159,300Positive News
Gap Down
CACI
CACI International
3.3581 of 5 stars
$477.20
-0.4%
$515.67
+8.1%
+11.9%$10.49B$8.36B22.3822,000
DOX
Amdocs
4.6812 of 5 stars
$91.31
-0.1%
$105.33
+15.4%
+10.9%$10.31B$4.75B21.1930,300Positive News
TDC
Teradata
4.3083 of 5 stars
$22.73
-0.7%
$27.50
+21.0%
-32.9%$2.17B$1.70B19.437,000Positive News
HCKT
The Hackett Group
4.3596 of 5 stars
$25.72
-0.5%
$31.33
+21.8%
+18.4%$711.29M$314.53M24.261,180
UIS
Unisys
4.5836 of 5 stars
$5.23
-2.6%
$6.50
+24.3%
+6.7%$371.68M$1.95B-1.8516,200Positive News
FORR
Forrester Research
3.0226 of 5 stars
$10.56
-0.5%
N/A-43.0%$201.31M$422.27M-35.201,780

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This page (NASDAQ:CTSH) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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