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$75.36 -1.37 (-1.79%)
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CTSH vs. GOOGL, SSNC, TRMB, ACN, TEL, IT, LDOS, BAH, CACI, and DOX

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), TE Connectivity (TEL), Gartner (IT), Leidos (LDOS), Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH), CACI International (CACI), and Amdocs (DOX).

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 better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Alphabet has a net margin of 30.86% compared to Cognizant Technology Solutions' net margin of 11.73%. Alphabet's return on equity of 34.54% beat Cognizant Technology Solutions' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cognizant Technology Solutions11.73% 16.73% 12.26%
Alphabet 30.86%34.54%25.07%

Cognizant Technology Solutions pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Alphabet pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Cognizant Technology Solutions pays out 26.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alphabet pays out 9.4% 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 raised its dividend for 6 consecutive years and Alphabet has raised 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.

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 11.6% of Alphabet shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Cognizant Technology Solutions has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alphabet has a beta of 1, suggesting that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cognizant Technology Solutions$19.74B1.88$2.24B$4.7515.87
Alphabet$350.02B6.25$100.12B$8.9720.09

Cognizant Technology Solutions presently has a consensus target price of $85.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.79%. Alphabet has a consensus target price of $199.61, suggesting a potential upside of 10.77%. Given Cognizant Technology Solutions' higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Cognizant Technology Solutions is more favorable than Alphabet.

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
Alphabet
0 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
29 Buy rating(s)
4 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86

In the previous week, Alphabet had 154 more articles in the media than Cognizant Technology Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 177 mentions for Alphabet and 23 mentions for Cognizant Technology Solutions. Alphabet's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Cognizant Technology Solutions' score of 1.09 indicating that Alphabet is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cognizant Technology Solutions
13 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Alphabet
123 Very Positive mention(s)
23 Positive mention(s)
12 Neutral mention(s)
11 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Alphabet beats Cognizant Technology Solutions on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CTSH vs. The Competition

MetricCognizant Technology SolutionsIT Services IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$37.82B$16.87B$27.66B$9.10B
Dividend Yield1.62%1.50%3.11%4.00%
P/E Ratio15.8738.8836.8020.27
Price / Sales1.8814.521,881.6898.72
Price / Cash13.0925.1938.1558.16
Price / Book2.594.877.285.49
Net Income$2.24B$434.10M$767.99M$250.45M
7 Day Performance-4.00%-5.91%-0.23%4.78%
1 Month Performance-6.34%-2.19%4.07%7.67%
1 Year Performance5.35%14.65%52,050.69%16.43%

Cognizant Technology Solutions Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CTSH
Cognizant Technology Solutions
4.8489 of 5 stars
$75.36
-1.8%
$85.00
+12.8%
+7.4%$37.82B$19.74B15.87336,800Trending News
GOOGL
Alphabet
4.2014 of 5 stars
$176.79
-1.5%
$199.95
+13.1%
-2.9%$2.15T$350.02B19.71183,323Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
SSNC
SS&C Technologies
4.9185 of 5 stars
$83.54
+0.0%
$91.86
+10.0%
+31.2%$20.61B$5.88B25.9426,800Positive News
TRMB
Trimble
4.6738 of 5 stars
$78.63
-0.3%
$88.43
+12.5%
+42.2%$18.76B$3.68B12.8312,100News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
ACN
Accenture
4.9918 of 5 stars
$300.48
-1.4%
$370.71
+23.4%
-5.7%$188.20B$64.90B23.92774,000Positive News
Analyst Revision
TEL
TE Connectivity
4.6379 of 5 stars
$171.05
-1.9%
$163.90
-4.2%
+14.5%$50.72B$15.85B37.5987,000News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
IT
Gartner
4.6089 of 5 stars
$399.08
-0.3%
$515.89
+29.3%
-16.4%$30.72B$6.30B24.8321,044Trending News
LDOS
Leidos
4.4444 of 5 stars
$164.44
-0.1%
$177.46
+7.9%
+8.8%$21.17B$16.66B16.5448,000Positive News
BAH
Booz Allen Hamilton
4.9678 of 5 stars
$110.58
+1.5%
$134.64
+21.8%
-32.0%$13.73B$11.98B15.2535,800News Coverage
CACI
CACI International
2.3287 of 5 stars
$506.21
+3.5%
$520.31
+2.8%
+10.8%$11.13B$7.66B23.8924,000Analyst Forecast
DOX
Amdocs
4.7898 of 5 stars
$91.82
-0.8%
$105.33
+14.7%
+11.2%$10.37B$5.00B19.3329,058Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:CTSH) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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