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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 superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.

Cognizant Technology Solutions currently has a consensus price target of $85.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.41%. Alphabet has a consensus price target of $199.61, suggesting a potential upside of 9.88%. Given Cognizant Technology Solutions' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly 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

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 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.

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$19.74B1.89$2.24B$4.7515.92
Alphabet$350.02B6.30$100.12B$8.9720.25

92.4% of Cognizant Technology Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.0% of Alphabet shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Cognizant Technology Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.6% of Alphabet shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Alphabet had 176 more articles in the media than Cognizant Technology Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 199 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 1.11 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
14 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Alphabet
141 Very Positive mention(s)
25 Positive mention(s)
14 Neutral mention(s)
11 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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 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.

Summary

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

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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$37.29B$16.70B$27.94B$9.13B
Dividend Yield1.65%1.52%3.13%4.01%
P/E Ratio15.9237.9733.9819.58
Price / Sales1.8912.121,961.1979.96
Price / Cash12.8624.7233.7127.50
Price / Book2.604.887.295.55
Net Income$2.24B$434.10M$774.15M$252.28M
7 Day Performance-6.02%-6.19%0.53%2.99%
1 Month Performance-4.22%0.09%6.39%11.65%
1 Year Performance5.71%15.56%52,797.55%17.15%

Cognizant Technology Solutions Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CTSH
Cognizant Technology Solutions
4.8435 of 5 stars
$75.62
+0.3%
$85.00
+12.4%
+5.4%$37.29B$19.74B15.92336,800Positive News
GOOGL
Alphabet
4.1965 of 5 stars
$176.79
-1.5%
$199.95
+13.1%
-2.6%$2.15T$350.02B19.71183,323Trending News
SSNC
SS&C Technologies
4.9285 of 5 stars
$83.54
+0.0%
$91.86
+10.0%
+26.3%$20.61B$5.88B25.9426,800Positive News
Analyst Forecast
TRMB
Trimble
4.6494 of 5 stars
$78.63
-0.3%
$88.43
+12.5%
+39.5%$18.76B$3.68B12.8312,100
ACN
Accenture
4.991 of 5 stars
$300.48
-1.4%
$370.71
+23.4%
-9.5%$188.20B$64.90B23.92774,000Positive News
Analyst Revision
TEL
TE Connectivity
4.6747 of 5 stars
$171.05
-1.9%
$163.90
-4.2%
+13.7%$50.72B$15.85B37.5987,000Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
IT
Gartner
4.6619 of 5 stars
$399.08
-0.3%
$515.89
+29.3%
-17.8%$30.72B$6.30B24.8321,044
LDOS
Leidos
4.5118 of 5 stars
$164.44
-0.1%
$177.46
+7.9%
+8.1%$21.17B$16.66B16.5448,000Positive News
BAH
Booz Allen Hamilton
4.9691 of 5 stars
$110.58
+1.5%
$134.64
+21.8%
-32.5%$13.73B$11.98B15.2535,800
CACI
CACI International
2.3181 of 5 stars
$506.21
+3.5%
$520.31
+2.8%
+9.5%$11.13B$7.66B23.8924,000
DOX
Amdocs
4.8357 of 5 stars
$91.82
-0.8%
$105.33
+14.7%
+9.4%$10.37B$5.00B19.3329,058News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:CTSH) was last updated on 7/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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