NYSE:GIB - CGI Stock Price, Forecast & News

CGI trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "GIB."

CGI declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a share buyback program on Thursday, February 1st 2018, which authorizes the company to repurchase 20,590,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are generally a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

CGI Inc (NYSE:GIB) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November, 6th. The technology company reported $1.21 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.92 by $0.29. The technology company earned $2.96 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.99 billion. CGI had a return on equity of 19.04% and a net margin of 10.43%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 5.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $1.09 earnings per share. View CGI's Earnings History.

CGI is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 29th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for CGI.

CGI will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, January 29th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

7 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for CGI's shares. Their forecasts range from $83.00 to $114.00. On average, they expect CGI's share price to reach $98.25 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 14.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for CGI.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for CGI in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 1 hold rating and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for CGI.

News headlines about GIB stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. CGI earned a coverage optimism score of 1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the technology company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for CGI.

CGI saw a drop in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 656,100 shares, a drop of 6.8% from the December 15th total of 703,600 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 154,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.2 days. Approximately 0.3% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View CGI's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to CGI include Capgemini (CGEMY), Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH), Genpact (G), FTI Consulting (FCN), Exponent (EXPO), ICF International (ICFI), Huron Consulting Group (HURN), NIC (EGOV), RMR Group (RMR), Apollo Medical (AMEH), The Hackett Group (HCKT), Blackrock Capital Investment (BKCC), Avalon Globocare (AVCO), Information Services Group (III) and Gopher Protocol (GOPH).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other CGI investors own include CGI (GIB.A), HEXO (HEXO), IBM (IBM), Mcdonald's (MCD), NVIDIA (NVDA), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH), Home Depot (HD), BCE (BCE) and Enbridge (ENB).

CGI's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include CLARET ASSET MANAGEMENT Corp (0.21%), Galibier Capital Management Ltd. (0.06%), Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.05%), DORCHESTER WEALTH MANAGEMENT Co (0.05%), Henry James International Management Inc. (0.04%) and Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH (0.01%).

GIB stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including CLARET ASSET MANAGEMENT Corp, Galibier Capital Management Ltd., DORCHESTER WEALTH MANAGEMENT Co, NEXT Financial Group Inc and Henry James International Management Inc..

GIB stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank .

Shares of GIB can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of GIB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $86.06.

CGI has a market capitalization of $23.13 billion and generates $9.12 billion in revenue each year. The technology company earns $951.45 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.54 on an earnings per share basis. CGI employs 77,500 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About CGI.

The official website for CGI is http://www.cgi.com/.

CGI's mailing address is 1350 RENE LEVESQUE BOULEVARD WEST 25TH FLOOR, MONTREAL A8, H3G 1T4. The technology company can be reached via phone at 514-841-3200 or via email at [email protected]