Stock · CTSH · Technology
United States · Large Cap · listed since 1998 · Revenue 12 mo. $21.6B
Price as of 11/06/2026
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation, a professional services company, provides consulting and technology, and outsourcing services in North America, Europe, and internationally.
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation, a professional services company, provides consulting and technology, and outsourcing services in North America, Europe, and internationally. It operates through four segments: Financial Services; Health Sciences; Products and Resources; and Communications, Media and Technology. The company provides services including artificial intelligence (AI) and other technology services and solutions, consulting, application development, systems integration, quality engineering and assurance, engineering research and development, application maintenance, infrastructure, security, and business process services and automation. It also offers AI-led automation, which includes advisory, and process and IT automation solutions designed to simplify and accelerate automation adoption; business process outsourcing services, which help deliver business outcomes including revenue growth, increased customer and employee satisfaction, and cost savings; and Cognizant Moment, a digital experience service that uses AI to reimagine customer experiences and engineer strategies aimed at driving growth. In addition, the company develops, licenses, implements, and supports proprietary and third-party software products and platforms; and develops industry-specific products and services. It offers solution to healthcare providers and payers, life sciences companies, banking, capital markets, payments and insurance companies, manufacturers, automakers, retailers, consumer goods, travel and hospitality, communications, media and entertainment, education, information services, and technology companies, as well as businesses providing logistics, energy, and utility services. The company has a strategic partnership with Uniphore Technologies Inc. for the development of AI solutions that combine small language models and AI agents. It also holds a strategic partnership with Travelport to build intelligent travel retail for the AI era. Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation was incorporated in 1988 and is
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Summary
61.4 of 100
Mean of the six area values. Each area value is the mean of the stock's ranks among the companies in its sector. 50 is the middle of the sector, not a share of companies beaten.
Analysis
What the price requires
If free cash flow stays at €2.3B (2025), it supports €25.9B. The remaining €96.4M of the market value assume it grows 0.1% a year for 10 years and not at all afterwards.
Required FCF growth per year
0.1%
no growth afterwards
Price to operating cash flow 10.3×, below its usual range.
Middle half of 20 quarters: 11.3× to 17.7×, median 14.9×.
Measures only against its own past, not against what the company is worth. Price as of 11/06/2026.
with respect to the priced-in expectation
with respect to the priced-in expectation
No anomaly in the stored figures.
Since the last quarter
Q1 → Q2 2026
5 more unchanged: Revenue, 12 mo., Gross margin, EBIT margin, FCF margin, Return on equity
Derivation
Each area value is the average of its metrics' ranks within the sector (0 to 100, 50 is the middle). For metrics where lower is better, the rank is mirrored. The overall value is the average of the area values.
Price as of 11/06/2026.
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on equity | 14.85% | 14.60% | Rank 52 |
| Return on capital (Greenblatt) | 55.16% | 29.77% | Rank 68 |
| EBIT margin | 16.72% | 17.40% | Rank 49 |
| FCF margin | 12.29% | 18.54% | Rank 36 |
| Gross margin | 33.72% | 48.47% | Rank 23 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, 1 year | 6.95% | 12.70% | Rank 29 |
| Earnings growth, 3 years per year | 1.59% | 9.54% | Rank 31 |
| Earnings growth, 5 years per year | 12.45% | 14.07% | Rank 43 |
| Sustainable growth (ROE × retained earnings) | 1.36% | 2.87% | Rank 31 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yield | 7.15% | 2.64% | Rank 90 |
| FCF yield | 8.97% | 3.06% | Rank 91 |
| EV/saleslower is better | 1.36 | 5.18 | Rank 89 |
| EV/EBITlower is better | 8.10 | 26.24 | Rank 98 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Share price, 1 year | −20.74% | −0.59% | Rank 28 |
| Share price, 6 months | 25.72% | −4.46% | Rank 80 |
| Share price, 3 months | 17.36% | −5.84% | Rank 89 |
| Distance from 52-week high | −25.35% | −33.23% | Rank 63 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accruals (Sloan)lower is better | −2.08% | 1.65% | Rank 74 |
| Change in share countlower is better | −3.02% | −0.17% | Rank 87 |
| Dividend streak in years | 8 | 8 | Rank 68 |
| Price reaction to results, market-adjusted | −5.74% | −1.57% | Rank 25 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equity ratio | 72.56% | 53.98% | Rank 85 |
| Net debt/EBITDAlower is better | −0.08 | −0.20 | Rank 47 |
| Debt to equitylower is better | 0.10 | 0.33 | Rank 74 |
| Volatility, 1 yearlower is better | 43.09% | 50.37% | Rank 71 |
Ten years in figures
| Year | Revenue, $B | EBIT margin | FCF, $B | Shares | Net debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 13.5 | 17.0% | 1.3 | 610M | −$1.2B |
| 2017 | 14.8 | 16.8% | 2.1 | 595M | −$1.1B |
| 2018 | 16.1 | 17.4% | 2.2 | 584M | −$416.0M |
| 2019 | 16.8 | 14.6% | 2.1 | 560M | −$960.0M |
| 2020 | 16.7 | 12.7% | 2.9 | 541M | −$922.0M |
| 2021 | 18.5 | 15.3% | 2.2 | 528M | −$150.0M |
| 2022 | 19.4 | 15.3% | 2.2 | 519M | −$657.0M |
| 2023 | 19.4 | 13.9% | 2.0 | 505M | −$1.3B |
| 2024 | 19.7 | 14.7% | 1.8 | 497M | −$728.0M |
| 2025 | 21.1 | 16.7% | 2.6 | 482M | −$326.0M |
3 of 7 StockScorer Score rules met · How the score is built
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A mainly meets criteria in the Valuation category. Result from 18 strategies checked.
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A is rated here with the StockScorer Score strategy, the flagship rule set. It compares return and cash-flow metrics with the median of the company's own sector and checks growth and price trend.
3 of 7 rules met
5 of 11 points
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Selected fundamental metrics for Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A.
| Metric | Stock | Sector |
|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio | 14.0 | 35.1 |
| P/B ratio | 2.1 | 5.5 |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 14.9% | 14.6% |
| Equity ratio | 72.6% | 54.0% |
| Debt-to-equity (D/E) | 0.10 | 0.33 |
| Dividend yield | 2.0% | 0.9% |
How comparable stocks in the same sector score in the StockScorer model.
| Symbol | Company | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| CTSH | Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class Athis page | |
| BR | Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc | Medium5.5 |
| CDW | CDW Corp | Low4.5 |
| LDOS | Leidos Holdings Inc | Medium5.5 |
| FIS | Fidelity National Information Services Inc | locked |
| CACI | CACI International Inc | locked |
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