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The price of Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp (NASDAQ: CTSH) closed at $71.08 in the last session, up 0.84% from day before closing price of $70.49. In other words, the price has increased by $0.84 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.12 million shares were traded. CTSH stock price reached its highest trading level at $71.15 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $69.84.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at CTSH’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 19.20 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 15.21. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 2.41 and its Current Ratio is at 2.41. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.08 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.06.
On July 17, 2025, Evercore ISI started tracking the stock assigning a Outperform rating and target price of $100.Evercore ISI initiated its Outperform rating on July 17, 2025, with a $100 target price.
Insider Transactions:
An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Aug 19 ’25 when Kerdman Alina sold 439 shares for $70.38 per share. The transaction valued at 30,897 led to the insider holds 160 shares of the business.
ROBERT J TELESMANIC bought 3,885 shares of CTSH for $275,175 on Aug 06 ’25. On Aug 04 ’25, another insider, Singisetti Ravi Kumar, who serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the company, sold 5,400 shares for $71.05 each. As a result, the insider received 383,675 and left with 65,618 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, CTSH now has a Market Capitalization of 34715189248 and an Enterprise Value of 34084184064. As of this moment, Cognizant’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 14.43, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 12.90. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.79. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.69 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.27. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.664 whereas that against EBITDA is 9.242.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for CTSH is 0.93, which has changed by -0.07303077 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.13054323 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, CTSH has reached a high of $90.82, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $65.52. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -5.47%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -9.07%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, CTSH traded on average about 3.76M shares per day over the past 3-months and 3780780 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 489.00M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 486.34M. Insiders hold about 0.42% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 99.12% stake in the company. Shares short for CTSH as of 1753920000 were 17156425 with a Short Ratio of 4.56, compared to 1751241600 on 20992086. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 17156425 and a Short% of Float of 4.5900002.
Dividends & Splits
The forward annual dividend rate for CTSH is 1.23, which was 1.23 in the trailing 12 months. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.017449284The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 1.48. The current Payout Ratio is 26.63% for CTSH, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-08-18 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-08-18. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2014-03-10 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
Earnings Estimates
The stock of Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp (CTSH) is currently drawing attention from 18.0 analysts actively involved in the ongoing evaluation and rating process.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $1.32, with high estimates of $1.34 and low estimates of $1.28.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $5.26 and $4.38 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $5.11. EPS for the following year is $5.51, with 26.0 analysts recommending between $5.75 and $5.2.
Revenue Estimates
According to 16 analysts, the current quarter’s revenue is expected to be $5.31B. It ranges from a high estimate of $5.34B to a low estimate of $5.26B. As of the current estimate, Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp’s year-ago sales were $5.04BFor the next quarter, 16 analysts are estimating revenue of $5.28B. There is a high estimate of $5.43B for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $5.19B.
A total of 24 analysts have provided revenue estimates for CTSH’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $21.1B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $20.74B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $20.93B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $19.74BBased on 24 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $21.85B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $22.3B and the low estimate is $20.81B.
