Some Investing Thoughts On Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp (NASDAQ: CTSH)

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp (CTSH) concluded trading on Wednesday at a closing price of $73.57, with 4.76 million shares of worth about $350.27 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained negative as price took a plunge of -1.67% during that period and on April 30, 2025 the price saw a gain of about 0.38%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 495.00M shares, out of which, 490.38M shares are available for trading.

Stock saw a price change of 3.58% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of -3.83%. Year-to-date (YTD), CTSH shares are showing a performance of -4.33% which increased to 9.90% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $63.79 but also hit the highest price of $90.82 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp shares is 4.34 million. The stock is currently trading 3.68% above its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is down -4.62% for SMA50 and it goes to -5.31% lower than SMA200.

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp (NASDAQ: CTSH) currently have 495.00M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 96.80% of that.

The stock has a current market capitalization of $36.27B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 0.93. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 16.32, while it has posted earnings per share of $4.51 in the same period. Its PEG reads 2.23 and has Quick Ratio of 2.09 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 0.10. Volatility of a stock is a metric used to know how much the price of that stock is under influence and for CTSH, volatility over the week remained 2.28% while standing at 3.48% over the month.

Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 5.41% while it is estimated to increase by 7.36% in next year. EPS is likely to grow at an annualized rate of 7.32% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of 6.50% made by the stock over the past 5-years.

Digging deeper we find that several firms have released their research notes about the support levels of the stock. Most recent of them is a note released by Barclays on December 17, 2024 offering an Overweight rating for the stock and assigned a target price range of between $80 and $95 to it. Coverage by Jefferies stated Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp (CTSH) stock as a Buy in their note to investors on August 28, 2024, suggesting a price target of $90 for the stock. On August 07, 2024, BofA Securities Upgrade their recommendations, while on June 24, 2024, Goldman Initiated their ratings for the stock with a price target of $72. Stock get a Neutral rating from Susquehanna on April 01, 2024.

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