Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp (CTSH) concluded trading on Thursday at a closing price of $75.56, with 3.83 million shares of worth about $289.46 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained negative as price took a plunge of -2.09% during that period and on July 17, 2025 the price saw a gain of about 0.98%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 493.00M shares, out of which, 490.86M shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of -1.52% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of -5.73%. Year-to-date (YTD), CTSH shares are showing a performance of 4.32% which decreased to -1.74% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $65.52 but also hit the highest price of $90.82 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp shares is 3.45 million. The stock is currently trading -2.77% below its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is down -4.60% for SMA50 and it goes to -3.95% lower than SMA200.
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp (NASDAQ: CTSH) currently have 493.00M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 97.95% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $37.25B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 0.90. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 15.91, while it has posted earnings per share of $4.75 in the same period. Its PEG reads 2.13 and has Quick Ratio of 2.22 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08. 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 1.51% while standing at 1.90% over the month.
Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 7.04% while it is estimated to increase by 6.87% in next year. EPS is likely to grow at an annualized rate of 7.48% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of 6.50% made by the stock over the past 5-years.
Coverage by Evercore ISI stated Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp (CTSH) stock as an Outperform in their note to investors on July 17, 2025, suggesting a price target of $100 for the stock. On May 19, 2025, JP Morgan Upgrade their recommendations, while on May 01, 2025, Susquehanna Upgrade their ratings for the stock with a price target of $90. Stock get an Overweight rating from Barclays on December 17, 2024.
