Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation
General ticker "CTSH" information:
- Sector: Information Technology
- Industry: IT Services
- Capitalization: $37.6B (TTM average)
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 11.6%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.0%: low 78.48$, high 80.07$
Factors to consider:
- Company included in S&P500 list
- Company included in NASDAQ-100 index
- Company pays dividends (quarterly): last record date 2025-08-18, amount 0.31$ (Y1.55%)
- Total employees count: 336800 as of 2024
- North America accounted for 74.5% of revenue in the fiscal year ended 2024-12-31
- Top business risk factors: Geopolitical risks, Pandemic risks, Climate change and natural disasters, Integration challenges, Pricing pressures
- Price in estimated range
- Earnings for 9 months up through Q3 are close to our estimates
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2024-12-31 to 2026-12-31
- 2024-12-31 to 2025-12-31 estimated range: [70.52$, 93.25$]
- 2025-12-31 to 2026-12-31 estimated range: [72.69$, 96.73$]
Financial Metrics affecting the CTSH estimates:
- Negative: with PPE of 16.6 at the end of fiscal year the price was very high
- Positive: 7.86 < Operating profit margin, % of 14.65
- Positive: Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 10.03 > 6.04
- Positive: 0.33 < Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 5.44
- Positive: -8.75 < Industry operating profit margin (median), % of 0.31
- Positive: Inventory ratio change, % of -0.28 <= 0
- Positive: 0 < Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 3.39
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Financial data
| YTD | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $19,428.00MM | $19,353.00MM | $19,736.00MM |
| Operating Expenses | $16,460.00MM | $16,664.00MM | $16,844.00MM |
| Operating Income | $2,968.00MM | $2,689.00MM | $2,892.00MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $48.00MM | $98.00MM | $46.00MM |
| Interest Expense | $19.00MM | $41.00MM | $54.00MM |
| Income(Loss) | $3,016.00MM | $2,787.00MM | $2,938.00MM |
| Taxes | $730.00MM | $668.00MM | $713.00MM |
| Other Income(Loss) | $4.00MM | $7.00MM | $15.00MM |
| Profit(Loss)* | $2,290.00MM | $2,126.00MM | $2,240.00MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $12,309.00MM | $13,227.00MM | $14,408.00MM |
| Assets | $17,852.00MM | $18,483.00MM | $19,966.00MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $2,568.00MM | $2,330.00MM | $2,124.00MM |
| Capital expenditure | $332.00MM | $317.00MM | $297.00MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-106.00MM | $-331.00MM | $-1,646.00MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-1,939.00MM | $-1,609.00MM | $-915.00MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $4.42 | $4.21 | $4.52 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.