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Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A is an information technology services business based in the US. Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A stocks (CTSH.US) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $62.6 – an increase of 0.66% over the previous week. Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A employs 351,500 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $19.4 billion.
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| Latest market close | $62.60 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | $50.64 - $73.25 |
| 50-day moving average | $61.05 |
| 200-day moving average | $61.18 |
| Wall St. target price | $65.52 |
| PE ratio | 14.2321 |
| Dividend yield | $1.12 (1.87%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $4.48 |
Note: The dollar amounts in the table below are in Canadian dollars.
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Historical closes compared with the close of $62.6 from 2023-06-07
| 1 week (2023-06-01) | 0.66% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2023-05-08) | 1.56% |
| 3 months (2023-03-08) | 1.74% |
| 6 months (2022-12-08) | 5.56% |
| 1 year (2022-06-08) | -14.38% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2021-06-04) | N/A |
| 3 years (2020-06-08) | 6.86% |
| 5 years (2018-06-08) | 77.11 |
Valuing Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
| Revenue TTM | $19.4 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 15.52% |
| Gross profit TTM | $7 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | 10.59% |
| Return on equity TTM | 18.73% |
| Profit margin | 11.88% |
| Book value | $24.97 |
| Market capitalisation | $32.4 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A.
When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.
Total ESG risk: 19.2
Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A's overall score of 19.2 (as at 01/01/2019) is pretty good – landing it in it in the 27th percentile of companies rated in the same sector.
ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).
Environmental score: 0.04/100
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A's environmental score of 0.04 puts it squarely in the 1st percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Social score: 13.31/100
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A's social score of 13.31 puts it squarely in the 1st percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.
Governance score: 6.35/100
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A's governance score puts it squarely in the 1st percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Controversy score: 2/5
ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A scored a 2 out of 5 for controversy – the second-highest score possible, reflecting that Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A has, for the most part, managed to keep its nose clean.
Dividend payout ratio: 25.28% of net profits
Recently Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A has paid out, on average, around 25.28% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 1.87% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A shareholders could enjoy a 1.87% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A's case, that would currently equate to about $1.12 per share.
While Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A's most recent dividend payout was on 30 May 2023. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 18 May 2023 (the "ex-dividend date").
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 10 March 2014. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A shares which in turn could have impacted Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A's share price.
Over the last 12 months, Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A's shares have ranged in value from as little as $50.6409 up to $73.2511. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A's is 1.102. This would suggest that Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A's shares are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).
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 offers customer experience enhancement, robotic process automation, analytics, and AI services in areas, such as digital lending, fraud detection, and next generation payments; the shift towards consumerism, outcome-based contracting, digital health, delivering integrated seamless, omni-channel, and patient-centered experience; and services that drive operational improvements in areas, such as clinical development, pharmacovigilance, and manufacturing, as well as claims processing, enrollment, membership, and billing to healthcare providers and payers, and life sciences companies, including pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device companies. It also provides solution to manufacturers, automakers, retailers and travel and hospitality companies, as well as companies providing logistics, energy and utility services; and digital content, the creation of personalized user experience, and acceleration of digital engineering services to communications, media and entertainment, education, and information services and technology companies. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey. .
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