Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A is an information technology services business based in the US. Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A shares (CTSH.US) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US dollars. Its last market close was $65.68 – a decrease of 1.28% over the previous day. Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A employs 347,700 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $19.4 billion.
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Over the last 12 months, Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A's shares have ranged in value from as little as $57.4918 up to $80.09. 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 1.066. 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).
Historical closes compared with the last close of $65.68
| 1 week (2024-04-24) | -1.62% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2024-04-01) | -8.37% |
| 3 months (2024-02-01) | -15.68% |
| 6 months (2023-11-01) | 3.19% |
| 1 year (2023-05-01) | 10.61% |
| 2 years (2022-04-27) | -21.78% |
| 3 years (2021-04-29) | -18.31% |
| 5 years (2019-05-01) | -1.40% |
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Valuing a stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge value. Check out the Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A P/E ratio, PEG ratio and EBITDA
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A's current stock price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 16x. In other words, Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A stocks trade at around 16x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the United States stock markets on average as of November 09, 2023 (20.44). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.2043. A PEG ratio over 1 can be interpreted as meaning shares are overvalued at the current rate of growth, or may anticipate an acceleration in growth.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the stock prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is a whopping $3.4 billion.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
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