XNAS · Information Technology Services
Last stored close · Nov 10, 2026
Close · Nov 10, 2026
$65.00+2.20%
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TickerWhale Score
61/100
Positive
Score components
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Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp - scores 61 out of 100 overall, which we rate positive. Risk is its strongest area and Quality & growth its weakest.
What helps
- Technical
- Valuation
- Risk
What to watch
- Quality & growth
- Sentiment Signal
Quality & growth
30%41Weak
- Revenue growth 5.6%
- EPS growth -5.5%
Valuation
25%83Strong
- P/E 13.6
- EV/Sales 1.4
Cognizant Technology Solutions is a multinational IT services provider that offers a range of consulting and business process outsourcing services. Originally founded in India, the company is headquartered in the US and serves enterprise customers spanning the financial services, healthcare, and resources industries. With most of its workforce located in India, Cognizant leverages a global delivery model that helps clients outsource their IT needs to offshore labor.
#348 by market cap in our coverage · ~356,700 employees · Listed 1998-06-19 · www.cognizant.com
Price history
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Market intelligence
Peer position
#31 / 205sector rank by TickerWhale Score
TickerWhale Score 61 vs sector average 47.9 (+13.1)
Revenue growth (industry)Top 76%
Gross margin (industry)Top 44%
Return on equity (industry)Top 65%
P/E (industry)Cheaper than 81%
Technical analysis
our read · what classic indicators sayTickerWhale technical read
57/100Positive vs universe
Ranks 57th of 100 covered names on our technical composite — the composite itself scores 61/100 · 25% of the TickerWhale Score
Classic chart indicators
Buy
3 buy · 2 sell · 3 neutral of 8 votes
TickerWhale rates CTSH's technical setup middling — 57th percentile of the covered universe. Classic chart indicators lean buy, pointing the same way.
Moving averages
6 / 9constructive
- vs 200-day+11.5%
- vs 50-day+4.1%
Momentum
Mixed
- RSI (14)52 · neutral
- Stochasticbuy
- CCIneutral
- Williams %Rneutral
Trend
Mixed
- ADX (14) trend strength23· trending
- MACD (12,26,9)sell(histogram -0.504)
How the classic verdict is reached
Moving averages (9) agree on buy — 6 buy vs 1 sell — and carry one vote between them.
Oscillators (7) vote individually: 2 buy · 2 sell · 3 neutral.
Result — 3 buy vs 2 sell of 8 votes = Buy. Neutral votes never decide the verdict.
Fundamentals & valuation
2026-11-10 · revised_latestValuation multiples
- P/E (TTM)13.6
- P/S (TTM)1.4
- P/B2.1
- EV/EBITDA—
- EV/Sales1.4
- PEG—
Profitability & returns
- Gross margin33.4%
- Net margin10.3%
- ROE15.0%
- Debt/Equity0.11
Growth
- Revenue growth (YoY)5.6%
- EPS growth (YoY)-5.5%
Green favourable · red stretched — multiples and D/E vs industry peers, margins and growth vs absolute thresholds.
Market capitalisation — $30.3B
Fundamentals history
Reported statement totals across recent periods.
| Metric | Dec '25 | Dec '24 | Dec '23 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $21.1B | $19.7B | $19.4B |
| Gross profit | $7.1B | $6.8B | $6.7B |
| Operating income | $3.4B | $2.9B | $2.7B |
| Net income | $2.2B | $2.2B | $2.1B |
| EPS (diluted) | $4.56 | $4.51 | $4.21 |
| Free cash flow | $2.7B | $1.8B | $2.0B |
| Cash | $1.9B | $2.2B | $2.6B |
| Total debt | $1.2B | $1.5B | $1.3B |
| Equity | $15.0B | $14.4B | $13.2B |
| Net debt | -$749M | -$751M | -$1.3B |
| Debt / equity | 0.08 | 0.10 | 0.10 |
| Liabilities / assets | 0.27 | 0.28 | 0.28 |
Fundamentals are stored revised/latest (ADR-009): each period reflects the most recent vendor refresh, NOT point-in-time as-reported values. Do not use this series to claim what was known on a past date.
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Peers
| Company | Score | Pulse | P/E | P/E fwd | P/B | EV/Sales | Price | Chg | Estimate | Upside | Rev. gr. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CTSHCurrentCognizant Technology Solutions Corp - | 61 | 61 | 13.6 | — | 2.1 | 1.4 | $65.00 | +2.20% | +5.6% | ||
| DUOLDuolingo Inc - | 77 | 67 | 19.1 | — | 5.6 | 5.8 | $156.67 | +1.57% | +29.4% | ||
| GGenpact | 75 | 78 | 12.6 | — | 2.8 | 1.5 | $43.07 | +1.22% | +6.5% | ||
| LYFTLyft Inc Cls A | 75 | 57 | 2.3 | — | 2.2 | 0.9 | $17.02 | +1.55% | +10.8% | ||
| MSFTMicrosoft | 75 | 71 | 29.7 | — | 9.0 | 12.0 | $533.16 | -2.20% | +17.8% | ||
| KVYOKlaviyo Inc - Series A | 71 | 62 | 893.2 | — | 6.3 | 3.8 | $20.43 | -1.87% | +28.9% |
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