During the recent session, Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp (NASDAQ:CTSH)’s traded shares were 0.93 million, with the beta value of the company hitting 0.96. At the last check today, the stock’s price was $79.22, reflecting an intraday gain of 0.01% or $0.01. The 52-week high for the CTSH share is $90.82, that puts it down -14.64 from that peak though still a striking 19.48% gain since the share price plummeted to a 52-week low of $63.79. The company’s market capitalization is $39.05B, and the average trade volume was 4.35 million shares over the past three months.
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp (CTSH) received a consensus recommendation of Hold from analysts. That translates to a mean rating of 2.69. CTSH has a Sell rating from 0 analyst(s) out of 10 analysts who have looked at this stock. 7 analyst(s) recommend to Hold the stock while 0 suggest Overweight, and 3 recommend a Buy rating for it. 0 analyst(s) has rated the stock Underweight. Company’s earnings per share (EPS) for the current quarter are expected to be 1.26.
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp (NASDAQ:CTSH) trade information
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp (CTSH) registered a 0.01% upside in the last session and has traded in the green over the past 5 sessions. The stock spiked 0.01% in intraday trading to $79.22, hitting a weekly high. The stock’s 5-day price performance is 1.95%, and it has moved by 8.68% in 30 days. Based on these gigs, the overall price performance for the year is 17.08%.
The consensus price target of analysts on Wall Street is $95, which implies an increase of 16.61% to the stock’s current value. The extremes of the forecast give a target low and a target high price of $95 and $95 respectively. As a result, CTSH is trading at a discount of -19.92% off the target high and -19.92% off the low.
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp (CTSH) estimates and forecasts
In the rating firms’ projections, revenue will increase 5.37% compared to the previous financial year.
As companies strive to predict their financial trajectories, we turn our attention to the forthcoming financial quarter. Here are the insights gathered from industry analysts. Revenue for the current quarter is expected to be 5.17B as predicted by 17 analyst(s). Meanwhile, a consensus of 16 analyst(s) estimates revenue growth to 5.25B by the end of current fiscal year. As per earnings report from last fiscal year’s results, sales for the corresponding quarters totaled 4.85B and 5.04B respectively. In this case, analysts expect current quarter sales to grow by 6.54% and then jump by 4.17% in the coming quarter.
An analysis of the company’s performance over the past 5 years shows that the company’s earnings grew an estimated 6.50%. While earnings are projected to return 6.75% in 2025, the next five years will return 7.60% per annum.
CTSH Dividends
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp is due to release its next quarterly earnings in June. However, it is important to remember that the dividend yield ratio is merely an indicator meant to only serve as guidance. Investors should also take the other fundamental and operational aspects into account before investing in the stock. The forward dividend ratio for Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp is 1.21, with the dividend yield indicating at 1.53 percent, continuing the trend of increasing dividends in recent years.
The next largest institutional holding, with 53.01 million shares, is of BLACKROCK INC.’s that is approximately 10.6658% of outstanding shares. At the market price on 2024-06-30, these shares were valued at $3.6 billion.
Also, the Mutual Funds coming in first place with the largest holdings of Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp (CTSH) shares are VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and Dodge & Cox Funds-Dodge & Cox Stock Fund . Data provided on Dec 31, 2024 indicates that VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund owns about 15.53 shares. This amounts to just over 3.15 percent of the company’s overall shares, with a $1.23 billion market value. The same data shows that the other fund manager holds slightly less at 14.42, or about 2.93% of the stock, which is worth about $1.14 billion.
