Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp (CTSH) stock

CTSHNasdaqServices-Computer Programming ServicesFiscal year ends December 31

Financials through Q3 FY2026, quarter ended Sep 30, 2026Last filing: 10-Q on Oct 29, 2026Score 22/3042% below fair value

$63.01−0.74 (-1.16%)

Close on Nov 13, 2026Market cap $28.17BP/E 11.5Yield 1.97%

Cognizant Technology Solutions statistics

114 measures from SEC filings and the closing price. Hover a name for the formula; the last column is the median of companies in the same industry group.

Important dates

Next earnings: Feb 3, 2027 (estimated, before the open)
Last ex-dividend date: Nov 13, 2026
Fundamentals through: Sep 30, 2026
Share price as of: Nov 13, 2026

Valuation ratiosIndustry

Market Cap: $28.17B; $792.38M
Enterprise Value: $28.17B; $779.89M
PE Ratio: 11.50; 25.88
PS Ratio: 1.29; 2.33
PB Ratio: 1.91; 2.73
P/TBV Ratio: 5.59; 4.73
P/FCF Ratio: 11.92; 15.38
P/OCF Ratio: 10.46; 12.99

Enterprise valuationIndustry

EV / Sales: 1.29; 2.10
EV / EBITDA: 7.02; 16.18
EV / EBIT: 8.18; 21.00
EV / FCF: 11.92; 15.48

Share statisticsIndustry

Shares Outstanding: 447M; 59M
Shares Change (YoY): -4.82%; 1.88%
Shares Change (QoQ): -0.88%; 0.04%
Float: 446M; 53M
Shares Held by Insiders: 0.14%; 13.1%
Shares Held by Institutions: 113.9%; 62.6%

Short sellingIndustry

Short Interest: 23M; –
Short Interest Change: -21.0%; -3.30%
Short % of Float: 5.19%; 5.82%
Short % of Shares Outstanding: 5.19%; 4.22%
Days to Cover: 3.34; 3.54

Stock price statisticsIndustry

52-Week High: $87.03; –
52-Week Low: $37.08; –
20-Day Moving Average: $66.20; –
50-Day Moving Average: $62.46; –
200-Day Moving Average: $57.98; –
Average True Range (14): $2.49; –
Price Change (1 Week): -2.64%; 0.50%
Price Change (1 Month): -4.20%; -1.81%
Price Change (3 Months): 11.3%; -4.67%
Price Change (6 Months): 33.7%; 0.47%
Price Change (YTD): -24.1%; -13.6%
Price Change (1 Year): -15.1%; -13.9%
Price Change (3 Years): -6.49%; -16.1%
Price Change (5 Years): -23.1%; -57.0%
Price Change (10 Years): 16.8%; 46.4%
Average Volume (10 Days): 5M; –
Average Volume (20 Days): 6M; –
Average Volume (90 Days): 7M; –
Relative Volume: 0.37; 0.64
Relative Strength Index (14): 46.5; 47.4
Volatility (1 Year): 43.3%; 65.4%
Beta (5 Years): 0.91; 1.19

MarginsIndustry

Gross Margin: 33.4%; 55.6%
Operating Margin: 15.7%; -2.03%
Pretax Margin: 15.9%; -0.85%
Profit Margin: 11.8%; -2.58%
EBITDA Margin: 18.3%; 0.72%
FCF Margin: 10.8%; 9.88%

Returns on capitalIndustry

Return on Equity (ROE): 17.4%; 1.34%
Return on Assets (ROA): 12.4%; -3.24%
Return on Invested Capital (ROIC): 18.3%; -0.09%
Return on Capital Employed (ROCE): 19.5%; -0.55%

Financial positionIndustry

Current Ratio: 2.22; 1.37
Quick Ratio: 1.76; 0.94
Debt / Equity: 0.11; 0.51
Debt / EBITDA: 0.39; 2.60
Debt / FCF: 0.66; 2.79
Net Debt / EBITDA: 0.00; 1.41
Interest Coverage: 73.23; -0.55

GrowthIndustry

Revenue Growth (YoY): 4.96%; 9.45%
Net Income Growth (YoY): 20.9%; 9.41%
EPS Growth (YoY): 27.1%; 12.3%
FCF Growth (YoY): -10.9%; 14.3%
Revenue Growth (3Y CAGR): 2.80%; 7.44%
Revenue Growth (5Y CAGR): 4.86%; 12.3%
EPS Growth (3Y CAGR): 1.12%; 13.7%
EPS Growth (5Y CAGR): 12.2%; 12.4%

EfficiencyIndustry

Asset Turnover: 1.06; 0.64
Revenue Per Employee: $62.26K; $394.08K
Profits Per Employee: $7.32K; -$7.02K
Employee Count: 351,600; 525
WACC: 9.34%; 10.3%

Income statement (TTM)Industry

Revenue: $21.89B; $257.79M
Gross Profit: $7.32B; $158.22M
Operating Income: $3.44B; -$638.82K
Pretax Income: $3.48B; -$315.88K
Net Income: $2.57B; -$309.55K
EBITDA: $4.02B; -$78.29K
EPS (Diluted): $5.48; $0.00

Balance sheetIndustry

Cash & Short-Term Investments: $1.55B; $41.99M
Total Debt: $1.55B; $179.41M
Net Cash (Debt): $0; $1.76M
Net Cash Per Share: $0.00; $0.12
Equity (Book Value): $14.73B; $51.00M
Book Value Per Share: $32.94; $1.98
Tangible Book Value: $5.04B; $2.87M
Working Capital: $4.45B; $16.25M

Cash flow (TTM)Industry

Operating Cash Flow: $2.69B; $5.65M
Capital Expenditures: -$331.00M; -$5.67M
Free Cash Flow: $2.36B; $35.58M
FCF Per Share: $5.29; $0.53

Dividends and yieldsIndustry

Earnings Yield: 9.13%; 0.37%
FCF Yield: 8.39%; 4.39%
Dividend Yield: 1.97%; 1.31%
Buyback Yield: 7.86%; 3.39%
Shareholder Yield: 9.83%; 3.74%
Dividend Per Share: $1.24; $1.04
Dividend Growth (YoY): 3.33%; 6.12%
Years of Dividend Growth: 6; 1
Payout Ratio: 23.9%; 30.7%
FCF Payout Ratio: 26.1%; 23.2%

Taxes and interestIndustry

Interest Expense: $47.00M; $3.48M
Income Tax: $911.00M; $1.63M
Effective Tax Rate: 26.2%; 22.4%

Scores and fair valueIndustry

Graham Number: $63.73; $16.88
Graham Upside: 1.15%; -55.0%
Altman Z-Score: 5.35; 1.96
Piotroski F-Score: 6; 5
Beneish M-Score: -2.50; -2.82
Lynch Fair Value: $66.59; –
Lynch Upside: 5.68%; -35.3%

Total return vs. the S&P 500

Price change plus reinvested dividends, to the close on Nov 13, 2026. The S&P 500 is measured by the SPY fund.

Period	CTSH	S&P 500	Difference	CTSH per year	S&P 500 per year
1 month	+3.3%	-3.0%	+6.3 pts
3 months	+7.5%	-2.8%	+10.2 pts
Year to date	-22.3%	+11.5%	−33.8 pts
1 year	-12.0%	+13.5%	−25.4 pts
3 years	+1.8%	+77.7%	−75.9 pts	+0.6%	+21.1%
5 years	-15.8%	+72.6%	−88.4 pts	-3.4%	+11.5%
10 years	+34.8%	+308.2%	−273.3 pts	+3.0%	+15.1%

Short interest

Shares sold short and not yet covered, reported by brokers to FINRA twice a month. Latest settlement date Oct 30, 2026.

23M CTSH shares were sold short on Oct 30, 2026, down 21.0% from the previous report, or 5.19% of the shares available to trade. At recent volumes it would take 3.3 days to buy them back. Over the last 20 sessions, 45.4% of the volume reported to FINRA was short selling.

Settlement date	Shares short	Change	Avg. daily volume	Days to cover
Oct 30, 2026	23,180,899	-21.0%	6,939,309	3.3
Oct 15, 2026	29,330,576	-11.3%	6,605,980	4.4
Sep 30, 2026	33,055,948	-8.3%	7,071,618	4.7
Sep 15, 2026	36,035,960	+1.2%	5,307,678	6.8
Aug 31, 2026	35,613,121	+0.0%	5,807,172	6.1
Aug 14, 2026	35,596,472	-20.6%	10,075,585	3.5
Jul 31, 2026	44,811,814	-21.5%	9,377,396	4.8
Jul 15, 2026	57,093,656	-4.4%	9,771,609	5.8
Jun 30, 2026	59,750,850	-0.1%	19,545,107	3.1
Jun 15, 2026	59,812,102	-0.7%	8,179,037	7.3
May 29, 2026	60,207,976	+27.1%	10,437,542	5.8
May 15, 2026	47,358,090	+15.1%	7,233,061	6.5

Ratios use trailing-twelve-month results and the latest balance sheet. How we calculate.

Where these numbers come from

Parsed from the XBRL in Cognizant Technology Solutions's annual and quarterly filings with the SEC
Per-share figures adjusted for the 2-for-1 split on Mar 10, 2014
Fourth quarters derived from the annual report minus nine months
Every figure in the statements links to its source filing

Against peers

Trailing twelve months. Peers are matched on business description, industry and size. Ticks are peers, the dot is CTSH.

Compare: CTSH vs INFY · CTSH vs EPAM · CTSH vs DXC · CTSH vs KD · CTSH vs LDOS

Revenue growth5.0% · median 1.3%

Gross margin33.4% · median 22.3%

Operating margin15.7% · median 10.5%

Net margin11.8% · median 7.5%

Company	Revenue	Growth
CTSH	$21.89B	+5.0%
LDOS	$17.63B	+3.4%
KD	$14.90B	-0.7%
DXC	$12.36B	-2.8%
EPAM	$5.65B	+6.6%
INFY	–	–

Company

Next earnings (est.): Feb 3, 2027, before open
Exchange: Nasdaq
Industry: Services-Computer Programming Services
Fiscal year ends: December 31
Employees: 351,600
Held by institutions: 100.0%
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
SEC CIK: 1058290

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