Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for CTSH in the last 90 days.
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Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH) Stock Analysis & Forecast
Nov 4 close
$65.78+1.95 (+3.1%)
Gekko Brief
Nov 4 closeCognizant Technology Solutions closed at $65.78 on 4 November 2026, +3.1% on the day. The price sits above both the 50-day ($62.35) and 200-day ($58.67) moving averages, inside a 52-week range of $37.08 to $87.03. The GekkoIndex reads 55.3, in the Neutral zone, up 2.1 points over five sessions. Gekko Fair Value is $80.88, so the price is 18.7% below it.
The next earnings report is due on 3 February 2027, 90 days away (before open). Over the last 8 reports the company beat the earnings estimate 7 times, with an average move of 4.1% across the report. Smart-money activity over the last 90 days includes 2 Congress purchases and 0 sales. Seasonally, the next 20 trading days from this point averaged +7.3% over the last 5 years, rising in 4 of them.
17 firms rate the stock: 9 buy, 8 hold and 0 sell, with a consensus target of $69.50. A typical daily move is about 4.6%, and a typical 20-day move about 5.2%. On the swing-trade checklist, 5 items read supportive and 0 read as a headwind.
A plain summary of the figures as of the Nov 4, 2026 close.
Cognizant Technology Solutions price vs fair value
Close $65.78200-day averageGekko Fair Value $80.88
Cognizant Technology Solutions quick facts
- Market cap
- $29.41B
- P/E ratio
- 11.9
- Forward P/E
- 10.4
- EPS, TTM
- $5.48
- Revenue, TTM
- $21.89B
- Profit margin
- 11.7%
- Dividend yield
- 2.03%
- Beta
- 0.83
- Volume
- 10.84M avg 6.87M
- 1-year return
- −9.6%
- Typical daily move
- ±4.6%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±5.2%
- 50-day average
- $62.35
- 200-day average
- $58.67
- Next earnings
- Feb 3 before open
- Shares outstanding
- 447.0M
Cognizant Technology Solutions swing-trade checklist
Cognizant Technology Solutions scores 5 supportive, 1 mixed and 0 headwinds across the 6 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
5 supportive1 mixed0 headwinds
- Trendsupportive
Above 50 and 200-day
Close $65.78 is above the 50-day ($62.35) and 200-day ($58.67) averages, and the 50-day is above the 200-day.
See the chart - GekkoIndexmixed
55.3, Neutral
Reading 55.3 is in the Neutral zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valuesupportive
18.7% below
Price is 18.7% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).
See fair value - Smart moneysupportive
Leans bullish
Last 90 days: Congress 2 buys / 0 sales.
See smart money - Earnings risksupportive
Reports in 90 days
Next report Feb 3, 2027, 90 days away — outside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalitysupportive
+7.3% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +7.3% over 5 years, rising in 4 of them.
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Cognizant Technology Solutions stock chart and price history
Cognizant Technology Solutions closed at $65.78 on Nov 4, 2026, −9.6% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $37.08 to $87.03.
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- +15.0%
- 3 months
- +15.6%
- 6 months
- +28.2%
- 1 year
- −9.6%
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About Cognizant Technology Solutions
Cognizant Technology Solutions works as a professional services firm, offering consulting, technology and outsourcing work to organizations across North America, Europe and other regions. It is best known for helping large enterprises modernize their operations through digital tools, automation and data-driven services rather than through a single product line.
The business is organized into four areas. In financial services, it works on customer experience, robotic process automation and AI-driven tools for lending, fraud detection and payments. In healthcare, it supports providers, payers, and life sciences companies such as pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device firms, helping them shift toward more consumer-focused and outcome-based models while handling functions like clinical development, claims and billing. Its products and resources arm serves manufacturers, retailers, travel and hospitality businesses, and logistics, energy and utility companies, while its communications, media and technology division works with content, media, telecom and technology firms on digital engineering and personalized user experiences.
Founded in 1994, Cognizant Technology Solutions is headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey. Its shares are listed on the NASDAQ under the ticker CTSH.
- Listed
- NASDAQ
- Sector
- Technology services
- Industry
- Information technology services
- Website
- cognizant.com
Cognizant Technology Solutions GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
Cognizant Technology Solutions’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 55.3, in the Neutral zone, up 2.1 points over five sessions.
55.3Neutral
Up 2.1 points over five sessions.
Reading for Nov 4, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 66 | −0.6% | +2.4% | ||
| Accumulation | 243 | −0.4% | 0.0% | ||
| Neutral (current zone) | 321 | +0.4% | −0.7% | ||
| Distribution | 65 | +0.2% | +1.6% | ||
| Selling | 2 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average CTSH share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Neutral readings averaged +1.0% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
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Is Cognizant Technology Solutions stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
Cognizant Technology Solutions trades 18.7% below Gekko Fair Value of $80.88, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Cognizant Technology Solutions shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$80.88
Gekko Fair Value, Nov 4, 2026
18.7% Undervalued
At the end of Aug 2026 the price was 19.1% below the estimate.
Gekko Fair ValueShare price, month end
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Cognizant Technology Solutions insider and Congress trading
No open-market insider purchases were filed for Cognizant Technology Solutions, and members of Congress disclosed 2 purchases and 0 sales, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
Congress trades last 90 days
2trades disclosed: 2 purchases and 0 sales.
| Member | Amount | Disclosed |
|---|---|---|
| Ro Khanna House, CA, purchase | $1,001 - $15,000 | Oct 9 traded Sep 25 |
| Ro Khanna House, CA, purchase | $1,001 - $15,000 | Sep 7 traded Aug 10 |
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
Buybacks
Cognizant Technology Solutions has been buying back its own shares.
- Bought back, quarter ended Sep 30, 2026
- $270.0M
- As a share of market cap
- 0.92%
- Trailing four quarters
- $2.22B
From company filings.
Hedge funds and billionaires quarter ended Jun 30
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Cognizant Technology Solutions earnings: next date and track record
Cognizant Technology Solutions reports on Feb 3, 2027, before the open (90 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 7 of its last 8 reports.
Next earnings report
Feb 3, 2027
Expected before the open, 90 days away
- EPS estimate
- $1.51
- Revenue estimate
- $5.55B
7 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±4.1%average move across the report
5 of 8reports followed by a gain
Share-price move across each report
Last earnings call, Jul 29, 2026 AI summary
- What they said
- Cognizant's Q2 2026 earnings call highlighted solid organic revenue growth of 4.1% year-over-year in constant currency and continued adjusted operating margin expansion for the sixth consecutive quarter. Growth was driven by North America, financial services (up nearly 12% YoY), BPO strength, and increasing AI adoption across services. The company reported serial bookings growth (TTM bookings up to $29 billion), seven large deals over $100 million, and more than 8,000 AI engagements. Management emphasized AI capabilities building, frontier talent training (Claude and Gemini certifications), and platform-led offerings, including agentic AI for BPO and physical AI for products and resources. CFO noted $1.1 billion in share repurchases and Project LEAP cost savings (approx. $84 million in Q2 with $55 million severance). Headcount is expected to be range-bound with approx. 20,000 new college grads by year-end; gross margins improved sequentially by ~60 bps in Q2. Guidance implied an exit-rate strength and sequential Q4 uplift assumptions with furloughs assumed lower. Management expressed confidence in bookings momentum and second-half acceleration, especially in financial services and AI-led deals.
- Guidance
- Management provided forward-looking tone and assumptions rather than explicit numerical guidance in the transcript. They mentioned expectations for a stronger second half, confidence in bookings for the rest of the year, assumptions of slightly superior sequential growth in Q4 due to deal ramps and lower furloughs, and that Project LEAP savings are baked into their guidance range. No explicit revenue or EPS numeric guidance is stated in the transcript.
- Risks flagged
- Risks noted include complex market conditions, client pauses on AI due to token costs and ROI concerns, potential furlough seasonality impacts (banking/financial services), and the need for heavy investments to productionize AI (context assembly, guardrails, model routing). Also, legacy modernization and cautious demand in health sciences were mentioned.
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | $1.37 est $1.38 | $5.48B est $5.48B | +7.1% |
| Apr 29, 2026 | $1.40 est $1.34 | $5.41B est $5.41B | −4.0% |
| Feb 4, 2026 | $1.35 est $1.32 | $5.33B est $5.31B | +3.1% |
| Oct 29, 2025 | $1.39 est $1.30 | $5.42B est $5.32B | +6.4% |
| Jul 30, 2025 | $1.31 est $1.26 | $5.25B est $5.19B | −4.2% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | $1.23 est $1.20 | $5.12B est $5.06B | +2.6% |
| Feb 5, 2025 | $1.21 est $1.12 | $5.08B est $5.07B | +4.2% |
| Oct 30, 2024 | $1.25 est $1.15 | $5.04B est $4.99B | −1.2% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
Cognizant Technology Solutions stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Cognizant Technology Solutions is $69.50, +5.7% from the last close, from 17 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
$69.50consensus 12-month target, +5.7% from the last close
Now $65.78Avg $69.50
Low $55High $82
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 17 firms.
Latest analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 4 | DBS | $77 | +17.1% |
| Nov 3 | Mizuho Securities | $69 | +4.9% |
| Oct 30 | Guggenheim | $80 | +21.6% |
| Oct 30 | BMO Capital | $68 | +3.4% |
| Oct 30 | Wedbush | $70 | +6.4% |
−0.7%average 20-day move after past Neutral readings
+7.3%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±4.6%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Cognizant Technology Solutions seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Nov 4, Cognizant Technology Solutions averaged +7.3% across the last 5 years, rising in 4 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | +4.3% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | +4.4% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | +6.4% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +7.3% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +9.7% | 5 of 5 |
For scale, CTSH’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 5.2%.
Cognizant Technology Solutions market cap and key statistics
Cognizant Technology Solutions’s market cap is $29.41B, with a P/E ratio of 11.9 and revenue of $21.89B over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $29.41B
- P/E ratio
- 11.9
- Forward P/E
- 10.4
- EPS, TTM
- $5.48
- Gekko Fair Value
- $80.88
Trading
- Volume
- 10.84M
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 6.87M
- 52-week high
- $87.03
- 52-week low
- $37.08
- Shares outstanding
- 447.0M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $21.89B
- Profit margin
- 11.7%
- Return on equity
- 17.4%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- +148.2%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 0.83
- Typical daily move
- ±4.6%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±5.2%
- Dividend yield
- 2.03%
Cognizant Technology Solutions stock news this week
Coverage of Cognizant Technology Solutions this week reads positive: 3 positive, 2 neutral and 0 negative headlines.
- Cognizant to Present at the BMO Technology and Innovation Leaders ConferencePRNewsWire, Nov 4
- Don't Overlook Cognizant (CTSH) International Revenue Trends While Assessing the StockZacks Investment Research, Nov 3
- Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A (CTSH) Financials – Balance Sheet, Profit & Loss, Cash FlowValue Research, Nov 3
- Cognizant (CTSH) is a Top-Ranked Momentum Stock: Should You Buy?Zacks Investment Research, Nov 2
- Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH) Stock Price, Chart & Analysiswww.debelegger.nl, Nov 2
- Cognizant zet meer dan 25.000 professionals in voor de implementatie van OpenAI-oplossingen nu ondernemingen geavanceerde AI in productie nemenPRNewsWire, Oct 31
Cognizant Technology Solutions peers
Cognizant Technology Solutions’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| IBMInternational Business Machines | Neutral | 8.4% below |
| ACNAccenture | Neutral | 14.6% above |
| NETCloudflare | Accumulation | 11.4% below |
| FTNTFortinet | Buying | 5.1% above |
| WDAYWorkday | Neutral | 15.9% above |
| HPQHP | Accumulation | 6.2% below |
A peer links to its own page where one exists.
Cognizant Technology Solutions stock FAQ
What is Cognizant Technology Solutions’s market cap?
Cognizant Technology Solutions’s market cap is $29.41B at the Nov 4, 2026 close of $65.78, with 447.0M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 11.9.
What is the Cognizant Technology Solutions stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Cognizant Technology Solutions is $69.50, +5.7% from the last close. Of the 17 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 9 rate it a buy, 8 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is Cognizant Technology Solutions stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate Cognizant Technology Solutions is undervalued: the Nov 4, 2026 close of $65.78 is 18.7% below Gekko Fair Value of $80.88. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does Cognizant Technology Solutions report earnings next?
Cognizant Technology Solutions is expected to report on Feb 3, 2027, before the market opens (90 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $1.51 per share on revenue of $5.55B. Cognizant Technology Solutions beat the earnings estimate in 7 of its last 8 reports, moving 4.1% on average across the report.
What is Cognizant Technology Solutions’s 52-week high and low?
Cognizant Technology Solutions’s 52-week high is $87.03 and its 52-week low is $37.08; it closed at $65.78 on Nov 4, 2026, −9.6% over the past year. Over the last five years the shares peaked at $93.47 on Mar 22, 2022.
Is Cognizant Technology Solutions stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 5 of the 6 items with data read as supportive (trend, fair value, smart money, earnings risk and seasonality), 1 as mixed (gekkoindex). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
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