CTSH vs Peers Stock Comparison

Cognizant Technology Solutions Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group

Percentile Scorecard

CTSH

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisCTSH
Valuation 41 #17 of 28
Growth 55 #11 of 23
Profitability 94 #2 of 19
Financial Health 80 #9 of 40
Shareholder Returns 78 #3 of 10
Overall 69
  • CTSH ranked among 43 companies in Technology Services

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodCTSHSPY
1 month +20.9% -0.8%
3 months +47.4% +3.5%
6 months +26.9% +7.0%
Year to date -16.5% +12.2%
1 year +2.2% +13.0%
3 years +9.5% +86.3%
3 years, per year +3.1% +23.1%
5 years -10.8% +68.6%
5 years, per year -2.3% +11.0%
10 years +36.3% +258.0%
10 years, per year +3.1% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureCTSHSPY
Volatility, 1Y 43.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 43.4% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.10 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.05 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -58.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -20.0% -1.8%
52-week high $86.70 $779.14
52-week low $38.73 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleCTSH
P/E now vs peer median 14.6xmedian 15.3x
P/S now vs peer median 1.4xmedian 0.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 8.0xmedian 8.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median 12.1xmedian 8.5x
P/B now vs peer median 2.2xmedian 1.0x
PEG now vs peer median 4.45median 2.48

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsCTSH
Revenue $21.64B
Gross profit $7.24B
Operating income $3.44B
Net income $2.22B
Free cash flow $2.60B
EPS (diluted) $4.76
Cash & equivalents $1.04B
Total debt $1.56B
Shares (diluted) 466.00M
Enterprise value $24.51B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricCTSH
P/E 14.6x
P/FCF 12.1x
P/Operating cash flow 10.7x
P/S 1.4x
P/B 2.2x
P/Tangible book 2.5x
EV/EBITDA 8.0x
EV/EBIT 9.3x
EV/Revenue 1.5x
EV/FCF 12.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 10.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 4.45

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCTSH
Revenue growth (1Y) 5.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 3.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 3.4%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 2.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) 8.8%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 7.5%
Net income growth (1Y) -8.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 0.4%
EPS growth (1Y) -3.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 3.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 13.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 5.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 13.8%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 6.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCTSH
Gross margin 33.4%
EBITDA margin 18.5%
Operating margin 15.9%
Pretax margin 16.2%
Net margin 10.3%
FCF margin 12.0%
Operating cash flow margin 13.5%
Return on equity 15.0%
Return on assets 10.7%
Return on invested capital 13.7%
Return on capital employed 20.0%
Asset turnover 1.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue 0.9%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCTSH
Debt / assets 7.5%
Debt / equity 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.1x
Debt / FCF 0.6x
Liabilities / assets 30.6%
Equity / assets 69.4%
Interest coverage 95.4x
Current ratio 2.2x
Quick ratio 1.7x
Cash ratio 0.3x
Altman Z-score 5.76

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCTSH
Dividend yield 1.9%
Net buyback yield 7.5%
Shareholder yield 9.4%
Payout ratio (earnings) 27.8%
Payout ratio (FCF) 23.8%
Dividend growth (1Y) 1.8%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 2.3%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusCTSH
Forward P/E 12.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $5.61FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +6.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +10.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $20.77BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -1.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +7.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCTSH
Held by institutions 100.0%
Institutions holding 915
Change in shares held, QoQ +6.6%
Institutions buying 464
Institutions selling 352
Buyers to sellers 1.32

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