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Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH) stock analysis

$69.55+2.01%Data as of Oct 21, 2026
  • CTSH gained 18.5% over the past month versus 0.0% for the S&P 500, ranking 13th of 497 S&P 500 stocks.
  • Over 12 months it returned +5.3%, 10.5 points behind the S&P 500, and trades 19.4% below its 52-week high.
  • In the last 30 days 2 analysts raised earnings estimates and 2 cut; forward EPS moved +0.3% (+2.6% over 90 days).
  • It sits in the Implementation & technology services segment of the Enterprise IT & Services, where the 1-month median return is +19.3%.
  • The daily chart reads Trend transition · Breakout retest (since Oct 21, 2026).
Market cap$31.3B
12-month return+5.3%
Forward P/E11.0×
Mean target vs price−4.9%

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Performance vs the market

Total price return against the S&P 500 (SPY) and the median of US stocks in the same sector.

CTSH+18.5%
Sector median−3.0%
S&P 5000.0%
CTSH+61.7%
Sector median−0.1%
S&P 500+4.7%
CTSH+18.3%
Sector median+0.8%
S&P 500+8.7%
CTSH+5.3%
Sector median0.0%
S&P 500+15.8%
1-month rank in the S&P 50013 / 497
1-month rank in the Nasdaq 1003 / 100
3-month rank in its sector · Technology38 / 650

Chart structure

Read by our daily-bar structure engine from swing highs, swing lows and moving averages.

Trend transition · Breakout retestConfirmed

Holding since Oct 21, 2026

  • Close above EMA20 above EMA50
  • EMA50 rose over the last ten sessions
  • Intermediate and long-term directions differ
This pattern on this stock

34 occurrences in 10 years. The median move over the next 20 sessions was −1.4%, positive 44% of the time, against +0.8% for any day in the same period.

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Analyst earnings revisions

Changes to the consensus forward-EPS estimate. Rising estimates mean analysts see more profit ahead.

Forward EPS$6.34
30-day change+0.3%
90-day change+2.6%
Mean target$66.14 −4.9%
Raised (30d) 2Cut (30d) 2

25 analysts cover the stock

Fundamental shape vs peers

Six dimensions on fixed scales. The filled shape is the company; the outline is the peer average.

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Ahead of peersMomentum, Valuation

Behind peersProfit

PeersIBM · ACN · INFY · WIT

Where it sits in the supply chain

Enterprise IT & Services · Channels & implementation

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Supplied by
Industrial & public-sector software+26.1%
PTC+38.8%1 monthTYL+13.5%1 month
Its segment
Implementation & technology services+19.3%
ACN+30.8%1 monthIBM+8.7%1 monthCTSH+18.5%1 monthEPAM+20.1%1 monthNEC1 month

Implementation and technology services turn systems into workflows.

Sells into
Enterprise & public customers

Figures are each company's 1-month return; the segment shows its median · Doubler daily batch · company chain maps

Risk profile

Max drawdown, 12M−55.1%
Volatility, 60D44.9%
From 52-week high−19.4%
From 52-week low+79.6%
Trailing P/E14.9×
Forward P/E11.0×
ACNAccentureIBMIBMEPAMEPAM Systems, Inc.PTCPTC Inc.TYLTyler Technologies, Inc.BRBroadridge Financial Solutions,CDWCDW CorporationFISFidelity National Information S

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