2.17% volatility in Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp (CTSH) last month: This is a red flag warning

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp (NASDAQ: CTSH) kicked off on Friday, down -1.02% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $77.21. Over the past 52 weeks, CTSH has traded in a range of $63.79-$90.82.

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A company in the Technology sector has jumped its sales by 3.39% annually for the last half of the decade. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded 5.40%. With a float of $492.03 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $495.00 million.

In an organization with 336800 employees, it is important to assess its efficiency. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 32.35%, operating margin of 14.92%, and the pretax margin is 14.89%.

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp (CTSH) Insider Updates

Our next focus will be how large-scale investors are participating in this stock of the Information Technology Services Industry. The insider ownership of Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp is 0.52%, while institutional ownership is 96.70%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Mar 14 ’25, was worth 253,867. In this transaction Director of this company sold 3,225 shares at a rate of $78.72, taking the stock ownership to the 6,775 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Mar 14 ’25, when Company’s Director proposed sale 3,225 for $78.95, making the entire transaction worth $254,614.

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp (CTSH) Performance Highlights and Predictions

Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 1.23 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 5.40% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 7.41% during the next five years compared to 6.50% growth over the previous five years of trading.

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp (NASDAQ: CTSH) Trading Performance Indicators

Take a look at Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp’s (CTSH) current performance indicators. Last quarter, stock had a quick ratio of 2.09. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 1.92. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 20.69.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 4.51, a number that is poised to hit 1.20 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 5.38 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp (CTSH)

Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 4.78 million. That was better than the volume of 3.88 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 13.35%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 1.88.

During the past 100 days, Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp’s (CTSH) raw stochastic average was set at 18.69%, which indicates a significant increase from 7.98% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 22.51% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 22.41% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $82.31, while its 200-day Moving Average is $76.99. However, in the short run, Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $77.08. Second resistance stands at $77.74. The third major resistance level sits at $78.53. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $75.63, it is likely to go to the next support level at $74.84. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $74.18.

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp (NASDAQ: CTSH) Key Stats

The company with the Market Capitalisation of 37.80 billion has total of 494,616K Shares Outstanding. Its annual sales at the moment are 19,736 M in contrast with the sum of 2,240 M annual income. Company’s last quarter sales were recorded 5,082 M and last quarter income was 546,000 K.