Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp (NASDAQ: CTSH) on Tuesday, soared 0.11% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $72.73. Within the past 52 weeks, CTSH’s price has moved between $65.15 and $90.82.
A company in the Technology sector has jumped its sales by 6.50% annually for the last half of the decade. The company achieved an average annual earnings per share of 9.01%. With a float of $480.64 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $483.00 million.
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp (CTSH) Insider and Institutional Ownership
Observing investor behavior towards Information Technology Services industry stocks is more important than anything else. The insider ownership of Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp is 0.41%, while institutional ownership is 102.67%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Oct 29 ’25, was worth 187,950. In this transaction CLO, CAO & Corporate Secretary of this company sold 2,500 shares at a rate of $75.18, taking the stock ownership to the 36,630 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Oct 29 ’25, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 2,500 for $67.82, making the entire transaction worth $169,550.
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp (CTSH) Latest Financial update
As on 12/31/2024, Multinational firm has announced its last quarter scores, in which it reported 1.21 earnings per share (EPS) for the period topping the consensus outlook (set at 1.13) by 0.08. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 1.34 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 9.01% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 8.69% 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
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp (CTSH) is currently performing well based on its current performance indicators. A quick ratio of 2.36 was reported for the most recent quarter. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 1.68. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 13.26.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 4.31, a number that is poised to hit 1.32 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 5.61 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 7.25 million. That was better than the volume of 3.98 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 66.92%.
During the past 100 days, Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp’s (CTSH) raw stochastic average was set at 46.55%, which indicates a significant decrease from 72.81% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 1.70 in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 1.50 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $69.04, while its 200-day Moving Average is $75.66. However, in the short run, Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $73.64. Second resistance stands at $74.46. The third major resistance level sits at $75.04. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $72.24, it is likely to go to the next support level at $71.66. The third support level lies at $70.84 if the price breaches the second support level.
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp (NASDAQ: CTSH) Key Stats
Market capitalization of the company is 35.14 billion based on 488,396K outstanding shares. Right now, sales total 19,736 M and income totals 2,240 M. The company made 5,415 M in profit during its latest quarter, and 274,000 K in sales during its previous quarter.
