CognizantCTSH
About: Cognizant is a global IT services provider, offering consulting and outsourcing services to some of the world's largest enterprises spanning the financial services, media and communications, healthcare, natural resources, and consumer products industries. Cognizant employs nearly 350,000 people globally, roughly 70% of whom are in India, although the company's headquarters are in Teaneck, New Jersey.
Employees: 336,800
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q3 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
90% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 116 | Existing positions closed: 61
8% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $33.6B [Q2] → $36.5B (+$2.83B) [Q3]
5% more funds holding
Funds holding: 887 [Q2] → 933 (+46) [Q3]
4.12% less ownership
Funds ownership: 99.45% [Q2] → 95.32% (-4.12%) [Q3]
9% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 11 [Q2] → 10 (-1) [Q3]
19% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 301 | Existing positions reduced: 373
30% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $354M | Put options by funds: $504M
Research analyst outlook
5 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
5 analyst ratings
Barclays Ramsey El-Assal 66% 1-year accuracy 37 / 56 met price target | 14%upside $103 | Overweight Maintained | 10 Feb 2025 |
RBC Capital Daniel Perlin 81% 1-year accuracy 42 / 52 met price target | 3%upside $93 | Sector Perform Maintained | 6 Feb 2025 |
Morgan Stanley James Faucette 78% 1-year accuracy 21 / 27 met price target | 6%downside $85 | Equal-Weight Maintained | 6 Feb 2025 |
BMO Capital Keith Bachman 75% 1-year accuracy 39 / 52 met price target | 4%upside $94 | Market Perform Maintained | 6 Feb 2025 |
UBS Kevin Mcveigh 73% 1-year accuracy 11 / 15 met price target | 5%downside $86 | Neutral Maintained | 3 Feb 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 25 articles about CTSH published over the past 30 days









