CTSHCognizant

$62.07

Is the price fair?

What CTSH's price assumes

Cognizant trades at 13.5× earnings against 19.4× for the median Information Technology Services name, cheaper than its own group.

13.5

Trailing P/E · Information Technology Services median 19.4 · cheaper than the typical name in its group

Price / sales
1.36

Price / sales · as of 2026-Q1

Free cash flow yield
12%

Free cash flow yield · Information Technology Services median 12%

Growth the price implies
−6.1%

Growth the price implies · The price pays for −6.1% free cash flow growth a year for a decade; the business has delivered −2.7% a year over the last three.

Details
Price / book2026-Q1
1.93
EV / EBIT2026-Q1
8.31
EV / sales2026-Q1
1.31
Technology median P/E376 names
37.0
Information Technology Services median P/E40 names
19.4
Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
$2.47B
Market capitalisation
$20.7B
3-year revenue growth
+3.3%
3-year free cash flow growth
−2.7%
What the market has paid for these earnings: 37 quarters of its own multiple × $4.60 of trailing earnings per share
MethodPer share
Its own P/E history, lower quartile$73.25
Its own P/E history, median$77.01
Its own P/E history, upper quartile$95.71
52-week range$40.95 – $85.66
Today$62.07

Multiples from SEC filings and end-of-day closes; implied growth from a reverse discounted cash flow. Group medians across the names Ryufin tracks.