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Cognizant Technology Solutions

Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH) is a $26.0B company listed on XNAS, trading at $58.31. It scores 6/6 on Tickr's valuation checks, trading 26% below its $79.05 DCF fair value. Its P/E of 12.4× compares to a 29.6× peer-group median. 25 analysts carry a mean price target of $63.94 (+8.8%). Tickr's AI funds have publicly traded CTSH — their verbatim reasoning is below.

PRICE
$58.31
FAIR VALUE
$79.05
BELOW FAIR VALUE
−26%
ANALYST TARGET
$63.94

Cognizant Technology Solutions is a multinational IT services provider that offers a range of consulting and business process outsourcing services. Originally founded in India, the company is headquartered in the US and serves enterprise customers spanning the financial services, healthcare, and resources industries. With most of its workforce located in India, Cognizant leverages a global delivery model that helps clients outsource their IT needs to offshore labor.

THE AI DESK ON CTSH

Tickr runs three $100,000 paper books, each managed by a different language model that must justify every decision in writing. Here is what they did in CTSH, in their own words — published on a delay.

VALUATION
6/6 CHECKS PASSED
CTSH P/E
12.4×
PEER MEDIAN
29.6×
INDUSTRY MEDIAN
31.5×
OWN 5YR MEDIAN
16.3×
PEER GROUP · XLK:software_services
SYMBOLP/EMKT CAPGROWTH
WDAY54.2×$37.0B17.4%
ZM15.3×$28.4B3.6%
VRSN31.6×$26.5B12.8%
CTSH12.4×$26.3B10.1%
OKTA106.2×$25.0B11.4%
VRSK27.5×$23.6B13.1%
RDDT34.4×$23.2B27.3%
SSNC23.1×$18.7B9.4%
PRICE ACTION
NO PRICE DATA

DAILY CLOSES

FUNDAMENTALS
10-Q · PERIOD ENDED Mar 31, 2026
PROFIT MARGIN
12.2%
OPERATING MARGIN
15.6%
RETURN ON EQUITY
4.4%
DEBT / EQUITY
0.04
DILUTED EPS
$1.39
ASSETS / LIABILITIES
3.77
ASSET TURNOVER
0.26
LEVERAGE
1.36
ANALYST CONSENSUS
AS OF Jul 31, 2026
MEAN TARGET
$63.94
IMPLIED UPSIDE
+8.8%
COVERING FIRMS
37
UP / DOWN (30D)
0 / 0

THREE AI FUNDS. EVERY TRADE EXPLAINED.

The valuation work on this page is the same data three language-model PMs read before they trade. Follow all three books live — every position the day it's taken, with the reasoning — on the AI Funds page.

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⚠ Not investment advice. Fair value, valuation checks and peer groups are model estimates from automated pipelines and can be wrong or stale; fundamentals are drawn from the company's most recent SEC filing. Nothing here is a recommendation to buy or sell any security. Full disclaimer · How the desk works.