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How Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation stacks up
CTSH · against 496 other Technology companies listed in US-listed
Valuation
92/ 100
Near the top of its peers.
Ranked #27 of 497 · scores higher than 94% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the valuation score36 peers with a valuation score of 90–100, including CTSH · Click a bar to see the companies
Why valuation scores 92?
Weighted metrics compared with all Technology companies.Mainly thanks to its EBITDA yield, earnings yield and free cash flow yield, which are stronger than most Technology peers.
- more free cash flow for the price paid: stronger than 87% of peers. Free cash flow yield: 9.0% vs peer median 2.7%
- higher earnings for the price paid: stronger than 89% of peers. Earnings yield: 7.7% vs peer median 2.2%
- more operating profit (EBITDA) for the company's total value: stronger than 90% of peers. EBITDA yield: 13.6% vs peer median 4.2%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = CTSH, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | CTSH | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yieldHigher is better · 495 reported | 7.3% | 1.9% | 92% | 30% | |
| EBITDA yieldHigher is better · 499 reported | 13.5% | 4.0% | 93% | 50% | |
| Free cash flow yieldHigher is better · 465 reported | 9.0% | 3.3% | 87% | 20% | |
| Book yieldHigher is better · 490 reported | 50.1% | 22.1% | 80% | Context only |
Ranking by valuation score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around CTSH| Rank | Company | Market cap | Valuation | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2.1B USD | 100 | 73 | |
| 1 | 1.7B USD | 100 | 67 | |
| 1 | 763M USD | 100 | 65 | |
| 1 | 404M USD | 100 | 57 | |
| 5 | 662M USD | 98 | 57 | |
| 23 | 255M USD | 93 | 54 | |
| 23 | 17.5B USD | 93 | 93 | |
| 23 | 1.4B USD | 93 | 72 | |
| 23 | 10.6B USD | 93 | 68 | |
| 27 | 28.8B USD | 92 | 70 | |
| 27 | 1.9B USD | 92 | 59 | |
| 27 | 35.5B USD | 92 | 80 | |
| 27 | 20.0B USD | 92 | 78 | |
| 27 | 3.1B USD | 92 | 84 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score