Analysts say Cognizant is fairly priced now

Cognizant 's stock price seems, partly because of the recent share price losses, to be in line with most of the estimates. Most of the analysts say Cognizant is fairly priced now. The average of the current target prices for the stock is at 74,62 USD. This is at around 2 percent more than the current price of 73,46 USD.

The most recent recommendations for the hardware & equipment company are from Barclays , Susquehanna and Citigroup .

Much diversity estimates Cognizant

Most of the analysts have very high expectations of Cognizant . For this year Cognizant 's revenue will be around 14,81 billion USD. This is according to the average of the analysts' estimates. The expected revenue would be the highest in her history. This is slightly more than 2016's revenue of 13,49 billion USD.

Historical revenues and results Cognizant plus estimates 2018

The analysts anticipate for 2018 a record net profit a 2,22 billion USD. For this year most of the analysts expect a profit per share of 3,72 USD. The PE-ratio therefore is 19,75.

Per share the analysts expect a dividend of 0,47 cent per share. The dividend yield is then 0,64 percent. The average dividend yield of the hardware & equipment companies is a limited 0,66 percent.

Recent target prices around 80 USD

Based on the current number of shares Cognizant 's market capitalization equals 44,74 billion USD.

Historical stock prices Cognizant

At 22.15 the stock trades 0,69 percent higher at 73,46 USD.

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