Cognizant

Cognizant has her headquarter located in Teaneck. Cognizant is mostly active in the hardware sector. Francisco D’Souza is operating by ' CEO. Cognizant' CFO is Karen McLoughlin. The global hardware & equipment companies gained around 122 percent over the period 2006-2016. Measured since 2011 the sector is 91 percent higher and over the past 12 months (December 2015-2016) there is a plus of 122 percent.

The past year was a good investment year for Cognizant investors

Over the last 12 months (from December 2015 till December 2016), that were loss-making period for the investors in Cognizant, the stock lost around 5 percent. Cognizant' stock rose the past 5 years at around 79 percent. Cognizant's revenues between 2011 and 2015 were very volatile through the time and moved between 7,35 billion dollars and 12,42 billion dollars. Cognizant's net incomes between 2011 and 2015 were very volatile through the time and moved between 883,62 million dollars and 1,62 billion dollars.

The American company didn't pay out any dividends (in the past 5 years).

Cognizant' balance mostly financed with equity

Last year the balance sheet of the American company was worth 13,07 billion dollars. At the end of 2015 the total debt positon equaled 3,79 billion dollars. This is around 28,99 percent of the total balance sheet. As per the end of 2015 Cognizant's price/earnings-ratio equaled 20. So investors paid for 1 stock 20 times the earnings per share of 2015. Based on it's price/earnings-ratio and dividend yield the American stock can be seen as a value stock.

At the end of 2015 the hardware & equipment company's market capitalization (the number of shares times the market price) equaled around 35,55 billion dollars. At the end of 2015 around 609 million stocks were listed.

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