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CTSH Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation

Technology

65.11 Close 10/30
Since 2024-12-02 -16.7%
Open
63.70
High
66.06
Low
63.62
Prev close
62.52
Volume
7.6M
Amplitude
3.90%
P/E
11.9
P/B
2.0
Revenue YoY (TTM)
+5.0%
52W 37.08 87.03

Is Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation a buy? Fundamentals and valuation first

As of 2026-10-30

Valuation: Fair, Quality: Good, Momentum: Good, Risk / liquidity: Good.

Valuation Fair Free-cash-flow yield is Good, but Price / book is Pricey.
TTM P/E 11.88 32th percentile Fair
Price / book 1.98 59th percentile Pricey
Free-cash-flow yield (%) 8.12 77th percentile Good
US Stock Backtest in Python: Price-to-Book Ratio StrategyQuality Factor Investing: A US Quality Value Backtest
Quality Good All 3 indicators are Good.
ROE, TTM (%) 17.47 79th percentile Good
Operating margin, TTM (%) 15.6 66th percentile Good
FCF margin, TTM (%) 10.79 62th percentile Good
Quality Factor Investing: A US Quality Value Backtest
Growth Neutral Diluted EPS growth, TTM YoY is Good, but Revenue growth, TTM YoY is Average.
Revenue growth, TTM YoY (%) 4.96 48th percentile Average
Diluted EPS growth, TTM YoY (%) 27.15 70th percentile Good
Momentum Good 60-day return is Top, but 240-day return is Average.
60-day return (%) 15.1 89th percentile Top
240-day return (%) -8.41 42th percentile Average
Momentum Trading Strategy: A 12-1 Momentum Backtest
Risk / liquidity Good 20-day dollar volume is Top, but 60-day annualized volatility is Average.
20-day dollar volume 423,434,012 97th percentile Top
60-day annualized volatility (%) 44.38 50th percentile Average
Factor Investing Explained: 10 Classic Factors in US Stocks

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation (CTSH) today

1 quant signals active · As of 2026-10-30

Win rate and excess are historical post-trigger stats vs the market. Click a signal for its full definition and samples; history does not predict future results.

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Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation (CTSH) quant signal backtests

Signals active now

Each active condition is tested against this stock’s own history and benchmarked versus the S&P 500.

Top-quintile 6-month momentum

Active · now 80.65%

The stock ranks in the top 20% of the liquid US common-stock universe by 126-day adjusted return.

Momentum Trading Strategy: A 12-1 Momentum Backtest
8 historical occurrences (since 2017-05-25)

Average forward return after Top-quintile 6-month momentum

20-day: Win 85.7%, Sample 7, Median +2.74%, Excess +0.79%, Beat mkt rate 71.4%

60-day: Win 57.1%, Sample 7, Median +3.25%, Excess -1.57%, Beat mkt rate 42.9%

120-day: Win 42.9%, Sample 7, Median -8.55%, Excess -7.45%, Beat mkt rate 28.6%

120 days after: historical avg -5.05%

20-day +0.91%
60-day -4.32%
120-day -5.05%
20-day
60-day
120-day
Win
85.7%
57.1%
42.9%
Sample
7
7
7
Median
+2.74%
+3.25%
-8.55%
Excess
+0.79%
-1.57%
-7.45%
Beat mkt rate
71.4%
42.9%
28.6%

Over 7 occurrences, 120-day forward avg declined 5.05%, lagged the market by 7.45 pts; win rate 42.9%.

Valuation regime and forward returns

Daily TTM P/E is converted into an expanding own-history percentile, then grouped into five valuation regimes. Forward returns use adjusted prices over the next 240 trading days.

PE percentile bandSample days240-day avg returnMedianWin rateAvg excess (vs index)
0-20 You are here555+10.3% +11.3% 70.1% -10.5%
20-40 429-2.8% +0.7% 50.3% -17.9%
40-60 233-5.5% -3.9% 39.9% -11.4%
60-80 133-0.6% +5.3% 69.2% -7.8%
80-100 88+8.9% +9.9% 95.5% -8.5%

Quarterly EPS is aligned by SEC filing date before it is forward-filled to daily prices. The expanding percentile uses only information available up to each day.

Current TTM P/E is about 11.88, placing it in the 2.6 own-history percentile, inside the 0-20 bucket.

More history: Valuation × momentum analogs, Market-wide momentum baseline, Signals not active now

Valuation × momentum analogs

Each historical day is grouped by own-history P/E tercile and 60-day momentum direction, then tested for the next 120-trading-day adjusted return.

Valuation
Momentum
Cheap (own-history bottom third)
Middle
Expensive (own-history top third)
60-day momentum up
Now
+7.7%
Win rate 77% Excess -0.5%
309d
-4.7%
Win rate 44.5% Excess -8.3%
445d
-5.9%
Win rate 22.1% Excess -17.7%
113d
60-day momentum down
+4.4%
Win rate 55.1% Excess -5.2%
570d
+14.5%
Win rate 87.8% Excess +4.7%
74d
-0.1%
Win rate 42.9% Excess -12.7%
42d

Currently in “Cheap (own-history bottom third) × 60-day momentum up”: across 309 historical days, 120-day forward avg gained 7.7%, win rate 77%, lagged the market by 0.5%.

Days = trading days in this bucket; returns use adjusted prices, ex-costs. 60-day momentum: direction of this stock's price over the past 60 trading days.

Market-wide momentum baseline

Across 99,493 liquid US common-stock samples, top-quintile 6-month momentum was followed by an average 60-trading-day return of +6.42%, a 58.4% positive-return rate, and +3.08 percentage points of average excess return versus the S&P 500.

Baseline: weekly samples since 2016 where a liquid US common stock ranked in the top quintile by 126-trading-day momentum. Forward return is 60 trading days; excess return is versus S&P 500 (^GSPC).

Signals not active now

Inactive signals still show the stock-specific historical forward-return distribution for context.

52-week adjusted-price high

Pending

Adjusted close first reaches a 252-trading-day high; repeated hits within 20 days count once.

20 times historically; 60-day forward avg -1.14%, win rate 50%, beating the market by -1.56 pts on average.

Filed revenue acceleration

Pending

TTM revenue growth is at least 10% and improved versus the prior filed quarter; event date is the SEC filing date.

EPS surprise beat

Pending

Reported EPS beat consensus estimate by at least 5%; event date is the earnings-surprise timestamp.

PEAD: Post-Earnings Announcement Drift Backtest

17 times historically; 60-day forward avg +0.51%, win rate 50%, beating the market by -0.93 pts on average.

Method and limits

  • Returns use us_price:adj_close, adjusted for splits and dividends where available.
  • Excess returns use world_index:^GSPC as the S&P 500 benchmark proxy.
  • Quarterly fundamentals are aligned to SEC filing dates before daily valuation studies.
  • The promoted universe starts from active NYSE/NASDAQ common stocks, then applies price and dollar-volume gates.
  • Snapshot-only tables such as analyst consensus, DCF, us_ratios, and us_key_metrics are intentionally excluded from historical evidence.
  • Overlapping event windows are descriptive distributions, not independent samples.

This page is for historical data analysis and education only. It is not investment advice. Backtests and historical return distributions do not predict future performance; evaluate risk independently before trading.