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U.S. IT Consulting Industry Analysis

UpdatedJan 21, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies74
  • 7D2.4%
  • 3M-2.2%
  • 1Y7.5%
  • YTDn/a

The IT Consulting industry is up 2.1% in the last week, with International Business Machines up 3.4%. Meanwhile, Orangekloud Technology actually underperformed within the industry, shrinking 66% in the last week. In the last 12 months, the industry was up 8.4%. Looking forward, earnings are forecast to grow by 11% annually.

Industry Valuation and Performance

Has the U.S. IT Consulting Industry valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Tue, 21 Jan 2025US$563.7bUS$202.4bUS$18.2b35x31x2.8x
Thu, 19 Dec 2024US$571.1bUS$201.1bUS$17.8b37.6x32x2.8x
Sat, 16 Nov 2024US$556.3bUS$201.1bUS$17.8b38.7x31.2x2.8x
Mon, 14 Oct 2024US$570.0bUS$202.2bUS$19.4b41.7x29.3x2.8x
Wed, 11 Sep 2024US$531.0bUS$202.6bUS$19.2b32.6x27.6x2.6x
Fri, 09 Aug 2024US$498.3bUS$202.8bUS$19.2b29x25.9x2.5x
Sun, 07 Jul 2024US$467.6bUS$203.0bUS$18.8b30.1x24.9x2.3x
Tue, 04 Jun 2024US$444.7bUS$203.3bUS$18.9b28.1x23.6x2.2x
Thu, 02 May 2024US$452.8bUS$199.5bUS$17.7b21.4x25.6x2.3x
Sat, 30 Mar 2024US$519.1bUS$199.2bUS$17.1b22.6x30.3x2.6x
Mon, 26 Feb 2024US$540.1bUS$199.3bUS$17.0b21.3x31.7x2.7x
Wed, 24 Jan 2024US$523.8bUS$199.8bUS$16.4b21.2x31.9x2.6x
Fri, 22 Dec 2023US$488.6bUS$199.9bUS$16.3b19.8x29.9x2.4x
Sun, 19 Nov 2023US$464.5bUS$199.3bUS$16.3b19.8x28.5x2.3x
Tue, 17 Oct 2023US$428.5bUS$198.8bUS$11.4b19.8x37.7x2.2x
Thu, 14 Sep 2023US$447.1bUS$198.3bUS$11.7b20.2x38.3x2.3x
Sat, 12 Aug 2023US$437.8bUS$198.2bUS$11.7b21.3x37.4x2.2x
Mon, 10 Jul 2023US$427.4bUS$200.6bUS$11.3b24.2x37.8x2.1x
Wed, 07 Jun 2023US$424.6bUS$200.1bUS$11.1b24.2x38.2x2.1x
Fri, 05 May 2023US$388.9bUS$201.6bUS$11.7b20.3x33.2x1.9x
Sun, 02 Apr 2023US$388.6bUS$193.9bUS$10.7b20.7x36.2x2x
Tue, 28 Feb 2023US$378.2bUS$192.8bUS$10.7b19x35.2x2x
Thu, 26 Jan 2023US$393.6bUS$192.9bUS$10.4b20x37.7x2x
Sat, 24 Dec 2022US$383.3bUS$192.8bUS$10.4b23.8x36.8x2x
Mon, 21 Nov 2022US$405.4bUS$192.0bUS$10.3b23.6x39.5x2.1x
Wed, 19 Oct 2022US$369.2bUS$190.8bUS$14.1b18.3x26.1x1.9x
Fri, 16 Sep 2022US$387.1bUS$188.8bUS$13.9b18.1x27.9x2.1x
Sun, 14 Aug 2022US$435.7bUS$188.6bUS$13.9b20.8x31.3x2.3x
Tue, 12 Jul 2022US$399.3bUS$187.0bUS$13.3b25.8x29.9x2.1x
Thu, 09 Jun 2022US$433.5bUS$184.2bUS$13.1b25.8x33.1x2.4x
Sat, 07 May 2022US$422.3bUS$184.7bUS$11.7b24.9x36x2.3x
Mon, 04 Apr 2022US$481.0bUS$187.9bUS$12.0b24.8x40.1x2.6x
Wed, 02 Mar 2022US$445.5bUS$184.7bUS$12.0b24x37.1x2.4x
Fri, 28 Jan 2022US$475.8bUS$183.8bUS$12.7b24x37.4x2.6x
Price to Earnings Ratio

37.4x


Total Market Cap: US$475.8bTotal Earnings: US$12.7bTotal Revenue: US$183.8bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
U.S. IT Consulting Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 32.9x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are relatively neutral on the American IT Consulting and Other Services industry at the moment, indicating that they anticipate long term growth rates to remain steady.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PE ratio of 32.9x.
  • The 3-year average PS ratio of 2.3x is lower than the industry's current PS ratio of 2.8x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the IT Consulting and Other Services industry have grown 13% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 3.3% per year.
  • This means that more sales are being generated by these companies overall, and subsequently their profits are increasing too.

Industry Comparison

How does U.S. IT Consulting compare with similar industries?

US Market3.13%
Tech2.91%
IT2.76%
IT Consulting2.38%
Internet Services and Infrastructure3.48%
Data Processing Services3.10%
Industry PEThere are no additional sub-industries under this industry.
Forecasted GrowthThere are no additional sub-industries under this industry.

Top Stock Gainers and Losers

Which companies have driven the market over the last 7 days?

CompanyLast Price7D1YValuation
IBM International Business MachinesUS$224.263.0%
+US$6.0b		28.9%PE32.5x
ACN AccentureUS$356.422.1%
+US$4.6b		-3.6%PE29.4x
IT GartnerUS$524.795.0%
+US$1.9b		12.6%PE38.1x
CTSH Cognizant Technology SolutionsUS$78.451.7%
+US$634.7m		1.7%PE17.3x
EPAM EPAM SystemsUS$237.364.7%
+US$599.0m		-20.4%PE30x
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ORKT

US$0.71

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7D

-79.2%

1Y

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CTSH

US$78.45

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7D

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1Y

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