Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation

BRSE:CTSH Stock Report

Market Cap: CHF 34.0b

Cognizant Technology Solutions Valuation

Is CTSH undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of CTSH when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: CTSH (CHF62.32) is trading below our estimate of fair value (CHF111.55)

Significantly Below Fair Value: CTSH is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for CTSH?

Key metric: As CTSH is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for CTSH. This is calculated by dividing CTSH's market cap by their current earnings.
What is CTSH's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio17x
EarningsUS$2.25b
Market CapUS$38.23b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does CTSH's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for CTSH vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average29.1x
6702 Fujitsu
19.8x9.0%JP¥5.1t
507685 Wipro
26.2x8.1%₹3.0t
IT Gartner
37.6x0.5%US$40.1b
TEMN Temenos
32.8x11.4%CHF 4.2b
CTSH Cognizant Technology Solutions
17x9.4%CHF 38.2b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CTSH is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (17x) compared to the peer average (29.2x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does CTSH's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European IT Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
CTSH 17.0xIndustry Avg. 17.9xNo. of Companies27PE01224364860+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CTSH is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (17x) compared to the European IT industry average (18.3x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CTSH's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

CTSH PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio17x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate CTSH's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

Analyst Forecast: Insufficient data to show price forecast.


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