Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation

LSE:0QZ5 Stock Report

Market Cap: US$38.1b

Cognizant Technology Solutions Valuation

Is 0QZ5 undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • 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 0QZ5 when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: 0QZ5 ($76.89) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($146.48)

Significantly Below Fair Value: 0QZ5 is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for 0QZ5?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

0QZ5 key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue1.9x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA10.7x
PEG Ratio2x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does 0QZ5's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for 0QZ5 vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average20.3x
SCT Softcat
27.6x8.1%UK£3.1b
CCC Computacenter
16x8.2%UK£2.7b
KNOS Kainos Group
23.6x11.9%UK£1.2b
FDM FDM Group (Holdings)
13.8x-1.6%UK£420.1m
0QZ5 Cognizant Technology Solutions
17.4x8.7%US$38.1b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: 0QZ5 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (17.4x) compared to the peer average (20.3x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does 0QZ5's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European IT Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a24.1%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: 0QZ5 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (17.4x) compared to the European IT industry average (19.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is 0QZ5'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.

0QZ5 PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio17.4x
Fair PE Ratio47.4x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: 0QZ5 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (17.4x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (47.4x).


Analyst Price Targets

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

The above table shows the analyst 0QZ5 forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$76.89
US$82.14
+6.8%
7.6%US$94.00US$70.00n/a23
Sep ’25US$77.28
US$81.22
+5.1%
7.8%US$94.00US$70.00n/a24
Aug ’25US$76.55
US$78.92
+3.1%
8.4%US$94.00US$70.00n/a24
Jul ’25US$67.59
US$76.75
+13.6%
9.5%US$94.00US$65.00n/a24
Jun ’25US$65.12
US$77.25
+18.6%
9.6%US$94.00US$65.00n/a24
May ’25US$65.77
US$78.00
+18.6%
9.8%US$94.00US$64.00n/a25
Apr ’25US$73.38
US$79.12
+7.8%
10.1%US$94.00US$65.00n/a26
Mar ’25US$78.66
US$78.50
-0.2%
11.3%US$94.00US$65.00n/a26
Feb ’25US$77.43
US$76.23
-1.6%
10.7%US$94.00US$65.00n/a26
Jan ’25US$75.37
US$73.08
-3.0%
10.2%US$94.00US$60.00n/a26
Dec ’24US$70.62
US$71.77
+1.6%
10.2%US$94.00US$60.00n/a26
Nov ’24US$65.13
US$74.10
+13.8%
10.1%US$94.00US$61.00n/a24
Oct ’24US$68.10
US$72.93
+7.1%
10.8%US$94.00US$61.00n/a24
Sep ’24US$71.80
US$72.45
+0.9%
9.8%US$94.00US$61.00US$77.2825
Aug ’24US$65.35
US$67.77
+3.7%
12.1%US$91.00US$54.00US$76.5525
Jul ’24US$65.49
US$67.05
+2.4%
13.9%US$91.00US$53.00US$67.5925
Jun ’24US$62.40
US$67.09
+7.5%
14.1%US$91.00US$53.00US$65.1224
May ’24US$59.68
US$66.62
+11.6%
15.7%US$91.00US$49.00US$65.7723
Apr ’24US$60.25
US$67.19
+11.5%
15.3%US$91.00US$49.00US$73.3823
Mar ’24US$62.34
US$67.19
+7.8%
15.3%US$91.00US$49.00US$78.6623
Feb ’24US$67.06
US$64.80
-3.4%
16.7%US$93.00US$45.00US$77.4323
Jan ’24US$56.79
US$64.67
+13.9%
16.0%US$93.00US$45.00US$75.3721
Dec ’23US$62.63
US$65.40
+4.4%
16.6%US$93.00US$45.00US$70.6221
Nov ’23US$62.33
US$72.95
+17.0%
15.6%US$96.00US$55.00US$65.1321
Oct ’23US$58.20
US$77.43
+33.0%
15.1%US$98.00US$55.00US$68.1021
Sep ’23US$62.74
US$78.38
+24.9%
13.9%US$98.00US$55.00US$71.8021

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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