Target Price | $83.26 |
Price | $79.54 |
Potential | 4.68% |
Number of Estimates | 19 |
19 Analysts have issued a price target Cognizant 2025 . The average Cognizant target price is $83.26. This is 4.68% higher than the current stock price. The highest price target is $100.00 25.72% , the lowest is $75.00 5.71% . | |
A rating was issued by 27 analysts: 5 Analysts recommend Cognizant to buy, 20 to hold and 2 to sell. | |
Analysts don't have a crystal ball either, but they do represent the opinion of the market quite well. You should not take the price potential and the ratings as a recommendation to act. Rather, they serve as an additional building block for your own opinion or stock analysis. | |
Analyst Estimates: Analysts believe that the Cognizant stock has an average upside potential 2025 of 4.68% . Most analysts recommend the Cognizant stock at Hold. |
22 Analysts have issued a sales forecast Cognizant 2024 . The average Cognizant sales estimate is $19.7b . This is 1.66% higher than the revenue of the last 12 months(TTM). The highest sales forecast is $19.8b 2.24% , the lowest is $19.7b 1.50% .
This results in the following potential growth metrics:
2023 | $19.4b | 0.39% |
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2024 | $19.7b | 1.97% |
2025 | $20.9b | 6.15% |
2026 | $22.2b | 5.94% |
15 Analysts have issued an Cognizant EBITDA forecast 2024. The average Cognizant EBITDA estimate is $3.5b . This is 0.87% lower than the EBITDA of the last 12 months(TTM). The highest EBITDA forecast is $3.5b 0.77% , the lowest is $3.4b 3.19% .
This results in the following potential growth metrics and future EBITDA Margins:
2023 | $3.5b | 2.48% |
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2024 | $3.5b | 0.51% |
2025 | $3.8b | 8.38% |
2026 | $4.0b | 6.09% |
2023 | 17.89% | 2.10% |
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2024 | 17.64% | 1.42% |
2025 | 18.01% | 2.10% |
2026 | 18.03% | 0.11% |
11 Cognizant Analysts have issued a net profit forecast 2024. The average Cognizant net profit estimate is $2.3b . This is 0.41% higher than the net profit for the last 12 months(TTM). The highest net profit forecast is $2.3b 4.20% , the lowest is $2.2b 0.88% .
This results in the following potential growth metrics and future Net Margins:
2023 | $2.1b | 4.54% |
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2024 | $2.3b | 7.81% |
2025 | $2.5b | 10.09% |
2026 | $2.7b | 9.87% |
2023 | 10.79% | 4.17% |
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2024 | 11.41% | 5.75% |
2025 | 11.83% | 3.68% |
2026 | 12.27% | 3.72% |
11 Analysts have issued a Cognizant forecast for earnings per share. The average Cognizant <a href=https://blog.stocksguide.com/knowledge/eps-simply-explained>EPS is $4.54 . This is 0.44% higher than earnings per share in the financial year 2023. The highest <a href=https://blog.stocksguide.com/knowledge/eps-simply-explained>EPS forecast is $4.71 4.20% , the lowest is $4.48 0.88% .
This results in the following potential growth metrics and future valuations:
2023 | $4.21 | 4.54% |
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2024 | $4.54 | 7.84% |
2025 | $5.00 | 10.13% |
2026 | $5.49 | 9.80% |
Current | 17.60 | 3.96% |
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2024 | 17.53 | 0.40% |
2025 | 15.92 | 9.18% |
2026 | 14.49 | 8.98% |
Based on analysts' sales estimates for 2024, the Cognizant stock is valued at an <a href=https://blog.stocksguide.com/knowledge/enterprise-value-sales-simply-explained>EV/Sales of 1.99 and an <a href=https://blog.stocksguide.com/knowledge/price-sales-ratio-simply-explained>P/S ratio of 2.00 .
This results in the following potential growth metrics and future valuations:
Current | 2.02 | 15.43% |
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2024 | 1.99 | 1.47% |
2025 | 1.88 | 5.79% |
2026 | 1.77 | 5.61% |
Current | 2.03 | 13.25% |
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2024 | 2.00 | 1.63% |
2025 | 1.88 | 5.79% |
2026 | 1.78 | 5.60% |
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