83/100BCognizant Technology Solutions stock forecast 2026–2030What is an analyst price target? A price target is the price an analyst expects a stock to reach in 12 months. Arincen shows the average, high and low targets and the upside to the average.
Analysts' average 12-month price target for Cognizant Technology Solutions is 66.17, 2.2% above the current price of 64.74. Their targets range from 51.00 to 82.00.
Of the 14 firms that rated Cognizant Technology Solutions in the past 12 months, 7 rate it buy or strong buy, 7 hold and 0 sell or strong sell (each firm at its latest rating): a Hold consensus.
Analysts' 1-year price targets range from 51.00 to 82.00, with an average of 66.17.
| Buy | 7 | |
| Hold | 7 | |
| Sell | 0 |
12-month price target
| Highest target | 82.00 |
| Average target | 66.17 |
| Lowest target | 51.00 |
| Current price | 64.74 |
Cognizant Technology Solutions price target historyWhat is an analyst price target? A price target is the price an analyst expects a stock to reach in 12 months. Arincen shows the average, high and low targets and the upside to the average.
Have analysts recently raised or lowered their Cognizant Technology Solutions price target and rating?
How analysts rate Cognizant Technology Solutions, month by monthWhat is the analyst rating? The analyst rating sums up what the analysts covering a stock recommend, from strong buy to strong sell, by the share of them rating it a buy.
7 of 14 firms rate it buy now, against 6 of 14 in December 2025.
Each month: every firm at its latest rating from the 12 months before. Strong buys count as buys, strong sells as sells.
Cognizant Technology Solutions analyst upgrades, downgrades and price targets
The latest rating change came on 8 June 2026, when Wedbush upgraded Cognizant Technology Solutions from Neutral to Outperform. Its price target is 70.00, from 56.00. The most recent new target came from Mizuho Securities on 2 November 2026: 69.00.
| Date | Firm | Rating | Price target | Change | Price then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Nov 2026 | Mizuho Securities Sean Kennedy | — | 64.00 → 69.00 | +7.8% | 65.81 |
| 27 Oct 2026 | Guggenheim Jonathan Lee | Reiterated · Buy | 65.00 → 80.00 | +23.1% | 69.34 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | Needham | — | 78.00 | — | 70.18 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | Mizuho Securities Dan Dolev | — | 68.00 → 64.00 | -5.9% | 55.78 |
| 30 Jul 2026 | Susquehanna | Reiterated · Positive | 88.00 → 82.00 | -6.8% | 52.40 |
| 30 Jul 2026 | Robert W. Baird | — | 55.00 → 68.00 | +23.6% | 52.39 |
| 30 Jul 2026 | Morgan Stanley James Faucette | Reiterated · Equal Weight | 44.00 → 51.00 | +15.9% | 52.24 |
| 27 Jul 2026 | Guggenheim | Reiterated · Buy | 100.00 → 65.00 | -35.0% | 45.45 |
| 24 Jul 2026 | RBC Capital | Reiterated · Sector Perform | 47.00 → 55.00 | +17.0% | 43.01 |
| 24 Jul 2026 | RBC Capital Daniel Perlin | — | 47.00 | — | 43.01 |
| 10 Jul 2026 | Deutsche Bank | — | 100.00 → 55.00 | -45.0% | 43.40 |
| 10 Jul 2026 | Robert W. Baird | — | 72.00 → 55.00 | -23.6% | 43.40 |
| 10 Jul 2026 | Wells Fargo | Reiterated · Overweight | 98.00 → 61.00 | -37.8% | 43.40 |
| 23 Jun 2026 | Morgan Stanley | Reiterated · Equal Weight | 63.00 → 44.00 | -30.2% | 41.83 |
| 17 Jun 2026 | Berenberg Bank | — | 107.00 → 59.00 | -44.9% | 51.05 |
| 8 Jun 2026 | Wedbush Steven Wahrhaftig | Upgraded · Neutral → Outperform | 56.00 → 70.00 | +25.0% | 53.21 |
| 1 Jun 2026 | Truist Financial Arvind Ramnani | — | 66.00 | — | 55.76 |
| 6 May 2026 | Mizuho Securities | Reiterated · Neutral | 87.00 → 68.00 | -21.8% | 51.87 |
| 1 May 2026 | Susquehanna | Reiterated · Positive | 98.00 → 88.00 | -10.2% | 52.90 |
| 30 Apr 2026 | Morgan Stanley James Faucette | Reiterated · Equal Weight | 70.00 → 63.00 | -10.0% | 52.42 |
| 30 Apr 2026 | Wedbush | Reiterated · Neutral | 61.00 → 56.00 | -8.2% | 54.70 |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Goldman Sachs | — | 84.00 → 75.00 | -10.7% | 54.70 |
| 27 Apr 2026 | Morgan Stanley | — | 82.00 → 70.00 | -14.6% | 55.08 |
| 10 Apr 2026 | Robert W. Baird | — | 72.00 | — | 57.44 |
| 9 Apr 2026 | Wedbush | Downgraded · Outperform → Neutral | 61.00 | — | 59.20 |
| 13 Mar 2026 | UBS | — | 82.00 → 71.00 | -13.4% | 61.02 |
| 12 Feb 2026 | BMO Capital | — | 96.00 → 83.00 | -13.5% | 69.57 |
| 9 Feb 2026 | Mizuho Securities Dan Dolev | — | 85.00 → 87.00 | +2.4% | 77.08 |
| 5 Feb 2026 | Morgan Stanley | Reiterated · Equal Weight | 82.00 | — | 76.71 |
| 29 Jan 2026 | BMO Capital | — | 96.00 | — | 83.30 |
| 28 Jan 2026 | Guggenheim Jonathan Lee | Reiterated · Buy | 85.00 → 100.00 | +17.6% | 84.65 |
| 26 Jan 2026 | Deutsche Bank | — | 100.00 | — | 84.18 |
| 23 Jan 2026 | Susquehanna James Friedman | — | 98.00 | — | 84.54 |
| 22 Jan 2026 | Berenberg Bank Meha Pau | — | 107.00 | — | 84.03 |
| 14 Jan 2026 | Wells Fargo | Reiterated · Overweight | 82.00 → 98.00 | +19.5% | 84.47 |
| 8 Dec 2025 | UBS | Reiterated · Neutral | 78.00 → 82.00 | +5.1% | 80.72 |
| 21 Nov 2025 | William Blair | Upgraded · Market Perform → Outperform | — | — | — |
Cognizant Technology Solutions EPS and revenue estimatesWhat are estimate revisions? Estimate revisions are the changes analysts make to their EPS and revenue forecasts for the years ahead. They show whether expectations are rising or falling.
Analysts expect Cognizant Technology Solutions's EPS to grow 14.1% a year until 2028. Over the last 5 years it grew 12.1% a year, and over the last 3 years 1.0%.
Analysts expect Cognizant Technology Solutions's revenue to grow 4.3% a year until 2028, about as fast as over the last 5 years (4.9% a year) and the last 3 years (2.8%).
Revenue
EPS
Does Cognizant Technology Solutions beat earnings estimates?What is an earnings surprise? An earnings surprise is how far a company's reported EPS or revenue came above or below the analysts' average estimate, in percent.
On average, analysts' EPS estimate was 4.9% off the result, either way, and their revenue estimate 0.7%, over the last 12 quarters.
- EPS beats
- 92 / 110
- Revenue beats
- 85 / 110
- Average EPS surprise, last 12What is an earnings surprise? An earnings surprise is how far a company's reported EPS or revenue came above or below the analysts' average estimate, in percent.
- +4.8%
- Since
- April 1999
| Quarter | Report date | EPS estimate | Reported EPS | Surprise | Revenue estimate | Reported revenue | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 FY2026 | 29 Oct 2026 | 1.46 | 1.49 | +2.1% | 5.64B | 5.66B | +0.3% |
| Q2 FY2026 | 29 Jul 2026 | 1.38 | 1.37 | -0.7% | 5.48B | 5.48B | +0.0% |
| Q1 FY2026 | 29 Apr 2026 | 1.34 | 1.40 | +4.5% | 5.41B | 5.41B | -0.0% |
| Q4 FY2025 | 4 Feb 2026 | 1.32 | 1.35 | +2.3% | 5.31B | 5.33B | +0.4% |
| Q3 FY2025 | 29 Oct 2025 | 1.30 | 1.39 | +6.9% | 5.32B | 5.42B | +1.8% |
| Q2 FY2025 | 30 Jul 2025 | 1.26 | 1.31 | +4.0% | 5.19B | 5.25B | +1.1% |
| Q1 FY2025 | 30 Apr 2025 | 1.20 | 1.23 | +2.5% | 5.06B | 5.12B | +1.0% |
| Q4 FY2024 | 5 Feb 2025 | 1.12 | 1.21 | +8.0% | 5.07B | 5.08B | +0.2% |
| Q3 FY2024 | 30 Oct 2024 | 1.15 | 1.25 | +8.7% | 4.99B | 5.04B | +1.0% |
| Q2 FY2024 | 31 Jul 2024 | 1.12 | 1.17 | +4.5% | 4.80B | 4.85B | +1.0% |
| Q1 FY2024 | 1 May 2024 | 1.11 | 1.12 | +0.9% | 4.72B | 4.76B | +0.9% |
| Q4 FY2023 | 6 Feb 2024 | 1.04 | 1.18 | +13.5% | 4.76B | 4.76B | -0.1% |
Cognizant Technology Solutions stock price 2026–2030: scenariosHow are the stock price scenarios calculated? Bear, base and bull prices for the years ahead: the analysts' EPS estimates times the lowest, average and highest P/E of the stock today and at its last five year ends, or of its peers.
If Cognizant Technology Solutions's earnings keep growing at the 8.6% a year analysts expect to FY2028, it would earn about 7.98 a share in FY2030. At the P/E it has traded at over the last five years (11.8 to 21.9) that is 94.06 to 174.31 a share, or 132.60 at its average P/E of 16.6. This is arithmetic on the analysts' estimates, not a prediction.
| Fiscal year | EPS | Bear | Base | Bull |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 5.77 | 68.06 | 95.95 | 126.14 |
| FY2027 | 6.27 | 73.92 | 104.21 | 136.99 |
| FY2028 | 6.76 | 79.75 | 112.43 | 147.79 |
| FY2029 (extrapolated) | 7.35 | 86.61 | 122.10 | 160.51 |
| FY2030 (extrapolated) | 7.98 | 94.06 | 132.60 | 174.31 |
Each year's EPS is the analysts' consensus to FY2028; the years after grow 8.6% a year (the analysts' growth, at most 15%). Bear, base and bull apply the lowest, average and highest P/E of today and the last five fiscal year ends, leaving out any above 60, the mark of a year of collapsed earnings (11.8, 16.6, 21.9).
Is Cognizant Technology Solutions stock undervalued or overvalued?How does Arincen work out a stock's fair value? Fair value is our estimate of a share's price at the P/E the company usually trades at, with a low to high range around it.
Cognizant Technology Solutions's P/E of 11.8 is near the bottom of its 5-year range (8.4 to 25.8, median 16.2). Analysts do not expect slower growth than in recent years, so it is cheaper than its usual level. Buyers pay less for each point of growth than usual: a PEG of 0.8 on expected growth against 1.3 on its median P/E and past five years' growth. At its usual P/E (16.2 × EPS of 5.49), Cognizant Technology Solutions's fair value is 88.79; the price, 64.74, is 27.1% below it. Its forward P/E, on the consensus for FY2026, is 11.2.
Fair value is the usual (median) P/E of the last five years times the earnings per share of the last twelve months; the ends of the bar are the same earnings at its lowest and highest P/E of those years (8.4 and 25.8). The price against its P/E range
- Price to earnings ratio (TTM)What is the P/E ratio? The P/E ratio divides a share's price by its earnings per share over the last year: what you pay for each dollar of profit.
- 11.79
- Five-year median P/EWhat is the P/E ratio? The P/E ratio divides a share's price by its earnings per share over the last year: what you pay for each dollar of profit.
- 16.17
- Five-year P/E range
- 8.4 – 25.8
- Forward P/E (FY2026)What is the forward P/E ratio? Forward P/E divides a share's price by the earnings per share analysts expect in the coming year, rather than last year's actual earnings.
- 11.21
- PEG ratioWhat is the PEG ratio? The PEG ratio divides the P/E by the yearly earnings growth analysts expect, to show how much you pay for each point of growth.
- 1.37
- To the average targetWhat is an analyst price target? A price target is the price an analyst expects a stock to reach in 12 months. Arincen shows the average, high and low targets and the upside to the average.
- +2.2%
Most undervalued US stocksHow does Arincen work out a stock's fair value? Fair value is our estimate of a share's price at the P/E the company usually trades at, with a low to high range around it.
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| 99.090 | 194.93146Price 99.09244 | +96.7% | |
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| 186.680 | 360.82271Price 186.68451 | +93.3% | |
| 213.670 | 405.57304Price 213.67507 | +89.8% | |
| 161.160 | 305.51157Price 161.16396 | +89.6% | |
| 160.650 | 300.09225Price 160.65375 | +86.8% | |
| 165.860 | 308.95212Price 165.86442 | +86.3% |
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