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Cognizant Technology Solutions (WBO:CTSH) Profitability Rank : 8 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Cognizant Technology Solutions Profitability Rank?

Cognizant Technology Solutions has the Profitability Rank of 8. It has a higher profitability and may stay that way.

GuruFocus Profitability Rank ranks how profitable a company is and how likely the company's business will stay that way. It is based on these factors:

1. Operating Margin %
2. Piotroski F-Score
3. Trend of the Operating Margin % (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.
4. Consistency of the profitability
5. Predictability Rank

Cognizant Technology Solutions's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 16.06%. As of today, Cognizant Technology Solutions's Piotroski F-Score is 6.


Competitive Comparison of Cognizant Technology Solutions's Profitability Rank

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, Cognizant Technology Solutions's Profitability Rank, along with its competitors' market caps and Profitability Rank data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Cognizant Technology Solutions's Profitability Rank Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Cognizant Technology Solutions's Profitability Rank distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Cognizant Technology Solutions's Profitability Rank falls into.



Cognizant Technology Solutions Profitability Rank Calculation

GuruFocus Profitability Rank ranks how profitable a company is and how likely the company's business will stay that way.

The maximum rank is 10. A rank of 7 or higher means a higher profitability and may stay that way. A rank of 3 or lower indicates that the company has had trouble to make a profit.

Cognizant Technology Solutions has the Profitability Rank of 8. It has a higher profitability and may stay that way.

Profitability Rank is not directly related to the Financial Strength. But if a company is consistently profitable, its financial strength will be stronger.

Profitability Rank is based on these factors:

1. Operating Margin %

Operating Margin % - also known as operating income margin, operating profit margin and return on sales (ROS) - is the ratio of Operating Income divided by net sales or Revenue, usually presented in percent.

Cognizant Technology Solutions's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Operating Margin %=Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 ) / Revenue (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=700.588 / 4363.086
=16.06 %

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

2. Piotroski F-Score

The zones of discrimination were as such:

Good or high score = 8 or 9
Bad or low score = 0 or 1

Cognizant Technology Solutions has an F-score of 6 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

3. Trend of the Operating Margin % (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.

Warning Sign:

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp operating margin has been in a 5-year decline. The average rate of decline per year is -2.2%.

4. Consistency of the profitability

5. Predictability Rank


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Cognizant Technology Solutions (WBO:CTSH) Business Description

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Address
300 Frank West Burr Boulevard, Suite 36, 6th Floor, Teaneck, NJ, USA, 07666
Cognizant is a global IT services provider, offering consulting and outsourcing services to some of the world's largest enterprises spanning the financial services, media and communications, healthcare, natural resources, and consumer products industries. Cognizant employs nearly 300,000 people globally, roughly 70% of whom are in India, although the company's headquarters are in Teaneck, New Jersey.