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Cognizant Technology Solutions forward PE CTSH

Share price divided by analysts' consensus earnings for the next twelve months, since 1998.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
11.6×
10-year median
16.4×
Against its 10-year history
7th
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
6.8× to 21.3×
Peer median
17.0×

Cognizant Technology Solutions' forward PE is 11.6× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is below its ten-year median of 16.4×, lower than on 93% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 6.8× in Jun 2026 to 21.3× in Dec 2020.

The median for 9 IT services stocks of a similar size is 17.0×.

Forward PE over time

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

YearEnd of yearLowHigh
2026 so far11.6×6.8×15.5×
202515.5×12.3×17.8×
202416.2×14.0×17.7×
202317.1×13.8×17.3×
202213.7×12.6×21.2×
202120.4×16.7×21.3×
202021.3×12.7×21.3×
201917.5×15.0×18.4×
201815.7×15.0×20.4×
201717.5×15.0×19.2×
201616.0×14.1×20.2×
201519.2×18.6×22.4×
201419.6×17.3×24.0×
201323.3×15.5×23.3×
201219.4×16.7×23.7×
201120.7×18.3×30.9×
201028.2×20.8×28.2×
200923.6×11.6×24.1×
200811.6×10.3×24.7×
200726.5×23.1×52.6×

Against its peers

Companies in Information Technology Services nearest Cognizant Technology Solutions' size, closest first, today.

CompanyForward PE
CTSHCognizant Technology Solutions11.6×
FISVFiserv6.8×
BRBroadridge Financial Solutions17.3×
CDWCDWn/m
FISFidelity National Information Services5.8×
JKHYJack Henry & Associatesn/m
EPAMEPAM Systemsn/m
ACNAccenture17.0×
DOCSDoximityn/m
IBMInternational Business Machines19.4×
Peer median17.0×

Where Cognizant Technology Solutions ranks

What the forward PE tells you

Price divided by what analysts expect the company to earn over the next twelve months. It answers "what am I paying for next year" instead of last year.

Estimates are opinions. When forward PE is far below trailing PE, analysts expect a big jump in earnings. If that jump slips, the stock was not as cheap as it looked.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.