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Cognizant Technology Solutions PE ratio CTSH

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, since 2010.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
15.1×
10-year median
18.2×
Against its 10-year history
19th
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
8.7× to 33.5×
Peer median
19.1×

Cognizant Technology Solutions' PE ratio is 15.1× as of Oct 23, 2026: a share price of $70.54 against $4.66 of earnings per share over the last twelve months.

That is below its ten-year median of 18.2×, lower than on 81% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 8.7× in Jun 2026 to 33.5× in Mar 2018.

The median for 9 IT services stocks of a similar size is 19.1×.

PE ratio 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 far15.1×8.7×19.7×
202519.8×13.3×20.1×
202417.5×15.4×19.0×
202318.4×13.1×18.5×
202212.7×11.7×24.7×
202125.1×22.1×31.4×
202030.4×13.2×30.4×
201916.8×16.3×30.0×
201825.7×22.6×33.5×
201721.9×20.6×25.5×
201622.0×19.3×24.9×
201523.6×23.0×27.9×
201423.5×19.4×26.6×
201325.5×17.4×25.5×
201221.9×19.2×27.1×
201123.6×20.7×35.7×
201033.6×26.3×34.5×

Against its peers

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

CompanyPE ratio
CTSHCognizant Technology Solutions15.1×
FISVFiserv9.6×
BRBroadridge Financial Solutions19.1×
CDWCDW19.8×
FISFidelity National Information Services5.8×
JKHYJack Henry & Associates23.3×
EPAMEPAM Systems18.5×
ACNAccenture18.4×
DOCSDoximity39.3×
IBMInternational Business Machines21.6×
Peer median19.1×

Where Cognizant Technology Solutions ranks

What the PE ratio tells you

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months. It is the price tag on a dollar of profit: 20× means you pay $20 for $1 of yearly earnings.

Blank while earnings are negative. A very low PE can mean the market expects profits to fall, so read it with growth and the company's own history.

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