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Cognizant Technology Solutions Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF

: USD63.79 (As of Today)
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Since the intrinsic value calculations based on Discounted Cash Flow Intrinsic Value: DCF (FCF Based), or Discounted Earnings Intrinsic Value: DCF (Earnings Based) cannot be applied to companies without consistent revenue and earnings, GuruFocus developed a valuation model based on normalized Free Cash Flow and Book Value of the company. The details of how we calculate the intrinsic value of stocks are described in detail here.

As of today (2020-09-21), Cognizant Technology Solutions's Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF is USD63.79. The stock price of Cognizant Technology Solutions is USD67.39. Therefore, Cognizant Technology Solutions's Price-to-Intrinsic-Value-Projected-FCF of today is 1.1.

NAS:CTSH' s Price-to-Intrinsic-Value-Projected-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.74   Med: 2   Max: 7.31
Current: 1.06
0.74
7.31

During the past 13 years, the highest Price-to-Intrinsic-Value-Projected-FCF of Cognizant Technology Solutions was 7.31. The lowest was 0.74. And the median was 2.00.

NAS:CTSH's Price-to-Intrinsic-Value-Projected-FCF is ranked higher than
69% of the 1117 Companies
in the Software industry.

( Industry Median: 1.74 vs. NAS:CTSH: 1.06 )

Cognizant Technology Solutions Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF Historical Data

* All numbers are in millions except for per share data and ratio. All numbers are in their local exchange's currency.

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Cognizant Technology Solutions Annual Data
Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19
Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 37.83 42.93 50.58 58.45 63.96

Cognizant Technology Solutions Quarterly Data
Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20
Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 60.41 62.83 63.96 63.15 63.79
Competitive Comparison
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Cognizant Technology Solutions Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF Distribution

* The bar in red indicates where Cognizant Technology Solutions's Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF falls into.


Cognizant Technology Solutions Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF Calculation

Since the intrinsic value calculations based on Discounted Cash Flow Intrinsic Value: DCF (FCF Based), or Discounted Earnings Intrinsic Value: DCF (Earnings Based) cannot be applied to companies without consistent revenue and earnings, GuruFocus developed a valuation model based on normalized Free Cash Flow and Book Value of the company.

The details of how we calculate the intrinsic value of stocks are described in detail here.

This method smooths out the free cash flow over the past 6-7 years, multiplies the results by a growth multiple, and adds a portion of Total Stockholders Equity.

Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF = ( Growth Multiple * Free Cash Flow (6 year avg) + 0.8 * Total Stockholders Equity (most recent) ) / Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average)

In the case of negative Total Stockholders Equity, the following formula is used (see Explanation section below for the reason):

Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF = ( Growth Multiple * Free Cash Flow (6 year avg) + Total Stockholders Equity (most recent) / 0.8 ) / Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average)


Add all the Free Cash Flow together and divide 6 will get Cognizant Technology Solutions's Free Cash Flow(6 year avg) = USD1,958.73.

Cognizant Technology Solutions's Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF for today is calculated as

Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF=(Growth Multiple*Free Cash Flow (6 year avg)+Total Stockholders Equity (Jun20)*0.8)/Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average)
=(13.137944322724*1958.7333333333+10972*0.8)/541.000
=63.79

* All numbers are in millions except for per share data and ratio. All numbers are in their local exchange's currency.

Cognizant Technology Solutions  (NAS:CTSH) Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF Explanation

The growth multiple is capped between 8.35 and 17.74.

Total Stockholders Equity weighting is more art than science and it should always be revisited in more detail when researching a company. Weightings from 0% to 100% to more than 100% are possible. 80% was chosen as a happy median after taking the above ideas into consideration.

Cognizant Technology Solutions's Price-to-Intrinsic-Value-Projected-FCF for today is calculated as

Price-to-Intrinsic-Value-Projected-FCF=Share Price/Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF
=67.39/63.791736555263
=1.06

* All numbers are in millions except for per share data and ratio. All numbers are in their local exchange's currency.

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