As of today (2022-08-11), Cognizant Technology Solutions's share price is $68.72.
Cognizant Technology Solutions's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2022 was $4.43. Hence, Cognizant Technology Solutions's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 15.52.
The historical rank and industry rank for Cognizant Technology Solutions's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:
CTSH'
s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 10.3 Med: 21.44 Max: 38.69
Current: 15.51
During the past 13 years, Cognizant Technology Solutions's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 38.69. The lowest was 10.30. And the median was 21.44.
CTSH's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked better than 67.39% of 1331
companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 23.56
vs CTSH: 15.51
Cognizant Technology Solutions's Free Cash Flow per Share for the
three
months ended in Jun. 2022 was $0.93.
Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $4.43.
During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Cognizant Technology Solutions was 8.50% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 3.40% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 13.50% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 16.00% per year.
During the past 13 years, Cognizant Technology Solutions's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 59.50% per year. The lowest was -10.60% per year. And the median was 29.60% per year.
Cognizant Technology Solutions Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data
The historical data trend for Cognizant Technology Solutions's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow can be seen below:
* 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.
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Cognizant Technology Solutions Annual Data
Trend
Dec12
Dec13
Dec14
Dec15
Dec16
Dec17
Dec18
Dec19
Dec20
Dec21
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
19.90
16.74
16.48
15.28
21.14
Cognizant Technology Solutions Quarterly Data
Sep17
Dec17
Mar18
Jun18
Sep18
Dec18
Mar19
Jun19
Sep19
Dec19
Mar20
Jun20
Sep20
Dec20
Mar21
Jun21
Sep21
Dec21
Mar22
Jun22
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
16.97
17.36
21.14
20.47
15.24
Competitive Comparison
For the Information Technology Services subindustry, Cognizant Technology Solutions's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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 Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution
For the Software industry and Technology sector, Cognizant Technology Solutions's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Cognizant Technology Solutions's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.
Cognizant Technology Solutions's Share Price of today is $68.72.
Cognizant Technology Solutions's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2022 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $4.43.
* 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.
It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:
Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.
In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.
Be Aware
In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.
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Cognizant Technology Solutions Business Description
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.
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