Analyst Consensus ?
ConsensusHold49 ratings
Bullish2244.9%
Neutral2244.9%
Bearish510.2%
1 unmapped firm rating excluded from the percentages.
FN2 Earnings Intelligence
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation analyst ratings
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation (CTSH) analyst consensus, price targets, and firm-level rating history from FN2 Research.
Analyst 52W Price Targets
$64.1Current
$44Low
$73.35Average
$107High
Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted current price from FN2's market snapshot as of Sep 15, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.
Firm-level rating actions
FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.
| Firm | Rating | Prior rating | Action | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wells Fargo | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Jul 30, 2026 |
| TD Cowen | Hold | Hold | Maintain | Jul 30, 2026 |
| Susquehanna | Positive | Positive | Maintain | Jul 30, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Equal Weight | Equal Weight | Maintain | Jul 30, 2026 |
| Citigroup | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Jul 30, 2026 |
| Guggenheim | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Jul 27, 2026 |
| RBC Capital | Sector Perform | Sector Perform | Maintain | Jul 24, 2026 |
| JP Morgan | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Jul 24, 2026 |
| Baird | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Jul 10, 2026 |
| Wedbush | Outperform | Neutral | Upgrade | Jun 8, 2026 |
| Mizuho | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | May 6, 2026 |
| UBS | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Apr 13, 2026 |
| William Blair | Outperform | Market Perform | Upgrade | Nov 21, 2025 |
| TD Securities | Hold | Hold | Maintain | May 1, 2025 |
| Needham | Hold | Hold | Maintain | May 1, 2025 |
| BMO Capital | Market Perform | Market Perform | Maintain | May 1, 2025 |
| Barclays | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Apr 25, 2025 |
| Deutsche Bank | Hold | Hold | Maintain | Oct 22, 2024 |
| Goldman Sachs | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Sep 12, 2024 |
| B of A Securities | Neutral | Underperform | Upgrade | Aug 7, 2024 |
| Evercore ISI Group | In Line | In Line | Maintain | Mar 26, 2024 |
| Jefferies | Buy | Hold | Upgrade | Jan 11, 2024 |
| Societe Generale | Sell | Hold | Downgrade | Jan 5, 2024 |
| Wolfe Research | Peer Perform | Underperform | Upgrade | Jan 4, 2024 |
| HSBC | Buy | Hold | Upgrade | May 5, 2023 |
| MoffettNathanson | Underperform | Market Perform | Downgrade | Jan 19, 2023 |
| Cowen & Co. | Market Perform | Outperform | Downgrade | Jul 28, 2022 |
| Berenberg | Hold | Hold | Maintain | Feb 2, 2021 |
| Credit Suisse | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Dec 29, 2020 |
| Atlantic Equities | Underweight | Underweight | Maintain | Feb 19, 2020 |
| Ambit Capital | Sell | Sell | Maintain | Dec 23, 2019 |
| Edward Jones | Buy | Hold | Upgrade | Nov 11, 2019 |
| Argus Research | Hold | Buy | Downgrade | May 10, 2019 |
| Argus | Hold | Buy | Downgrade | May 10, 2019 |
| Keybanc | Overweight | Downgrade | May 3, 2019 | |
| Bernstein | Outperform | Market Perform | Upgrade | Jan 25, 2019 |
| Bank of America | Underperform | Underperform | Maintain | Nov 2, 2018 |
| Nomura | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Feb 8, 2018 |
| Pivotal Research | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Nov 8, 2017 |
| Loop Capital | Buy | Hold | Upgrade | Aug 4, 2017 |
| SunTrust Robinson Humphrey | Buy | Hold | Upgrade | Apr 13, 2017 |
| CLSA | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Sep 14, 2016 |
| Pacific Crest | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Jul 12, 2016 |
| Sterne Agee CRT | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Dec 17, 2015 |
| Oppenheimer | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | May 4, 2015 |
| Tigress Financial | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Oct 17, 2013 |
| Evercore Partners | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Apr 15, 2013 |
| PiperJaffray | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Nov 23, 2012 |
| Piper Sandler | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Nov 23, 2012 |
| BGB Securities | Hold | Hold | Maintain | May 7, 2012 |
Named analyst price targets
Upside is calculated against the persisted current price $64.1. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.
| Firm | Analyst | 52W target | Price when posted | Upside | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mizuho Securities | Dan Dolev | $64 | $55.78 | -0.2% | Aug 6, 2026 |
| Susquehanna | Analyst unavailable | $82 | $52.4 | +27.9% | Jul 30, 2026 |
| Robert W. Baird | Analyst unavailable | $68 | $52.39 | +6.1% | Jul 30, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | James Faucette | $51 | $52.24 | -20.4% | Jul 30, 2026 |
| Guggenheim | Analyst unavailable | $65 | $45.45 | +1.4% | Jul 27, 2026 |
| RBC Capital | Analyst unavailable | $55 | $43.01 | -14.2% | Jul 24, 2026 |
| RBC Capital | Daniel Perlin | $47 | $43.01 | -26.7% | Jul 24, 2026 |
| Deutsche Bank | Analyst unavailable | $55 | $43.4 | -14.2% | Jul 10, 2026 |
| Robert W. Baird | Analyst unavailable | $55 | $43.4 | -14.2% | Jul 10, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $61 | $43.4 | -4.8% | Jul 10, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $44 | $41.83 | -31.4% | Jun 23, 2026 |
| Berenberg Bank | Analyst unavailable | $59 | $51.05 | -8.0% | Jun 17, 2026 |
| Wedbush | Steven Wahrhaftig | $70 | $53.21 | +9.2% | Jun 8, 2026 |
| Truist Financial | Arvind Ramnani | $66 | $55.76 | +3.0% | Jun 1, 2026 |
| Mizuho Securities | Analyst unavailable | $68 | $51.87 | +6.1% | May 6, 2026 |
| Susquehanna | Analyst unavailable | $88 | $52.9 | +37.3% | May 1, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | James Faucette | $63 | $52.42 | -1.7% | Apr 30, 2026 |
| Wedbush | Analyst unavailable | $56 | $54.7 | -12.6% | Apr 30, 2026 |
| Goldman Sachs | Analyst unavailable | $75 | $54.7 | +17.0% | Apr 29, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $70 | $55.08 | +9.2% | Apr 27, 2026 |
| Robert W. Baird | Analyst unavailable | $72 | $57.44 | +12.3% | Apr 10, 2026 |
| Wedbush | Analyst unavailable | $61 | $59.2 | -4.8% | Apr 9, 2026 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $71 | $61.02 | +10.8% | Mar 13, 2026 |
| BMO Capital | Analyst unavailable | $83 | $69.56 | +29.5% | Feb 12, 2026 |
| Mizuho Securities | Dan Dolev | $87 | $77.08 | +35.7% | Feb 9, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $82 | $76.71 | +27.9% | Feb 5, 2026 |
| BMO Capital | Analyst unavailable | $96 | $83.3 | +49.8% | Jan 29, 2026 |
| Guggenheim | Jonathan Lee | $100 | $84.65 | +56.0% | Jan 28, 2026 |
| Deutsche Bank | Analyst unavailable | $100 | $84.18 | +56.0% | Jan 26, 2026 |
| Susquehanna | James Friedman | $98 | $84.54 | +52.9% | Jan 23, 2026 |
| Berenberg Bank | Meha Pau | $107 | $84.03 | +66.9% | Jan 22, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $98 | $84.47 | +52.9% | Jan 14, 2026 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $82 | $80.72 | +27.9% | Dec 8, 2025 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $78 | $71.82 | +21.7% | Oct 30, 2025 |
| Mizuho Securities | Dan Dolev | $85 | $71.69 | +32.6% | Oct 30, 2025 |
| Goldman Sachs | James Schneider | $84 | $67.82 | +31.0% | Oct 29, 2025 |
| Wells Fargo | Jason Kupferberg | $82 | $68.77 | +27.9% | Oct 21, 2025 |
| Guggenheim | Jonathan Lee | $85 | $66.7 | +32.6% | Oct 21, 2025 |
| Barclays | Ramsey El-Assal | $95 | $80.06 | +48.2% | Dec 17, 2024 |
| Mizuho Securities | Dan Dolev | $83 | $74.98 | +29.5% | Oct 29, 2024 |
| Deutsche Bank | Bryan Keane | $80 | $76.87 | +24.8% | Oct 22, 2024 |
| Goldman Sachs | James Schneider | $76 | $76.3 | +18.6% | Sep 11, 2024 |
| RBC Capital | Daniel Perlin | $82 | $77.27 | +27.9% | Aug 28, 2024 |
| Bank of America Securities | Jason Kupferberg | $75 | $72.65 | +17.0% | Aug 7, 2024 |
| BMO Capital | Keith Bachman | $85 | $75.68 | +32.6% | Aug 1, 2024 |
| Goldman Sachs | James Schneider | $72 | $68.34 | +12.3% | Jun 24, 2024 |
| Deutsche Bank | Bryan Keane | $70 | $67.25 | +9.2% | Jun 10, 2024 |
| BMO Capital | Keith Bachman | $77 | $65.68 | +20.1% | Apr 30, 2024 |
| Morgan Stanley | James Faucette | $65 | $69.26 | +1.4% | Apr 12, 2024 |
| Jefferies | Surinder Thind | $85 | $74.88 | +32.6% | Jan 11, 2024 |
| Susquehanna | Analyst unavailable | $91 | $69.04 | +42.0% | Feb 3, 2023 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $60 | $70.66 | -6.4% | Feb 3, 2023 |
| UBS | Rayna Kumar | $68 | $64.06 | +6.1% | Jan 15, 2023 |
| BMO Capital | Analyst unavailable | $71 | $65.1 | +10.8% | Jan 13, 2023 |
| J.P. Morgan | Analyst unavailable | $62 | $58.23 | -3.3% | Dec 15, 2022 |
| Barclays | Ramsey El-Assal | $45 | $52.63 | -29.8% | Nov 6, 2022 |
| BMO Capital | Keith Bachman | $65 | $51.96 | +1.4% | Nov 3, 2022 |
| RBC Capital | Daniel Perlin | $66 | $51.96 | +3.0% | Nov 3, 2022 |
| BMO Capital | Keith Bachman | $65 | $60.26 | +1.4% | Nov 3, 2022 |
| RBC Capital | Daniel Perlin | $66 | $60.26 | +3.0% | Nov 3, 2022 |
| Robert W. Baird | David Koning | $66 | $60.26 | +3.0% | Nov 3, 2022 |
| UBS | Rayna Kumar | $62 | $51.96 | -3.3% | Nov 3, 2022 |
| HSBC | Yogesh Aggarwal | $79 | $68.95 | +23.2% | Aug 17, 2022 |
| RBC Capital | Daniel Perlin | $88 | $67.07 | +37.3% | Jul 28, 2022 |
| Robert W. Baird | David Koning | $84 | $69.44 | +31.0% | Jul 27, 2022 |
| Morgan Stanley | James Faucette | $75 | $69.21 | +17.0% | Jul 22, 2022 |
| Morgan Stanley | James Faucette | $90 | $84.36 | +40.4% | May 5, 2022 |
| BMO Capital | Keith Bachman | $100 | $89.17 | +56.0% | Feb 8, 2022 |
| Morgan Stanley | James Faucette | $95 | $86.94 | +48.2% | Jan 13, 2022 |
| Goldman Sachs | Brian Essex | $104 | $86.42 | +62.2% | Jan 9, 2022 |
| Susquehanna | James Friedman | $100 | $81.74 | +56.0% | Nov 19, 2021 |
| UBS | Diviya Nagarajan | $58.5 | $72.89 | -8.7% | Aug 4, 2021 |
| Societe Generale | Richard Nguyen | $92 | $73.25 | +43.5% | Jul 29, 2021 |
| Nomura | Rishit Parikh | $80 | $73.25 | +24.8% | Jul 29, 2021 |
| HSBC | Yogesh Aggarwal | $90 | $67.49 | +40.4% | Jul 22, 2021 |
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