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MetricCTSHCOGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORPIBMINTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPITGARTNER INCQNTQuantinuum Inc.Median of the restexcluding CTSH
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$73.72▲ 4.17 (6.00%)
$252.11▲ 0.65 (0.26%)
$234.44▲ 14.87 (6.77%)
$35.90▼ 2.75 (7.12%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.9.0/108.0/109.0/107.3/108.0/10
Market value$35.31B$236.22B$18.01B$9.69B
Revenue$21.11B$67.53B$6.50B$30.9M
Profit$2.23B$10.59B$729.2M-$71.5M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.7.0%7.6%3.7%34.6%7.6%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.33.7%58.2%68.8%62.2%62.2%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.16.1%—15.8%-1713.7%-848.9%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.10.6%15.7%11.2%-231.3%11.2%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.12.3%17.9%18.1%-760.9%17.9%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.14.9%32.4%228.0%-4.2%32.4%
Return on invested capital (approx.)Operating profit after tax against equity plus debt, less cash. Cash here excludes short-term investments, so this runs low for cash-rich companies.15.9%—48.9%-45.3%1.8%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.15.83x22.30x24.70x—23.50x
EV / EBITDA (approx.)Market value plus debt less cash, against operating profit before depreciation. Cash excludes short-term investments, so this runs high for cash-rich companies.8.63x—15.72x—15.72x
Price to book2.35x7.24x56.30x5.74x7.24x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.0.38x3.65x24.27x0.09x3.65x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.7/97/96/94/86.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.safesafesafesafe

How CTSH compares with the others

  • CTSH's operating margin of 16.1% is higher than the median of the other companies selected (-848.9%).
  • Its revenue growth of 7.0% is in line with the median of the other companies selected (7.6%).
  • It trades at a lower P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 15.8x against 23.5x.
  • Its liabilities are lower relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 0.4x against 3.6x.

Measured against the other companies entered, from each one's latest annual filing. A difference describes the companies; it does not rank them.