Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation (CTSH): Today's Featured Computer Software & Services Winner

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Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation (CTSH) pushed the Computer Software & Services industry higher today making it today's featured computer software & services winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.4%. By the end of trading, Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation rose $1.17 (1.5%) to $77.94 on light volume. Throughout the day, 1.4 million shares of Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 2.1 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $75.75-$78.07 after having opened the day at $76.45 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $76.77. Other companies within the Computer Software & Services industry that increased today were: Rosetta Stone (RST), up 11.5%, CounterPath Corporation (CPAH), up 9.1%, Splunk (SPLK), up 7.9%, and Salesforce.com (CRM), up 7.5%.

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Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation provides information technology (IT), consulting, and business process outsourcing services in North America, Europe, and internationally. Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation has a market cap of $23.29 billion and is part of the technology sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 22.4, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 4.5% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Currently there are 20 analysts that rate Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and one rates it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, impressive record of earnings per share growth, compelling growth in net income and increase in stock price during the past year. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had somewhat disappointing return on equity.

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On the negative front, Wireless Ronin Technologies (RNIN), down 25.7%, CSP (CSPI), down 12%, Camelot Information Systems (CIS), down 7.5%, and NCI (NCIT), down 5.6%, were all laggards within the computer software & services industry with Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP) being today's computer software & services industry laggard.

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