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Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation (CTSH)On Jan 3: 65.72  Up 1.41 (2.19%)  

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Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:19.86B
Enterprise Value (Jan 4, 2012)3:17.56B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):24.08
Forward P/E (fye Dec 31, 2012)1:19.33
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:1.20
Price/Sales (ttm):3.37
Price/Book (mrq):4.93
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:3.05
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)6:14.73
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Dec 31
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):Sep 30, 2011
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):14.73%
Operating Margin (ttm):18.60%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):14.34%
Return on Equity (ttm):23.26%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):5.77B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):19.00
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):31.60%
Gross Profit (ttm):1.94B
EBITDA (ttm)6:1.19B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):849.66M
Diluted EPS (ttm):2.73
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):11.50%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):2.29B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):7.58
Total Debt (mrq):0.00
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):N/A
Current Ratio (mrq):3.66
Book Value Per Share (mrq):13.04
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):982.38M
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):652.56M
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.96
52-Week Change3:-13.74%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:0.04%
52-Week High (May 2, 2011)3:83.48
52-Week Low (Aug 19, 2011)3:53.54
50-Day Moving Average3:66.07
200-Day Moving Average3:67.40
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:2,732,840
Avg Vol (10 day)3:1,653,380
Shares Outstanding5:302.12M
Float:300.80M
% Held by Insiders1:0.37%
% Held by Institutions1:93.60%
Shares Short (as of Dec 15, 2011)3:4.29M
Short Ratio (as of Dec 15, 2011)3:1.60
Short % of Float (as of Dec 15, 2011)3:1.40%
Shares Short (prior month)3:4.68M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:N/A
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:N/A
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:N/A
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:N/A
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:N/A
Payout Ratio4:N/A
Dividend Date3:N/A
Ex-Dividend Date4:N/A
Last Split Factor (new per old)2:2:1
Last Split Date3:Oct 17, 2007

See Key Statistics Help for definitions of terms used.
Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions
mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of Sep 30, 2011)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Sep 30, 2011)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of Sep 30, 2011)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of Dec 31, 2010)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
1 Data provided by Thomson Reuters
2 Data provided by EDGAR Online
3 Data derived from multiple sources or calculated by Yahoo! Finance
4 Data provided by Morningstar, Inc.
5 Shares outstanding is taken from the most recently filed quarterly or annual report and Market Cap is calculated using shares outstanding.
6 EBITDA is calculated by Capital IQ using methodology that may differ from that used by a company in its reporting

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