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CompanyCurrent Price50-Day Moving Average52-Week RangeMarket CapBetaAvg. VolumeToday's Volume
Accenture plc stock logo
ACN
Accenture
$323.95
-1.2%
$364.92
$278.69
$398.35
$202.93B1.242.71 million shs651,112 shs
Cognizant Technology Solutions Co. stock logo
CTSH
Cognizant Technology Solutions
$79.78
-3.3%
$82.23
$63.79
$90.82
$39.42B1.123.72 million shs1.32 million shs
International Business Machines Co. stock logo
IBM
International Business Machines
$248.55
-0.2%
$242.61
$162.62
$266.45
$230.43B0.743.91 million shs1.33 million shs
Gartner, Inc. stock logo
IT
Gartner
$461.47
-1.0%
$509.21
$411.15
$584.01
$35.45B1.29370,946 shs65,933 shs
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Price Performance

Company1-Day Performance7-Day Performance30-Day Performance90-Day Performance1-Year Performance
Accenture plc stock logo
ACN
Accenture
-2.25%-5.22%-15.09%-9.91%-12.16%
Cognizant Technology Solutions Co. stock logo
CTSH
Cognizant Technology Solutions
-1.82%-1.52%-4.33%+1.50%+7.16%
International Business Machines Co. stock logo
IBM
International Business Machines
-3.07%-1.59%-1.30%+8.22%+29.90%
Gartner, Inc. stock logo
IT
Gartner
-1.02%-3.29%-11.78%-10.01%+0.26%
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MarketRank™

CompanyOverall ScoreAnalyst's OpinionShort Interest ScoreDividend StrengthESG ScoreNews and Social Media SentimentCompany OwnershipEarnings & Valuation
Accenture plc stock logo
ACN
Accenture
4.8594 of 5 stars
3.33.04.23.13.52.51.9
Cognizant Technology Solutions Co. stock logo
CTSH
Cognizant Technology Solutions
4.6279 of 5 stars
2.14.02.54.13.31.72.5
International Business Machines Co. stock logo
IBM
International Business Machines
4.4737 of 5 stars
2.24.03.33.52.81.71.9
Gartner, Inc. stock logo
IT
Gartner
4.7716 of 5 stars
3.25.00.04.43.42.51.9

Analyst Ratings

CompanyConsensus Rating ScoreConsensus RatingConsensus Price Target% Upside from Current Price
Accenture plc stock logo
ACN
Accenture
2.65
Moderate Buy$388.9620.07% Upside
Cognizant Technology Solutions Co. stock logo
CTSH
Cognizant Technology Solutions
2.20
Hold$83.394.53% Upside
International Business Machines Co. stock logo
IBM
International Business Machines
2.31
Hold$231.44-6.88% Downside
Gartner, Inc. stock logo
IT
Gartner
2.44
Hold$552.6319.75% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings

Latest ACN, IBM, CTSH, and IT Analyst Ratings

DateCompanyBrokerageActionRatingPrice TargetDetails
3/12/2025
Cognizant Technology Solutions Co. stock logo
CTSH
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Morgan Stanley
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Lower Price TargetEqual Weight ➝ Equal Weight$85.00 ➝ $80.00
2/26/2025
Accenture plc stock logo
ACN
Accenture
Stifel Nicolaus
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Lower Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$390.00 ➝ $380.00
2/11/2025
International Business Machines Co. stock logo
IBM
International Business Machines
Oppenheimer
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Initiated CoverageOutperform$320.00
2/10/2025
Cognizant Technology Solutions Co. stock logo
CTSH
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Barclays
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Boost Price TargetOverweight ➝ Overweight$95.00 ➝ $103.00
2/6/2025
Cognizant Technology Solutions Co. stock logo
CTSH
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Royal Bank of Canada
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Boost Price TargetSector Perform ➝ Sector Perform$82.00 ➝ $93.00
2/6/2025
Cognizant Technology Solutions Co. stock logo
CTSH
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Morgan Stanley
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Boost Price TargetEqual Weight ➝ Equal Weight$80.00 ➝ $85.00
2/6/2025
Cognizant Technology Solutions Co. stock logo
CTSH
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Needham & Company LLC
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Reiterated RatingHold ➝ Hold
2/6/2025
Cognizant Technology Solutions Co. stock logo
CTSH
Cognizant Technology Solutions
BMO Capital Markets
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Boost Price TargetMarket Perform ➝ Market Perform$88.00 ➝ $94.00
2/5/2025
International Business Machines Co. stock logo
IBM
International Business Machines
The Goldman Sachs Group
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Reiterated RatingBuy ➝ Buy
2/5/2025
Gartner, Inc. stock logo
IT
Gartner
Robert W. Baird
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Boost Price TargetOutperform ➝ Outperform$579.00 ➝ $605.00
2/4/2025
Gartner, Inc. stock logo
IT
Gartner
The Goldman Sachs Group
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Reiterated RatingBuy ➝ Buy
(Data available from 3/12/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Sales & Book Value

CompanyAnnual RevenuePrice/SalesCashflowPrice/CashBook ValuePrice/Book
Accenture plc stock logo
ACN
Accenture
$66.36B3.05$13.85 per share23.39$46.54 per share6.96
Cognizant Technology Solutions Co. stock logo
CTSH
Cognizant Technology Solutions
$19.74B2.00$5.34 per share14.94$29.13 per share2.74
International Business Machines Co. stock logo
IBM
International Business Machines
$62.75B3.67$14.57 per share17.06$29.62 per share8.39
Gartner, Inc. stock logo
IT
Gartner
$6.27B5.66$15.53 per share29.72$17.69 per share26.09

Profitability & Earnings

CompanyNet IncomeEPSTrailing P/E RatioForward P/E RatioP/E GrowthNet MarginsReturn on Equity (ROE)Return on Assets (ROA)Next Earnings Date
Accenture plc stock logo
ACN
Accenture
$7.26B$11.9227.2023.593.2311.41%26.91%14.09%3/20/2025 (Estimated)
Cognizant Technology Solutions Co. stock logo
CTSH
Cognizant Technology Solutions
$2.24B$4.5117.6714.912.1111.35%16.78%12.24%4/29/2025 (Estimated)
International Business Machines Co. stock logo
IBM
International Business Machines
$6.02B$6.4138.7721.435.819.60%38.99%7.14%4/23/2025 (Estimated)
Gartner, Inc. stock logo
IT
Gartner
$1.25B$16.0328.7932.253.3020.00%116.56%14.01%4/29/2025 (Estimated)

Latest ACN, IBM, CTSH, and IT Earnings

DateQuarterCompanyConsensus EstimateReported EPSBeat/MissGap EPSRevenue EstimateActual RevenueDetails
3/20/2025N/A
Accenture plc stock logo
ACN
Accenture
$2.84N/AN/AN/A$16.64 billionN/A
2/5/2025Q4 2024
Cognizant Technology Solutions Co. stock logo
CTSH
Cognizant Technology Solutions
$1.12$1.21+$0.09$1.10$5.07 billionN/A
2/4/2025Q4 2024
Gartner, Inc. stock logo
IT
Gartner
$3.22$5.45+$2.23$5.11$1.69 billion$1.72 billion
1/29/2025Q4 2024
International Business Machines Co. stock logo
IBM
International Business Machines
$3.77$3.92+$0.15$3.10$17.60 billionN/A
12/19/2024Q1 25
Accenture plc stock logo
ACN
Accenture
$3.43$3.59+$0.16$3.59$17.15 billion$17.69 billion

Dividends

CompanyAnnual PayoutDividend Yield3-Year Dividend GrowthPayout RatioYears of Consecutive Growth
Accenture plc stock logo
ACN
Accenture
$5.921.83%+14.40%49.66%20 Years
Cognizant Technology Solutions Co. stock logo
CTSH
Cognizant Technology Solutions
$1.241.55%+7.72%27.49%N/A
International Business Machines Co. stock logo
IBM
International Business Machines
$6.682.69%+0.61%104.21%29 Years
Gartner, Inc. stock logo
IT
Gartner
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Latest ACN, IBM, CTSH, and IT Dividends

AnnouncementCompanyPeriodAmountYieldEx-Dividend DateRecord DatePayable Date
1/28/2025
International Business Machines Co. stock logo
IBM
International Business Machines
Quarterly$1.672.92%2/10/20252/10/20253/10/2025
2/5/2025
Cognizant Technology Solutions Co. stock logo
CTSH
Cognizant Technology Solutions
quarterly$0.311.4%2/18/20252/18/20252/26/2025
(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Debt

CompanyDebt-to-Equity RatioCurrent RatioQuick Ratio
Accenture plc stock logo
ACN
Accenture
0.17
1.47
1.47
Cognizant Technology Solutions Co. stock logo
CTSH
Cognizant Technology Solutions
0.06
2.09
2.09
International Business Machines Co. stock logo
IBM
International Business Machines
1.82
1.04
1.00
Gartner, Inc. stock logo
IT
Gartner
1.81
1.06
1.06

Ownership

Institutional Ownership

CompanyInstitutional Ownership
Accenture plc stock logo
ACN
Accenture
75.14%
Cognizant Technology Solutions Co. stock logo
CTSH
Cognizant Technology Solutions
92.44%
International Business Machines Co. stock logo
IBM
International Business Machines
58.96%
Gartner, Inc. stock logo
IT
Gartner
91.51%

Insider Ownership

CompanyInsider Ownership
Accenture plc stock logo
ACN
Accenture
0.02%
Cognizant Technology Solutions Co. stock logo
CTSH
Cognizant Technology Solutions
0.26%
International Business Machines Co. stock logo
IBM
International Business Machines
0.07%
Gartner, Inc. stock logo
IT
Gartner
3.60%

Miscellaneous

CompanyEmployeesShares OutstandingFree FloatOptionable
Accenture plc stock logo
ACN
Accenture
721,000625.79 million625.66 millionOptionable
Cognizant Technology Solutions Co. stock logo
CTSH
Cognizant Technology Solutions
355,300494.62 million494.54 millionOptionable
International Business Machines Co. stock logo
IBM
International Business Machines
311,300927.26 million924.00 millionOptionable
Gartner, Inc. stock logo
IT
Gartner
21,04476.82 million74.36 millionOptionable

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Company Descriptions

Accenture logo

Accenture

NYSE:ACN
Accenture plc, a professional services company, provides strategy and consulting, industry X, song, and technology and operation services worldwide. The company offers application services, including agile transformation, DevOps, application modernization, enterprise architecture, software and quality engineering, data management; intelligent automation comprising robotic process automation, natural language processing, and virtual agents; and application management services, as well as software engineering services; strategy and consulting services; data and analytics strategy, data discovery and augmentation, data management and beyond, data democratization, and industrialized solutions comprising turnkey analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions; metaverse; and sustainability services. It also provides change management, HR transformation and delivery, organization strategy and design, talent strategy and development, and leadership and culture services; digital commerce; infrastructure services, including cloud infrastructure managed, cloud and data center, network, digital workplace, database platforms, service management, and cloud and infrastructure security services; data-enabled operating models; technology consulting and AI services; and technology consulting services. In addition, the company offers engineering and R&D digitization, smart connected products, product as-a-service enablement, capital projects, intelligent asset management, digital industrial workforce, and autonomous robotic systems; business process outsourcing; and services related to technology innovation. Further, it provides cloud, ecosystem, marketing, security, supply chain management, zero-based transformation, customer experience, finance consulting, mergers and acquisitions, and sustainability services. The company has a collaboration with Salesforce, Inc. to develop Salesforce Life Sciences Cloud. The company was founded in 1951 and is based in Dublin, Ireland.
Cognizant Technology Solutions logo

Cognizant Technology Solutions

NASDAQ:CTSH
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation, a professional services company, provides consulting and technology, and outsourcing services in North America, Europe, and internationally. It operates through four segments: Financial Services, Health Sciences, Products and Resources, and Communications, Media and Technology. The company provides customer experience, robotic process automation, analytics, and AI services in areas, such as digital lending, fraud detection, and next generation payments; the shift towards consumerism, outcome-based contracting, digital health, delivering integrated seamless, omni-channel, and patient-centered experience; and services that drive operational improvements in areas, such as clinical development, pharmacovigilance, and manufacturing, as well as claims processing, enrollment, membership, and billing to healthcare providers and payers, and life sciences companies, including pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device companies. It offers solution to manufacturers, automakers, retailers and travel and hospitality companies, as well as companies providing logistics, energy and utility services; and digital content, business process improvement, technology modernization, and the creation of unified and compelling user experience services to communications, media and entertainment, education, and information services and technology companies. The company was incorporated in 1988 and is headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey.
International Business Machines logo

International Business Machines

NYSE:IBM
International Business Machines Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides integrated solutions and services worldwide. The company operates through Software, Consulting, Infrastructure, and Financing segments. The Software segment offers a hybrid cloud and AI platforms that allows clients to realize their digital and AI transformations across the applications, data, and environments in which they operate. The Consulting segment focuses on skills integration for strategy, experience, technology, and operations by domain and industry. The Infrastructure segment provides on-premises and cloud based server, and storage solutions, as well as life-cycle services for hybrid cloud infrastructure deployment. The Financing segment offers client and commercial financing, facilitates IBM clients' acquisition of hardware, software, and services. The company has a strategic partnership to various companies including hyperscalers, service providers, global system integrators, and software and hardware vendors that includes Adobe, Amazon Web services, Microsoft, Oracle, Salesforce, Samsung Electronics and SAP, and others. The company was formerly known as Computing-Tabulating-Recording Co. International Business Machines Corporation was incorporated in 1911 and is headquartered in Armonk, New York.
Gartner logo

Gartner

NYSE:IT
Gartner, Inc. operates as a research and advisory company in the United States, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Research, Conferences, and Consulting. The Research segment delivers its research primarily through a subscription service that include on-demand access to published research content, data and benchmarks, and direct access to a network of research experts. The Conferences segment offers executives and teams in an organization the opportunity to learn, share, and network. The Consulting segment offers market-leading research, custom analysis, and on-the-ground support services. This segment also offers actionable solutions for IT-related priorities, including IT cost optimization, digital transformation, and IT sourcing optimization. Gartner, Inc. was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.