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Cognizantvs.IBM

CTSH vs IBM · both in IT consultants & integrators, part of the AI & digital infrastructure value chain: Help enterprises adopt and scale AI in practice.

IBM is about 13× larger than Cognizant by market cap; Cognizant trades at the lower P/E (9.1 vs 25.4); year to date, IBM leads (−2.9% vs −48.7%).

Side by side

CTSHIBM
Market cap$20.3B$273B
Price$42.57$287.56
Today−1.9%−2.6%
Return YTD−48.7%−2.9%
Return 1Y−44.5%+0.0%
P/E9.125.4
P/S0.94.0
P/B1.38.3

Data as of 2026-07-11 · updates daily after U.S. close

The two companies

CognizantCTSH

NASDAQ · USA

Global IT consulting and outsourcing firm with a growing AI and digital transformation business.

IT consulting
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IBMIBM

NYSE · USA

Enterprise IT veteran with the watsonx platform, hybrid cloud (Red Hat) and a large consulting business building AI solutions for enterprises.

Enterprise AIHybrid cloudIT services
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