Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. Stock Underperforms Wednesday When Compared To Competitors

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Prospect Capital Corporation is a financial services company that primarily lends to and invests in middle-market privately held companies. The Company's investment objective is to generate both current income and long-term capital appreciation through debt and equity investments. It invests primarily in senior and subordinated secured debt and equity of private companies in need of capital for acquisitions, divestitures, growth, development, recapitalizations and other purposes. It makes directly originated agented loans to companies, including companies which are controlled by private equity sponsors and companies that are not controlled by private equity sponsors. It also invests in senior and secured loans, syndicated loans and high yield bonds that have been sold to a club or syndicate of buyers, both in the primary and secondary markets. The Company is managed by its investment adviser, Prospect Capital Management L.P.

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. Stock Underperforms Wednesday When Compared To Competitors

4:47 pm ET December 8, 2021 (MarketWatch) Print

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Shares of Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. (CTSH) slipped 0.28% to $81.22 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.31% to 4,701.21 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.10% to 35,754.75. The stock's fall snapped a two-day winning streak. Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. closed $1.62 short of its 52-week high ($82.84), which the company reached on November 19th.

The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Wednesday, as Accenture PLC Cl A (ACN) rose 0.86% to $374.53, International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) rose 1.18% to $123.02, and Infosys Ltd. ADR (500209.BY) rose 1.65% to $23.44. Trading volume (2.1 M) remained 417,774 below its 50-day average volume of 2.5 M.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled December 8, 2021.

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December 08, 2021 16:47 ET (21:47 GMT)