STOCKS TO WATCH: COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORPORATION (CTSH) AND EQT CORPORATION (EQT) IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation (NASDAQ:CTSH) recorded 4.84% uptrend from the beginning of this year till date. The 12-month potential price target for Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is set at $81.97. This target means that the stock has an upside potential to increase by 23.17% from the current trading price. The stock of CTSH went up by $0.76 now trading at $66.55. Their shares witnessed a 11.91% increase from the 52-week low price of $59.47 they recorded on 2018-12-26. Even though it is still -27.87% behind the $85.1 high touched on 2018-03-15. The last few days have been good for the stock, as its price has grew by 2.68% during the week. It has also performed poorly over the past three months, as it lost around -9.46% while it has so far retreated around -12.25% during the course of a year.

When giving their opinion, around 65.63% of Wall Street analysts, which represents 21 out of 32 rated the stock as a Buy. 10 brokerage firms of the remaining 31.25% rated the stock as a Hold with 1 analyst rating it as a sell. Overall, the number of aggregate CTSH shares held by institutional investors represents 91.6% of total shares. 77 institutions entered new Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation (NASDAQ:CTSH) positions, 444 added to their existing positions in these shares, 482 lowered their positions, and 84 exited their positions entirely.

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation (CTSH) trade volume has decreased by -37.35% as around 2,362,254 shares were sold when compared with its 50-day average volume of traded shares which is 3,770,266. At the moment, CTSH is witnessing a uptrend, as it is trading 4.82% above its 20-day SMA, -0.52% below its 50-day SMA, and -11.09% below its 200-day SMA. The company runs an ROE of roughly 13.3%, with financial analysts predicting that their earnings per share growth will be around 12.66% per annum for the next five year. This will be compared to the 15.7% increase witnessed over the past five years.

The first technical resistance point for Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation (NASDAQ:CTSH) will likely come at $67.13, marking a 0.86% premium to the current level. The second resistance point is at $67.7, about 1.7% premium to its current market price. On the other hand, inability to breach the immediate hurdles can drag it down to $64.62, the lower end of the range. CTSH’s 14-day MACD is 1.88 and this positive figure indicates an upward trading trend. The company’s 14-day RSI (relative strength index) score is 56.17, which shows that its stock has been neutral. The 20-day historical volatility for the stock stands at 31.16 percent, which is high when compared to that of the 50-day’s 28.99 percent.

The shares of EQT Corporation (NYSE:EQT) has increased by 2.24%, and now trading at $20.96 on the Wall Street in the intra-day deal, with their shares traded now around 3,903,163. This is a decline of -5,079,745 shares over the average 8,982,908 shares that were traded daily over the last three months. The stock that is trading at $20.96 went higher by 28.67% from its 52-week low of $16.29 that it attained back on 2018-11-16. The stock recorded a 52-week high of $59.63 nearly 359 days ago on 2018-01-24.

EQT stock has performed well over the past 30 days, as it added 10.96% while its price climbed by 10.96% year-to-date (YTD). Looking at the last few days, it has been good for the stock, as it rose 5.91% over the last week. The stock’s 12-month potential target price is now at $29.77. This means that the stock price might likely increase by 42.03% from its current trading price.12 out of 19 Wall Street analysts which represents 63.16% rated the stock as a buy while the remaining 31.58 rated it as a hold, with 5.26 of analysts rating it as a sell.

EQT Corporation (NYSE:EQT) has been utilizing an ROE that is roughly -2.7%, with stock analysts predicting that the company’s EPS for the next five years will go up by 2.89% per year, following the 12.7% raise that was witnessed during the past five years. The stock at the moment is on a uptrend, trading 7.2% above its 20-day SMA, 10.49% above its 50-day SMA, and -16.15% below its 200-day SMA. In percentage terms, the aggregate EQT Corporation shares held by institutional investors is 0%. 45 institutions jumped in to acquire EQT Corporation (EQT) fresh stake, 235 added to their current holdings in these shares, 235 lowered their positions, and 79 left no stake in the company.

The stock’s 9-day MACD is 0.42 and this positive figure indicates an upward trading trend. The company’s 9-day RSI score is 61.38, which shows that its stock has been neutral. The 20-day historical volatility for the shares stand at 39.2 percent, which is less when compared to that of the 50-day’s 148.85 percent. On the daily chart, we see that the stock could reach the first level of resistance at $21.27, sporting a 1.46% premium to the current level. The next resistance point is at $21.59, representing nearly 2.92% premium to the current market price of EQT Corporation (EQT). On the other hand, failure to breach the immediate hurdles can drag it down to $19.91, the lower end of the range.

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