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1MPast Month3MPast 3 Months6MPast 6 MonthsYTDYear to Date1YPast Year5YPast 5 Years
Selected5Y Return
  • ITGartner Inc− 40.57%
  • IBMInternational Business Machines Corp+ 71.43%
  • ACNAccenture PLC− 45.39%
  • CTSHCognizant Technology Solutions Corp− 18.29%

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Period Return

Each series is converted to a percentage of its own starting point, so all of them begin at zero. What is compared is the return over the period, not price levels.

IT− 40.6%IBM+ 71.4%ACN− 45.4%CTSH− 18.3%Tap or hover the chart for values along the way
MetricITIBMACNCTSH
Return
Last Price—234.89——
Daily Change—+ 0.08%——
Period ReturnPast 5 Years
− 40.57%
+ 71.43%
− 45.39%
− 18.29%
Valuation
Market Cap$12.5 B$221 B$114 B$28.2 B
P/E Ratio—20.85——
Dividend Yield—4.28%1.54%—
Net MarginTrailing 12M—15.5%10.7%—
Risk
Beta—0.791.08—
52-Week Range—199.19 — $332.46118.15 — $291.09—

Company

  • ITInformation Technology · Technology
  • IBMInformation Technology · Technology
  • ACNInformation Technology · Technology
  • CTSHInformation Technology · Technology

Metrics could not be loaded for IT, CTSH: P/E, dividend, beta and the 52-week range stay empty in that column.

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