Institutional buying in recent weeks has strengthened the near-term CTSH stock price forecast, with hedge funds increasing stakes amid optimism about Cognizant’s AI integration pipeline. Thus far, we have learned that ROE measures how efficiently a company is generating its profits. Depending on how much of these profits the company reinvests or "retains", and how effectively it does so, we are then able to assess a company’s earnings growth potential. Generally speaking, other things being equal, firms with a high return on equity and profit retention, have a higher growth rate than firms that don’t share these attributes. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating Analysts cite competitive positioning against Infosys and Accenture as a supportive factor in CTSH stock price forecast, with potential for premium valuation if Cognizant sustains double-digit order growth.