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Cognyte Software Ltd.

$CGNT·$650M·Software - Infrastructure·Technology
$8.82+5.3%YTD-6.9%1Y+8.6%
Price updated 14h ago·X counts updated 5d ago
CGCGNT
$CGNTCognyte Software Ltd.
$8.82+5.25%31 posts1×
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The complete picture of $CGNT on X — how loud the conversation is right now, how it has trended over the last two weeks, and which way the crowd is leaning.

31X posts · last 7 days
Sep 28Oct 11
Chatter Meter
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QuietNormal · 1×Loud

How loud $CGNT's conversation on X is versus its own normal — 1× is typical, higher means busier. Right now it's about its usual level.

AI verdictAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

TickerTalks' own read on what's driving $CGNT — fundamentals, momentum, or an event — and whether it agrees with the X crowd.

Proven numbersAcceleratingAI verdict · as of 2026-10-02

The move is getting stronger, with heavier trading behind it.

Israeli investigative-analytics software vendor with Q2 FY27 revenue +12% YoY, 73% gross margin and two newly-renewed $20M+ national-security contracts.

Cognyte sells investigative-analytics software (Actionable Intelligence) to governments and large enterprises, so revenue is a function of long-cycle agency renewals and net-new agency wins — not transactional demand.

  • Q2 FY27 revenue $109.2M, +12.0% YoY with 4.3% operating margin; prior four quarters: 10-13% revenue growth, 3-5% operating margin — persistent LDD growth, thin margin recovery
  • TTM: -2029x earnings (near breakeven), 1.5x sales, 73% gross margin, 4.1% operating margin, FCF yield 5.5%, debt-to-equity 0.18
  • FY27 estimate: $446.9M revenue, $0.47 EPS; FY26 $400.1M, $0.23 EPS — EPS doubling as scale leverage works
  • YTD -8.6%, trailing-12m +5.6% at $8.66 against a $628M market cap — multiple compressed on margin-recovery timing
  • Renewed $20M+ annual agreement with a tier-1 National Security Agency; signed ~$20M AI-powered expansion with an EMEA national security customer
  • Aug 4: Chief Revenue Officer Adam Richard Philpott appointed with 89,485 shares beneficially owned

The operating line is quietly compounding at a 73% gross margin with contracted agency revenue — the thesis is slow but durable. Analyst coverage sees 42% rally potential; the multiple sits where it does because the operating-margin ramp has been slow to arrive.

What to watch: Dec 8 Q3 earnings — whether operating margin extends past the 4-5% recent range as agency renewals compound and whether the FY27 EPS estimate becomes visible from the run-rate.

On the calendar: 2026-12-08 Q3 earnings

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Provides open-platform investigative analytics software to government agencies globally for network, threat, and operational intelligence.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Software - Infrastructure sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $CGNT.

Software - Infrastructure · Technology

No material change from last week — AI infrastructure capex bifurcates the cohort — GPU-cloud providers and AI-native security platforms absorbing enterprise spend, while legacy SaaS faces multiple compression. GPU-cloud platforms and AI-native security tools absorb enterprise spend while legacy SaaS faces multiple compression.

What this means for $CGNT

Partial — Cognyte Software Ltd., established in Herzliya, Israel, in 2020, delivers sophisticated investigative analytics software to a global array of governme; AI infrastructure capex bifurcates the cohort; exposure depends on workload alignment with GPU-cloud and AI-native security architectures.

Top industry ETF

$IGViShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF
+4.2%YTD
-3.3%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
-2028.6How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
2.3%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
4.1%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
5.5%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
1.5Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
-0.0%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
73.0%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.2Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Sep 9, 2026$0.15$0.09+71.4%
Q1 2026Jun 3, 2026$0.03$0.10-70.0%
Q4 2025Mar 25, 2026$0.10$0.01+900.0%
Q3 2025Dec 9, 2025$0.03$-0.02+250.0%
Next earningsTue, Dec 8·consensus EPS $0.13

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q2 FY27$109.2M+12.0%72.9%4.3%$0.06$-1.5M
Q1 FY27$105.5M+10.4%72.3%4.2%$-0.04$-6.1M
Q4 FY26$106.2M+12.4%74.1%4.9%$0.05$19.2M
Q3 FY26$100.7M+13.2%72.5%3.2%$-0.07$22.8M

Forward consensus

4-year forecast · up to 3 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$400.1M$394.8M – $402.7M$0.23$0.23 – $0.242
FY27$446.9M$441.0M – $449.8M$0.47$0.46 – $0.483
FY28$493.1M$486.6M – $496.3M$0.77$0.75 – $0.772
FY29$453.3M$447.3M – $456.3M$0.00$0.00 – $0.001

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.1.0×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.42%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.+1.6%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.-0.1%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatMid float · 60.5M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today1.0% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β1.595-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

3New insider — initial holdingsAug 43
AI summary

Adam Richard Philpott, Chief Revenue Officer of Cognyte Software Ltd. (CGNT), filed a Form 3 initial beneficial ownership statement dated August 4, 2026 (event date August 1, 2026). He holds 89,485 ordinary shares represented entirely by RSUs granted July 20, 2026, vesting in 6 equal semi-annual installments of ~14,914 shares over three years from January 2027 to July 2029. This is a standard Form 3 for a new officer with an RSU-only compensation structure; immaterial to CGNT's overall equity.

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Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

Cognyte Investigative Analytics and Operational Intelligence Solutions for Law Enforcement Highlight IACP 2026businesswire.com·2d agoWall Street Analysts Think Cognyte Software (CGNT) Could Surge 41.24%: Read This Before Placing a Betzacks.com·7d agoCognyte Renews $20+ Million Annual Agreement with Tier-1 National Security Agencybusinesswire.com·16d agoWall Street Analysts Believe Cognyte Software (CGNT) Could Rally 42.87%: Here's is How to Tradezacks.com·23d agoCognyte Signs ~$20 Million AI-Powered Expansion with EMEA National Security Customerbusinesswire.com·24d ago

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