Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation
US ˙ NasdaqGS ˙ US1924461023

SecurityCTSH / Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation
InstitutionUbs Ag
Latest Disclosed Ownership1,701,890 shares
Latest Disclosed Value $ 76,194,000
Ubs Ag ownership in CTSH / Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation

On November 12, 2014 - Ubs Ag filed a 13F-HR form disclosing ownership of 1,701,890 shares of Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation (US:CTSH) valued at $76,193,615 USD as of September 30, 2014. The entity filed a previous 13F-HR on August 14, 2014 disclosing 1,223,085 shares of Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation. This represents a change in shares of 39.15% during the quarter. The current value of the position is $91,068,134 USD.

Ubs Ag has a history of taking positions in derivatives of the underlying security (CTSH) in the form of stock options. The firm currently holds call options representing 5,600 of underlying shares valued at $251,000 USD and put options representing 21,000 of underlying shares valued at $940,000 USD .

Note: prior versions of this page mistakenly stated that the share values represented the number of options, not the number of underlying shares. For more information on the data backing these reports, please see the SEC document Frequently Asked Questions About Form 13F.

Institutional Ownership: 13F and NPORT Filings

The Security and Class in the table below are shown exactly as filed by the investor. We do our best to track continuity of investments through acquisitions, and this will be reflected in the table as changes in names. In addition to descriptive data, performance of the investment is shown over time. To calculate quarterly performance, we first calculate cost basis of the shares purchased during the quarter, then use that to calculate gross profit. Quarterly return is Gross Profit / Starting Portfolio value.

Note that cost basis is calculated and stored in thousands, so small quarterly changes in shares frequently result in a cost basis of zero.

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Institutional Put/Call Ratios
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In addition to reporting standard equity and debt issues, institutions with more than 100MM assets under management must also disclose their put and call option holdings. Since put options generally indicate negative sentiment, and call options indicate positive sentiment, we can get a sense of the overall institutional sentiment by plotting the ratio of puts to calls. The chart to the right plots the historical put/call ratio for this instrument.

Using Put/Call Ratio as an indicator of investor sentiment overcomes one of the key deficiencies of using total institutional ownership, which is that a significant amount of assets under management are invested passively to track indices. Passively-managed funds do not typically buy options, so the put/call ratio indicator more closely tracks the sentiment of actively-managed funds.

CTSH / Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation Historical Put/Call Ratio
Disclosed Equity Positions (from 13F/NPORT Filings)
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Avg Price
Paid (Est)
Reported
Shares
ΔShares ΔShares
(%)
Reported
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Alloc
(%)
ΔAlloc ΔAlloc (%) Cost Basis
(x1000)
Unrealized
Gain/Loss
(x1000)
2014-11-12 2014-09-30 13F COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIO CL A 192446102 1,701,890 478,805 39.15 76,194 27.37 0.0562
2014-08-14 2014-06-30 13F COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIO CL A 192446102 1,223,085 498,078 68.70 59,820 63.06 0.0468
2014-05-16 2014-03-31 13F/A-1 COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIO CL A 192446102 725,007 417,281 135.60 36,685 18.06 0.0326
2014-05-15 2014-03-31 13F COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIO CL A 192446102 725,007 36,685
2014-05-21 2013-12-31 13F/A-1 COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIO CL A 192446102 307,726 -25,666 -7.70 31,074 13.50 0.0291
2014-02-14 2013-12-31 13F COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIO CL A 192446102 307,726 31,074
2013-11-13 2013-09-30 13F COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIO CL A 192446102 333,392 4,523 1.38 27,378 32.90 0.0280
2013-08-14 2013-06-30 13F COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIO CL A 192446102 328,869 328,869 20,600 0.0244
Disclosed Call Options
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Opt Avg Share
Price
Shares ΔShares
(%)
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Prior Allocation
(%)
Allocation
(%)
ΔAllocation
(%)
Cost Basis
(x1000)
Profit
(x1000)
Return
(%)
2014-11-12 2014-09-30 13F COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIO CL A Call 5,600 -70.05 251 -72.57 n/a n/a n/a
2014-08-14 2014-06-30 13F COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIO CL A Call 18,700 -65.24 915 -66.39 n/a n/a n/a
2014-05-16 2014-03-31 13F/A COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIO CL A Call 53,800 -50.91 2,722 -75.40 n/a n/a n/a
2014-05-15 2014-03-31 13F COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIO CL A Call 53,800 2,722 n/a n/a n/a
2014-05-21 2013-12-31 13F/A COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIO CL A Call 109,600 -4.45 11,067 17.50 n/a n/a n/a
2014-02-14 2013-12-31 13F COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIO CL A Call 109,600 11,067 n/a n/a n/a
2013-11-13 2013-09-30 13F COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIO CL A Call 114,700 318.61 9,419 448.89 n/a n/a n/a
2013-08-14 2013-06-30 13F COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIO CL A Call 27,400 1,716 n/a n/a n/a
Disclosed Put Options
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Opt Avg Share Price Shares ΔShares
(%)
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Prior Allocation
(%)
Allocation
(%)
ΔAllocation
(%)
Cost Basis
(x1000)
Profit
(x1000)
Return
(%)
2014-11-12 2014-09-30 13F COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIO CL A Put 21,000 3.96 940 -4.86 n/a n/a n/a
2014-08-14 2014-06-30 13F COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIO CL A Put 20,200 152.50 988 143.95 n/a n/a n/a
2014-05-16 2014-03-31 13F/A COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIO CL A Put 8,000 -93.77 405 -96.88 n/a n/a n/a
2014-05-15 2014-03-31 13F COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIO CL A Put 8,000 405 n/a n/a n/a
2014-05-21 2013-12-31 13F/A COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIO CL A Put 128,400 -2.06 12,966 20.43 n/a n/a n/a
2014-02-14 2013-12-31 13F COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIO CL A Put 128,400 12,966 n/a n/a n/a
2013-11-13 2013-09-30 13F COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIO CL A Put 131,100 259.18 10,766 370.95 n/a n/a n/a
2013-08-14 2013-06-30 13F COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIO CL A Put 36,500 2,286 n/a n/a n/a
Legend
Shares
The total number of shares held by the institution at the end of the reporting period (the effective date). This is provided in the filing.
Value
The total value of the shares as of the effective date. This is provided in the filing.
Avg. Share Price
The weighted average share price of the shares held by the institution. We use FIFO accounting to determine this price
Class
This is the security class as indicated by the filer. There are a variety of values for this field. Common values include "EC" = equity common, "EP" - equity preferred
Allocation (%)
The percent of the institution's portfolio that this position represents. This is provided in NPORT filings. For 13F filings, we calculate it.
Change in Allocation
The change in allocation from the prior reporting period. This is calculated as current allocation - prior allocation.
Change in Allocation (%)
The percent change in allocation from the prior reporting period. This is calculated as (current allocation - prior allocation) / prior allocation.
Cost Basis
The total cost of the shares held. This is calculated as reported shares * avg. share price
Unrealized Gain/Loss
This is the market value of the position as of the effective date minus the cost basis.