Conduent Incorporated (CNDT)Technology | Information Technology Services | Florham Park, United States | NasdaqGS
1.39 USD
-0.18
(-11.465%) ⇩
(Oct. 16, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 1.41 +0.02 (1.439%) ⇧ (Oct. 16, 2026, 6:39 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 1:20 a.m. EDT
The investment case here is defined by a stark disconnect between the company's deteriorating reality and the market's desperate hope for a turnaround. Fundamentally, the business is in freefall: revenue is contracting at nearly 12%, profitability has vanished with negative operating margins, and the stock has lost over 84% of its value over the last eight years. The balance sheet is fragile, with debt significantly outweighing equity and return on equity deeply negative. While the analyst consensus screams 'Strong Buy' with a $5 target, this appears to be a speculative bid based on potential divestitures rather than a recovery in core operations. The short-term outlook remains neutral-to-slightly-bearish despite the hype. The statistical forecasting models show zero predictive power, and the price action is merely churning around its 50-day average without a clear breakout. The massive options positioning at $3.00 is a classic retail 'lottery ticket' strategy that often results in a 'pin risk' crash if the stock fails to gap up immediately. Without a confirmed catalyst beyond the transit sale, the probability of a sustained move to $5 is low given the structural damage to the revenue base. Investors should view this as a high-risk speculative play on a binary event, not a fundamental recovery story. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoETS ✓ | 0.047038 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.047038 |
| MSTL | 0.047774 |
| AutoTheta | 0.092879 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 40% |
| H-stat | 0.40 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.108 |
| Excess Kurtosis | 1.06 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 127.395 |
| Revenue per Share | 18.931 |
| Market Cap | 216,173,904 |
| Forward P/E | 139.00 |
| Beta | 1.46 |
| Profit Margins | -7.76% |
| Website | https://www.conduent.com |
As of Oct. 10, 2026, 1:20 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for a significant upside move, evidenced by heavy open interest concentration at $3.00 strikes across multiple expirations, which represents a massive gap above the current price. This 'long gamma' setup suggests a bet on a sharp rally or a gap-up event. Conversely, put volume is negligible and concentrated only at the money or slightly out-of-the-money, indicating a lack of hedging demand and a one-sided bullish sentiment among retail traders.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.4417671 |
| Address1 | 100 Campus Drive |
| Address2 | Suite 200 |
| All Time High | 23.39 |
| All Time Low | 1.15 |
| Ask | 1.61 |
| Ask Size | 1 |
| Audit Risk | 1 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 1.0 - Strong Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 873,910 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 1,012,385 |
| Average Volume | 1,012,385 |
| Average Volume10Days | 873,910 |
| Beta | 1.455 |
| Bid | 1.19 |
| Bid Size | 1 |
| Board Risk | 2 |
| Book Value | 3.382 |
| City | Florham Park |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 3 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 1.39 |
| Current Ratio | 1.552 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,790,726,400 |
| Day High | 1.58 |
| Day Low | 1.39 |
| Debt To Equity | 127.395 |
| Display Name | Conduent |
| Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,786,366,800 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,786,366,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,786,365,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,793,968,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,793,968,200 |
| Ebitda | 76,000,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.02586 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 12.91 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 0.334 |
| Enterprise Value | 981,173,888 |
| Eps Current Year | -0.37 |
| Eps Forward | 0.01 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -1.16 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 15 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 1.6172 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -0.22720003 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.14048976 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -44.17671 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 2.66 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -1.2700001 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.47744364 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 1.15 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 0.24000001 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.20869567 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 1.15 - 2.66 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,481,639,400,000 |
| Float Shares | 141,792,979 |
| Forward Eps | 0.01 |
| Forward P E | 139.0 |
| Free Cashflow | 96,000,000 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 46,000 |
| Fullday Change | -0.16000009 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -10.191088 |
| Fullday Price | 1.39 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,790,812,800 |
| Gross Margins | 0.18611999 |
| Gross Profits | 547,000,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.100839995 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.75413 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 155,520,800 |
| Industry | Information Technology Services |
| Industry Disp | Information Technology Services |
| Industry Key | information-technology-services |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | Conduent Incorporated provides digital business solutions and services for the commercial, government, and transportation spectrum in the United States, Europe, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Commercial, Government, and Transportation. The Commercial segment offers business process services and customized solutions, customer experience management, business process as a service, integrated digital solutions, healthcare claims and administration, and human capital solutions. Its Government segment provides government-centric business process services to the United States federal, state, local, and foreign governments for public assistance, healthcare program and administration, transaction processing, case management, and payment services; and digital payments, child support payments, government healthcare, and eligibility and enrollment solutions. The Transportation segment offers systems, support, and revenue-generating solutions that include road usage charging and management solutions; transit solutions; computer-aided dispatch/automatic vehicle location technology to help clients manage their fleet operations; and tolling, transit, and digital payment solutions that streamline operations. This segment also provides electronic tolling, urban congestion management, and mileage-based user solutions. Conduent Incorporated was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey. |
| Long Name | Conduent Incorporated |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 216,173,904 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_323756013 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Net Income To Common | -173,000,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 248,833,280 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 2 |
| Open | 1.58 |
| Operating Cashflow | -1,000,000 |
| Operating Margins | -0.03955 |
| Overall Risk | 2 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Phone | 844-663-2638 |
| Post Market Change | 0.01999998 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 1.4388475 |
| Post Market Price | 1.41 |
| Post Market Time | 1,792,190,374 |
| Previous Close | 1.57 |
| Price Eps Current Year | -3.7567568 |
| Price Hint | 4 |
| Price To Book | 0.41099942 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.073553555 |
| Profit Margins | -0.07758 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.84 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | strong_buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 1.0 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.18 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -11.465 |
| Regular Market Day High | 1.58 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 1.39 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 1.39 - 1.58 |
| Regular Market Open | 1.58 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 1.57 |
| Regular Market Price | 1.39 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,792,180,801 |
| Regular Market Volume | 1,214,630 |
| Return On Assets | -0.012410001 |
| Return On Equity | -0.20542 |
| Revenue Growth | -0.119 |
| Revenue Per Share | 18.931 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.13723719 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 3 |
| Shares Outstanding | 155,520,800 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0277 |
| Shares Short | 4,305,926 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,788,134,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 4,537,743 |
| Short Name | Conduent Incorporated |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0323 |
| Short Ratio | 3.83 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | NJ |
| Symbol | CNDT |
| Target High Price | 5.0 |
| Target Low Price | 5.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 5.0 |
| Target Median Price | 5.0 |
| Total Cash | 228,000,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 1.466 |
| Total Debt | 851,000,000 |
| Total Revenue | 2,939,000,064 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -1.16 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 1.564675 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -0.17467499 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.111636594 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 1,214,630 |
| Website | https://www.conduent.com |
| Zip | 7,932 |