What does the company do?
Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) is engaged in the information technology (IT) and professional services industry. CSC offers an array of services to clients in the commercial and government markets. Its service offerings include IT and business process outsourcing, and IT and professional services. Outsourcing involves operating all or a portion of a customer’s technology infrastructure, including systems analysis, applications development, network operations, desktop computing and data center management. IT and professional services include systems integration, consulting and other professional services. Consulting and professional services includes advising clients on the acquisition and utilization of IT and on business strategy, security, modeling, simulation, engineering, operations, change management and business process reengineering. In December 2008, the Company acquired Object Builder Software. In August 2009, the Company acquired BearingPoint's operation in Brazil.
How much does the company sell and earn?
Investors need to know how much stuff or services a company sells, and how much of that total it keeps as income (or profit) to grow its business or return to shareholders. The more of each, the better. In general, look for companies that sell and earn more than peers.
- Computer Science one-year sales: 16.00 Bil.
Difference from the average for the Information Technology Services group: 122.51% - Computer Science one-year income: 889.90 Mil.
Difference from the average for the Information Technology Services group: 114.08%| Sales & Income (past 12 months) | Company | Industry |
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| Sales | 16.00 Bil | 7.19 Bil | | Income | 889.90 Mil | 415.69 Mil |
How fast is the company growing?
- Computer Science one-year sales growth: -8.50%.
- Computer Science one-year income growth: -39.40%.
Difference from the average for the Information Technology Services group: -25.60 pct. pts.| Sales & Income Growth (past 12 months) | Company | Industry |
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| Sales Growth | -8.50% | 0.80% | | Income Growth | -39.40% | -13.80% |
How profitable is the company?
Investors prefer companies that increase profit margins -- the percentage of sales that they keep -- every year. This is accomplished either by lowering expenses or raising prices. Look for companies that consistently find ways to squeeze more profits out of sales than their peers.
- Computer Science one-year net profit margin: 5.6%
Difference from the company's 5-year average net profit margin: 1.7 pct. pts.
Difference from the average for the Information Technology Services group: -1.4 pct. pts.
| Net profit margins (%) |
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| Company | 5.6% | | Company 5-Yr Avg. | 3.9% | | Industry | 7.0% |
How is the company's financial health?
The debt/equity ratio shows how much a firm has borrowed as a percentage of its stock equity. The lower, the better.
- Computer Science debt/equity ratio: 0.67.
Difference from the average for the Information Technology Services group: 48.89%.
| | Company | Industry |
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| Debt/equity ratio | 0.67 | 0.45 |
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