Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation CTSH NDXSPX

Technology · Information Technology Services · United States

https://www.cognizant.com

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation, a professional services company, provides consulting and technology, and outsourcing services in North America, Europe, and internationally. It operates through four segments: Financial Services; Health Sciences; Products and Resources; and Communications, Media and Technology. The company provides services including artificial intelligence (AI) and other technology services and solutions, consulting, application development, systems integration, quality engineering and assurance, engineering research and development, application maintenance, infrastructure, security, and business process services and automation. It also offers AI-led automation, which includes advisory, and process and IT automation solutions designed to simplify and accelerate automation adoption; business process outsourcing services, which help deliver business outcomes including revenue growth, increased customer and employee satisfaction, and cost savings; and Cognizant Moment, a digital experience service that uses AI to reimagine customer experiences and engineer strategies aimed at driving growth. In addition, the company develops, licenses, implements, and supports proprietary and third-party software products and platforms; and develops industry-specific products and services. It offers solution to healthcare providers and payers, life sciences companies, banking, capital markets, payments and insurance companies, manufacturers, automakers, retailers, consumer goods, travel and hospitality, communications, media and entertainment, education, information services, and technology companies, as well as businesses providing logistics, energy, and utility services. The company has a strategic partnership with Uniphore Technologies Inc. for the development of AI solutions that combine small language models and AI agents. Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation was incorporated in 1988 and is headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey.

Market & Price

Market Cap

$26.37B

Current Price

$55.76

High / Low (52W)

$85.66 / $45.65

Beta

0.80

Valuation

Stock P/E

12.09

Industry PE

32.74

Forward P/E

9.05

PEG Ratio

0.88

Book Value

$31.79

Price to Book

1.75

P/S

1.23

EV/EBITDA

6.68

Dividend Yield

2.37%

Profitability & Returns

ROCE

20.64%

ROE

14.88%

ROA

10.44%

Profit Margin

10.41%

Op Margin

15.57%

EPS (Latest Qtr)

$1.39

EPS (TTM)

$4.61

Balance Sheet & Liquidity

Debt/Equity

0.07

Quick Ratio

1.74

Current Ratio

2.23

Debt

$1.09B

Total Assets

$20.69B

Current Assets

$7.82B

Working Capital

$4.16B

Ownership

Promoter Holding

0.11%

Chg in Prom Hold

FII / Inst Holding

108.02%

Chg in FII Hold

-0.00%

Financial Snapshot

Enterprise Value

$26.00B

Total Revenue (TTM)

$21.41B

EBITDA

$3.89B

Free Cash Flow

$1.91B

Operating Cash Flow

$2.76B

Shares Outstanding

473.00M

Gross Margin

33.51%

Payout Ratio

27.33%

Growth (CAGR)

Revenue 5Y

2.80%

Profit 5Y

-0.88%

Revenue (YoY)

5.80%

Earnings (YoY)

3.60%

PROS

Healthy ROCE of 20.6%.
Generates positive free cash flow.

CONS

Earnings shrank at -0.9% CAGR over 5 years.
Trading 34.9% below its 52-week high.
In a downtrend (50-DMA below 200-DMA).

* The pros and cons are auto-generated from financial metrics.

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Fundamental Growth

Period: Metric:

Figures from the latest reported periods. CAGR is computed across the displayed window (quarterly CAGR is annualised assuming 4 quarters per year).

Peer comparison

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#	Name	CMP $	P/E	Mkt Cap	Div Yld %	ROCE %	ROE %	Rev CAGR 5Y %	Profit CAGR 5Y %
1	CTSH Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation NDXSPX	55.76	12.09	$26.37B	2.37%	20.64%	14.88%	2.80%	-0.88%
2	NVDA NVIDIA Corporation NDXSPXAI	211.14	32.38	$5.11T	0.47%	81.14%	114.29%	100.05%	201.80%
3	AAPL Apple Inc. NDXSPX	312.06	37.73	$4.58T	0.35%	68.72%	141.47%	1.81%	3.92%
4	MSFT Microsoft Corporation NDXSPXAI	450.24	26.82	$3.34T	0.81%	26.37%	34.01%	12.42%	11.87%
5	TSM Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited AI	418.45	35.86	$2.17T	0.91%	32.04%	36.21%	18.94%	19.57%
6	MU Micron Technology, Inc. NDXSPXAI	971.00	45.87	$1.10T	0.06%	14.20%	39.82%	6.71%	-0.57%
7	AMD Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. NDXSPXAI	516.10	172.61	$841.55B	-	6.33%	8.06%	13.64%	48.64%
8	ORCL Oracle Corporation SPXAI	225.78	40.46	$649.35B	0.89%	13.07%	57.57%	10.59%	22.81%
9	ASML ASML Holding N.V. NDXAI	1,612.76	53.76	$621.59B	0.54%	43.81%	52.24%	15.55%	19.55%

Quarterly Results

Figures in USD.

Metric	Jun 2015	Sep 2015	Dec 2015	Mar 2016	Jun 2016	Sep 2016	Dec 2016	Mar 2017	Jun 2017	Sep 2017	Dec 2017	Mar 2018	Jun 2018	Sep 2018	Dec 2018	Mar 2019	Jun 2019	Sep 2019	Dec 2019	Mar 2020	Jun 2020	Sep 2020	Mar 2021	Jun 2021	Sep 2021	Mar 2022	Jun 2022	Sep 2022	Mar 2023	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025	Mar 2026
Revenue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.91B	4.01B	4.08B	-	4.11B	4.14B	4.25B	-	4.22B	4.00B	4.24B	4.40B	4.58B	4.74B	4.83B	4.91B	4.86B	4.81B	4.89B	4.90B	4.76B	4.85B	-	-	5.12B	5.25B	5.42B	5.33B	5.41B
Cost of Revenue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.40B	3.48B	3.58B	3.53B	3.64B
Gross Profit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.72B	1.77B	1.83B	1.80B	1.77B
Operating Expenses	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	927.00M	949.00M	968.00M	946.00M	932.00M
Operating Income	546.00M	543.00M	553.00M	554.00M	591.00M	583.00M	561.00M	570.00M	606.00M	648.00M	657.00M	693.00M	670.00M	745.00M	693.00M	539.00M	619.00M	669.00M	626.00M	579.00M	467.00M	603.00M	669.00M	696.00M	729.00M	724.00M	760.00M	798.00M	702.00M	577.00M	686.00M	695.00M	708.00M	-	-	791.00M	817.00M	866.00M	853.00M	843.00M
EBITDA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.02B	990.00M	1.03B	1.03B	1.01B
Interest Expense	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12.00M	9.00M	8.00M	8.00M	7.00M
Pretax Income	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	872.00M	842.00M	887.00M	878.00M	867.00M
Tax Provision	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	213.00M	197.00M	613.00M	235.00M	208.00M
Net Income	420.00M	397.00M	424.00M	441.00M	252.00M	444.00M	416.00M	557.00M	470.00M	495.00M	-18.00M	520.00M	456.00M	477.00M	648.00M	441.00M	509.00M	497.00M	395.00M	367.00M	361.00M	348.00M	505.00M	512.00M	544.00M	563.00M	577.00M	629.00M	580.00M	463.00M	525.00M	546.00M	566.00M	-	-	663.00M	645.00M	274.00M	648.00M	662.00M
Diluted EPS	0.68	0.65	0.69	0.72	0.41	0.73	0.68	0.92	0.80	0.84	-0.03	0.88	0.78	0.82	1.12	0.77	0.90	0.90	0.72	0.67	0.67	0.64	0.95	0.97	1.03	1.07	1.11	1.22	1.14	0.91	1.04	1.10	1.14	-	-	1.34	1.31	0.56	1.34	1.39

Profit & Loss (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric	Dec 2007	Dec 2008	Dec 2009	Dec 2010	Dec 2011	Dec 2012	Dec 2013	Dec 2014	Dec 2015	Dec 2016	Dec 2017	Dec 2018	Dec 2019	Dec 2020	Dec 2021	Dec 2022	Dec 2023	Dec 2024	Dec 2025
Revenue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16.12B	16.78B	16.65B	18.51B	19.43B	19.35B	19.74B	21.11B
Cost of Revenue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12.45B	12.66B	12.96B	13.99B
Gross Profit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6.98B	6.69B	6.78B	7.12B
Operating Expenses	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.01B	3.77B	3.75B	3.79B
Operating Income	381.52M	516.67M	618.49M	861.85M	1.14B	1.36B	1.68B	1.89B	2.14B	2.29B	2.48B	2.80B	2.45B	2.11B	2.83B	2.97B	2.92B	3.03B	3.33B
EBITDA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.60B	3.38B	3.53B	4.07B
Interest Expense	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19.00M	41.00M	54.00M	37.00M
Pretax Income	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.02B	2.79B	2.94B	3.48B
Tax Provision	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	730.00M	668.00M	713.00M	1.26B
Net Income	350.13M	430.85M	534.96M	733.54M	883.62M	1.05B	1.23B	1.44B	1.62B	1.55B	1.50B	2.10B	1.84B	1.39B	2.14B	2.29B	2.13B	2.24B	2.23B
Diluted EPS	1.15	1.44	1.78	2.37	2.85	1.72	2.02	2.35	2.65	2.55	2.53	3.60	3.29	2.57	4.05	4.41	4.21	4.51	4.56

Compounded Sales Growth

5 Years:	2.80%
1 Year:	5.80%

Compounded Profit Growth

5 Years:	-0.88%
1 Year:	3.60%

Stock Price Performance

1 Year:	-29.70%
6 Months:	-26.18%
3 Months:	-12.85%
1 Month:	+2.66%

Balance Sheet (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric	Dec 2006	Dec 2007	Dec 2008	Dec 2009	Dec 2010	Dec 2011	Dec 2012	Dec 2013	Dec 2014	Dec 2015	Dec 2016	Dec 2017	Dec 2018	Dec 2019	Dec 2020	Dec 2021	Dec 2022	Dec 2023	Dec 2024	Dec 2025
Total Assets	-	-	2.37B	3.34B	4.58B	5.51B	6.52B	8.13B	11.48B	13.06B	14.26B	15.22B	15.85B	16.20B	16.92B	-	17.85B	18.48B	19.97B	20.69B
Current Assets	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7.27B	7.51B	7.50B	7.82B
Cash & Equivalents	265.94M	339.85M	735.07M	1.10B	1.54B	1.31B	1.57B	2.21B	2.01B	2.12B	2.03B	1.93B	1.16B	2.65B	2.68B	-	2.19B	2.62B	2.23B	1.90B
Inventory	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Receivables	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.80B	3.85B	4.06B	4.44B
Total Liabilities	-	-	408.98M	685.06M	998.64M	1.56B	1.67B	2.00B	3.74B	3.78B	3.53B	4.55B	4.42B	5.18B	6.09B	-	5.54B	5.26B	5.56B	5.68B
Current Liabilities	-	-	387.58M	646.61M	930.73M	1.21B	1.38B	1.77B	2.59B	2.71B	2.42B	2.84B	2.71B	2.98B	3.54B	-	3.35B	3.33B	3.58B	3.66B
Long Term Debt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	937.50M	877.00M	797.00M	698.00M	736.00M	700.00M	663.00M	-	638.00M	606.00M	875.00M	543.00M
Total Debt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.53B	1.31B	1.48B	1.15B
Total Equity	1.07B	1.47B	1.97B	2.65B	3.58B	3.95B	4.85B	6.14B	7.74B	9.28B	10.73B	10.67B	11.42B	11.02B	10.84B	-	12.31B	13.23B	14.41B	15.02B
Shares Outstanding	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	509.00M	498.00M	495.00M	479.00M

Cash Flows (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric	Dec 2007	Dec 2008	Dec 2009	Dec 2010	Dec 2011	Dec 2012	Dec 2013	Dec 2014	Dec 2015	Dec 2016	Dec 2017	Dec 2018	Dec 2019	Dec 2020	Dec 2021	Dec 2022	Dec 2023	Dec 2024	Dec 2025
Operating Cash Flow	344.32M	429.70M	672.33M	764.65M	875.15M	1.17B	1.42B	1.47B	2.19B	1.65B	2.41B	2.59B	2.50B	3.30B	-	2.57B	2.33B	2.12B	2.88B
Investing Cash Flow	-277.34M	-55.01M	-394.76M	-446.89M	-850.28M	-570.05M	-730.80M	-3.16B	-1.37B	-963.00M	-582.00M	-1.63B	1.59B	-1.24B	-	-106.00M	-331.00M	-1.65B	-230.00M
Financing Cash Flow	4.01M	44.03M	76.95M	120.00M	-255.46M	-342.99M	-30.90M	1.50B	-682.00M	-743.00M	-1.99B	-1.69B	-2.57B	-2.01B	-	-1.94B	-1.61B	-915.00M	-2.27B
Capital Expenditure	-182.47M	-169.41M	-76.64M	-185.51M	-288.22M	-334.46M	-261.60M	-212.00M	-273.00M	-300.00M	-284.00M	-377.00M	-392.00M	-398.00M	-	-332.00M	-317.00M	-297.00M	-288.00M
Free Cash Flow	161.85M	260.30M	595.69M	579.14M	586.93M	838.12M	1.16B	1.26B	1.91B	1.34B	2.12B	2.21B	2.11B	2.90B	-	2.24B	2.01B	1.83B	2.60B
Net Change in Cash	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	523.00M	390.00M	-437.00M	381.00M
Share Buybacks	105.36M	27.84M	16.26M	59.00M	374.15M	520.85M	179.00M	248.00M	460.00M	512.00M	1.89B	1.26B	2.25B	1.62B	771.00M	1.42B	1.06B	605.00M	1.38B

Ratios (Annual)

Figures in %.

Metric	Dec 2007	Dec 2008	Dec 2009	Dec 2010	Dec 2011	Dec 2012	Dec 2013	Dec 2014	Dec 2015	Dec 2016	Dec 2017	Dec 2018	Dec 2019	Dec 2020	Dec 2021	Dec 2022	Dec 2023	Dec 2024	Dec 2025
Gross Margin %	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	35.9%	34.6%	34.3%	33.7%
Operating Margin %	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17.4%	14.6%	12.7%	15.3%	15.3%	15.1%	15.3%	15.8%
Net Margin %	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13.0%	11.0%	8.4%	11.5%	11.8%	11.0%	11.3%	10.6%
ROE %	23.8%	21.9%	20.2%	20.5%	22.4%	21.7%	20.0%	18.6%	17.5%	14.5%	14.1%	18.4%	16.7%	12.8%	-	18.6%	16.1%	15.5%	14.9%
ROCE %	-	26.0%	23.0%	23.6%	26.4%	26.5%	26.4%	21.2%	20.7%	19.3%	20.0%	21.3%	18.6%	15.8%	-	20.5%	19.3%	18.5%	19.5%

Shareholding Pattern

Insiders

0.11%

Institutions

108.02%

Public Float

108.14%

Top Institutional Holders

#	Holder	% Held	Shares	Value
1	Blackrock Inc.	9.36%	44.34M	$2.47B
2	Vanguard Capital Management LLC	6.56%	31.08M	$1.73B
3	Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC	5.52%	26.16M	$1.46B
4	State Street Corporation	5.10%	24.17M	$1.35B
5	JPMORGAN CHASE & CO	4.42%	20.94M	$1.17B
6	Pzena Investment Management LLC	4.28%	20.26M	$1.13B
7	Invesco Ltd.	3.82%	18.09M	$1.01B
8	Geode Capital Management, LLC	3.12%	14.78M	$824.08M
9	Dodge & Cox Inc.	3.01%	14.27M	$795.79M
10	Morgan Stanley	2.80%	13.27M	$739.73M

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