Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation

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Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $21.1 billion, up 6.95% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 4.50%, EPS grew 3.82%, free cash flow grew 38.7% and total debt rose 173.2%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for ten consecutive years; insiders bought in the last twelve months.

66.20 3.14 −4.53%
Market cap
$31.2B
P/E
14.2×
Fwd P/E
12.5×
Dividend yield
1.96%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
7.11
Beneish M
−2.50
Dividend safety
96/100

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation (CTSH) Piotroski F-score

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Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation's Piotroski F-score for fiscal 2025 is 7 out of 9: 7 of nine tests of profitability, leverage and efficiency passed, up from 3 in fiscal 2024.

Piotroski F-score, annual

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Period Piotroski F-score Change (points)
FY2025 7 4.00
FY2024 3 (3.00)
FY2023 6 (2.00)
FY2022 8 (1.00)
FY2021 9 4.00
FY2020 5 (1.00)
FY2019 6 (1.00)
FY2018 7 1.00
FY2017 6 0.00
FY2016 6 —

How fiscal 2025’s score is made up

Test This year Year before Result Points
Positive return on assets 10.97% 11.65% Pass 1
Positive operating cash flow 2.88b 2.12b Pass 1
Rising return on assets 10.97% 11.65% Fail 0
Cash flow above net income 653.00m (116.00m) Pass 1
Falling long-term leverage 0.03 0.05 Pass 1
Rising current ratio 2.14 2.09 Pass 1
No new shares issued 488,000,000 496,000,000 Pass 1
Rising gross margin 33.72% 34.34% Fail 0
Rising asset turnover 1.04 1.03 Pass 1
Piotroski F-score Strong — most fundamentals improved 7

How the Piotroski F-score works

One point for each of nine tests, this fiscal year against the one before: positive return on assets, positive operating cash flow, rising return on assets, cash flow above net income, falling long-term leverage, a rising current ratio, no new shares issued, a rising gross margin and rising asset turnover. The ratios are the ones on this site, so each can be checked.

Joseph Piotroski (2000) called 8–9 high and 0–1 low; reading it in three bands is the common convention:

7–9Strong — most fundamentals improved
4–6Mixed
0–3Weak — most fundamentals deteriorated

Where this differs from the paper: return on assets is on average rather than beginning-of-year assets, and weighted basic shares stand in for shares issued. The score is shown only when all nine tests can be worked out, which takes three fiscal years; banks and insurers, which report no current assets or gross profit, have none.

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What Piotroski F-score is

The Piotroski F-Score tells an investor how many signs of improving profitability, funding and efficiency a company shows against a year earlier.

One point for each of nine tests against a year earlier: positive return on assets, positive operating cash flow, rising return on assets, cash flow above net income, falling long-term leverage, rising current ratio, no new shares issued, rising gross margin, and rising asset turnover

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