Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation

CTSH Technology Information Technology Services

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.

66.03 0.26 +0.40%
Market cap
$29.6B
P/E
14.2×
Fwd P/E
9.8×
Dividend yield
1.97%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
7.11
Beneish M
−2.50
Dividend safety
96/100

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total buys 0.21
Total sells 6.13
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — 1 — — — —
Sell 2 12 3 2 1 1 1 2 1 3 3 —
Insider Ownership 3.79%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 29,630.00
Revenue 21,642.00
Net Income 2,220.00
Free Cash Flow 2,598.00
Net Debt 476.00
Current Ratio 2.18 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt/Equity 0.11 (at or below 0.5: strong)
P/E ratio 14.17
Fwd P/E 9.76
P/S ratio 1.42
P/B ratio 2.13
Past 5Y EPS Growth 12.15%
This Y EPS Growth 9.08%
Next Y EPS Growth 9.93%
Next Y revenue growth 5.15%
Next 5Y EPS Growth 9.74%

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 12.57%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 5.82%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 6.16%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 7.78%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 13.38%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.28
Annual Dividend Rate 1.30
Annual Dividend Yield 1.97%
total individual payouts
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 1.33
0.33
0.33
0.33
2025 1.24
0.31
0.31
0.31
0.31
2024 1.20
0.30
0.30
0.30
0.30
2023 1.16
0.29
0.29
0.29
0.29
2022 1.08
0.27
0.27
0.27
0.27
2021 0.96
0.24
0.24
0.24
0.24
2020 0.88
0.22
0.22
0.22
0.22
2019 0.80
0.20
0.20
0.20
0.20
2018 0.80
0.20
0.20
0.20
0.20
2017 0.45
0.15
0.15
0.15
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 2,635 2,243 1,914 1,051
Receivables 3,849 4,059 4,439 4,780
Inventory — — — —
Other 1,022 1,202 1,465 1,728
7,506 7,504 7,818 7,559
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 337 340 308 357
ST’ Debt — — — —
Other — — — —
3,333 3,585 3,659 3,464

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 5.45% 4.86% 2.80%
Cash Flow 2.80% (2.66%) 3.93%
Earnings 3.22% 9.88% (0.88%)
Book Value 4.93% 6.74% 6.85%

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 5,413 5,481 — — —
’25 5,115 5,245 5,415 5,333 21,108
’24 4,760 4,850 5,044 5,082 19,736
’23 4,812 4,886 4,897 4,758 19,353
’22 4,826 4,906 4,857 4,839 19,428
’21 4,401 4,585 4,744 4,777 18,507
’20 4,225 4,000 4,243 4,184 16,652
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 274 558 — — —
’25 400 398 1,227 858 2,883
’24 95 262 847 920 2,124
’23 729 36 828 737 2,330
’22 306 528 1,032 702 2,568
’21 181 541 948 825 2,495
’20 497 979 925 898 3,299
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 198 459 — — —
’25 393 331 1,160 781 2,665
’24 16 183 791 837 1,827
’23 631 (32) 755 659 2,013
’22 186 485 953 612 2,236
’21 93 466 897 760 2,216
’20 385 886 821 809 2,901
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 1.39 1.36 — — —
’25 1.34 1.31 0.56 1.34 4.56
’24 1.10 1.14 1.17 1.10 4.51
’23 1.14 0.91 1.04 1.11 4.21
’22 1.07 1.11 1.22 1.02 4.41
’21 0.95 0.97 1.03 1.10 4.05
’20 0.67 0.67 0.64 0.59 2.57
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2.2
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 45.44 51.52 59.47 56.73 40.01 66.19 51.33 56.45 63.79 65.15

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 63.43 76.51 85.10 74.85 82.73 90.08 93.47 76.85 82.46 90.82
People
People Employees 260,200 260,000 281,600 292,500 289,500 330,600 355,300 347,700 336,800 351,600
Revenue/emp, $m 0.05 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.05 0.06 0.06 0.06
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 13,487 14,810 16,125 16,783 16,652 18,507 19,428 19,353 19,736 21,108
Gross margin, % 39.88 38.20 38.99 36.64 35.92 37.30 35.93 34.56 34.34 33.72
EBT 2,357 2,655 2,797 2,543 2,096 2,827 3,016 2,787 2,938 3,479
EBT margin, % 17.48 17.93 17.35 15.15 12.59 15.28 15.52 14.40 14.89 16.48
Net income 1,553 1,504 2,101 1,842 1,392 2,137 2,290 2,126 2,240 2,230
Depreciation 379 443 498 526 559 574 569 555 542 550
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 22.22 24.97 27.71 30.02 30.84 35.12 37.51 38.32 39.79 43.25
Earnings 2.56 2.54 3.61 3.30 2.58 4.06 4.42 4.21 4.52 4.57
Cash flow 2.71 4.06 4.45 4.47 6.11 4.73 4.96 4.61 4.28 5.91
Capex (0.49) (0.48) (0.65) (0.70) (0.74) (0.53) (0.64) (0.63) (0.60) (0.45)
Free cash flow 2.22 3.58 3.81 3.77 5.37 4.20 4.32 3.99 3.68 5.46
Book value 17.67 17.99 19.63 19.72 20.07 22.75 23.76 26.19 29.05 30.77
Shares, m 607 593 582 559 540 527 518 505 496 488
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 21.99 28.04 17.58 18.85 31.89 21.85 13.03 17.63 17.05 18.20
P/S 2.54 2.84 2.29 2.07 2.66 2.53 1.54 1.94 1.93 1.92
P/B 3.20 3.94 3.23 3.15 4.08 3.90 2.42 2.84 2.65 2.70
EV/Sales 2.22 2.55 2.06 1.90 2.53 2.41 1.44 1.84 1.86 1.85
EV/FCF 22.26 17.77 14.98 15.16 14.54 20.15 12.51 17.66 20.13 14.68
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 1,645 2,407 2,592 2,499 3,299 2,495 2,568 2,330 2,124 2,883
Capex (300) (284) (377) (392) (398) (279) (332) (317) (297) (218)
Free cash flow 1,345 2,123 2,215 2,107 2,901 2,216 2,236 2,013 1,827 2,665
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 6,182 6,272 5,900 4,628 3,311 3,813 3,919 4,173 3,919 4,159
Total debt 797 698 736 700 663 626 638 606 875 543
Net debt (4,372) (4,358) (3,775) (2,724) (2,061) (2,093) (1,863) (2,029) (1,368) (1,371)
Shareholders’ equity 10,728 10,669 11,424 11,022 10,836 11,991 12,309 13,227 14,408 15,015
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 11.37 10.20 13.53 11.49 8.40 12.29 12.83 11.70 11.65 10.97
ROIC 22.51 24.57 22.89 18.48 15.06 17.84 17.76 15.01 13.86 15.52
ROE 15.53 14.06 19.02 16.41 12.74 18.72 18.85 16.65 16.21 15.16
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation vs peers in Information Technology Services (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
INFY American Noble Gas Inc. $49.2B 15.1× 19.1× +2.85% (above 0%: growing) 0.00% +8.03% (above 0%: growing) 31.48% 21.09% Compare
CTSH Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation $29.6B 14.2× 9.8× +4.50% (above 0%: growing) +3.82% (above 0%: growing) +38.67% (above 0%: growing) 33.37% 15.95%
FISV Fiserv, Inc. $25.1B 9.1× 9.5× −4.06% (below 0%: shrinking) −37.10% (below 0%: shrinking) −16.95% (below 0%: shrinking) 19.07% 19.18% Compare
BR Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. $19.7B 18.0× 16.9× +7.49% (above 0%: growing) +8.46% (above 0%: growing) −3.21% (below 0%: shrinking) 38.43% 24.61% Compare
CDW CDW Corporation $19.3B 18.0× 14.9× +9.97% (above 0%: growing) +4.85% (above 0%: growing) −161.92% (below 0%: shrinking) 20.08% 6.52% Compare
FIS Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. $18.6B 5.5× 6.1× +29.09% (above 0%: growing) n/m +45.12% (above 0%: growing) 34.76% 15.01% Compare
WIT Wipro Limited $18.5B 16.3× — +0.15% (above 0%: growing) −25.00% (below 0%: shrinking) −30.13% (below 0%: shrinking) 28.54% 16.01% Compare
LDOS Leidos Holdings, Inc. $15.6B 11.5× 11.1× +7.17% (above 0%: growing) −7.26% (below 0%: shrinking) +67.40% (above 0%: growing) 17.92% 11.28% Compare
CACI CACI International, Inc. $13.5B 25.3× 22.9× +17.57% (above 0%: growing) −1.25% (below 0%: shrinking) +158.94% (above 0%: growing) 33.72% 10.05% Compare
Median of peers $19.0B 15.7× 14.9× +7.33% −1.25% +2.41% 30.01% 15.51%

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Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation (CTSH) key facts

  • Strength: Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $21.1 billion, up 6.95% from fiscal 2024.
  • Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation (CTSH) is an Information Technology Services company in the Technology sector, listed on Nasdaq.
  • Net income was $2.2 billion, or $4.57 per share (basic), a net margin of 10.6%.
  • As of October 16, 2026, CTSH traded at $66.03, a market capitalization of $29.6 billion.
  • At that price the stock trades at 14.2× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 1.4× sales; its P/E is higher than 13% of its own readings over the past ten years.
  • Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation pays an annual dividend of $1.30 per share, a yield of 1.97%, with a payout ratio of 28.0%.
  • Return on equity was 15.2% and debt-to-equity 0.11.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 7 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 7.11 (safe zone) for fiscal 2025.

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