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Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation (CTSH)

Technology · Information Technology Services · Large-cap · updated October 16, 2026

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What this means. Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is an average business by our measures, its shares look cheap compared with other stocks, and its share price trend is middling.
Value76
Quality62
Price trend55
Overall68
90 of 2764rank among the US stocks we score (our core model buys the top 15)
97%of US stocks we score rank below it

Scores are 0 to 100 against every US stock we track; 50 is average. Recomputed after every US market close.

The business in numbers

Fiscal year to December 2025, from the company's annual filing with the SEC.

Salesyearly sales$21.1B
Sales growthchange from the year before+7.0%
Operating marginshare of sales left after running the business16.1%
Net marginshare of sales kept as profit10.6%
Free-cash-flow marginspare cash generated per $100 of sales12.3%
Return on invested capitalprofit made on each $100 put into the business17.2%
Return on equityprofit vs. shareholders' accounting value14.9%
Debt / equitydebt vs. shareholders' accounting value0.04
Change in share countnegative = the company is buying back its shares-1.6%

Insider trades, last 90 days

2 insiders sold $812K (all under pre-arranged plans) on the open market.

Kim John SunshinCLO, CAO & Corporate SecretarySold (plan)Aug 32,500 shat $57.05 · $143K
Dalal Jatin PChief Financial OfficerSold (plan)Aug 312,000 shat $55.76 · $669K

From Form 4 filings with the SEC. Open-market trades only. "Plan" = a sale set up in advance under a 10b5-1 plan, usually routine.

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