Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation
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Ratios
Valuation ratios (P/E, P/S, EV/EBITDA and the other multiples) are based on the closing price at the end of each period, not on the current price. Margins and returns are shown in percent, multiples without a unit, per-share figures in the reporting currency, net debt in millions.
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| Line item | Q3 16 | Q4 16 | Q1 17 | Q2 17 | Q3 17 | Q4 17 | Q1 18 | Q2 18 | Q3 18 | Q4 18 | Q1 19 | Q2 19 | Q3 19 | Q4 19 | Q1 20 | Q2 20 | Q3 20 | Q4 20 | Q1 21 | Q2 21 | Q3 21 | Q4 21 | Q1 22 | Q2 22 | Q3 22 | Q4 22 | Q1 23 | Q2 23 | Q3 23 | Q4 23 | Q1 24 | Q2 24 | Q3 24 | Q4 24 | Q1 25 | Q2 25 | Q3 25 | Q4 25 | Q1 26 | Q2 26 |
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| Valuation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18.6 | 21.9 | 21.6 | 20.8 | 22.1 | 27.8 | 32.3 | 31.9 | 31.2 | 17.5 | 20.6 | 17.2 | 15.9 | 18.4 | 14.4 | 19.0 | 25.6 | 31.5 | 27.1 | 21.8 | 20.8 | 21.8 | 21.5 | 15.6 | 12.7 | 12.8 | 13.4 | 15.1 | 16.4 | 17.8 | 17.4 | 15.4 | 17.0 | 17.1 | 16.1 | 15.8 | 15.4 | 17.9 | 13.1 | 8.1 | |
| 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 0.8 | |
| 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 1.2 | |
| 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 0.9 | |
| 10.4 | 12.0 | 12.7 | 13.6 | 14.3 | 13.1 | 14.6 | 14.5 | 13.8 | 11.2 | 12.9 | 10.7 | 9.7 | 10.4 | 8.0 | 10.2 | 12.7 | 15.7 | 14.2 | 11.9 | 12.2 | 13.4 | 13.2 | 9.7 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 9.3 | 9.8 | 10.9 | 10.4 | 9.3 | 10.7 | 10.5 | 9.9 | 9.8 | 7.9 | 9.6 | 7.0 | 4.7 | |
| 20.4 | 25.8 | 23.7 | 23.0 | 22.8 | 19.7 | 21.5 | 20.2 | 18.9 | 16.6 | 20.0 | 17.7 | 17.8 | 16.1 | 10.9 | 11.2 | 12.8 | 15.1 | 15.9 | 16.7 | 17.2 | 21.1 | 20.4 | 15.1 | 12.4 | 13.1 | 11.6 | 15.3 | 17.4 | 18.8 | 26.1 | 21.0 | 23.2 | 20.9 | 17.7 | 16.8 | 12.3 | 15.4 | 11.9 | 6.9 | |
| 4.9% | 3.9% | 4.2% | 4.3% | 4.4% | 5.1% | 4.6% | 5.0% | 5.3% | 6.0% | 5.0% | 5.6% | 5.6% | 6.2% | 9.2% | 8.9% | 7.8% | 6.6% | 6.3% | 6.0% | 5.8% | 4.7% | 4.9% | 6.6% | 8.0% | 7.6% | 8.6% | 6.5% | 5.8% | 5.3% | 3.8% | 4.8% | 4.3% | 4.8% | 5.6% | 5.9% | 8.1% | 6.5% | 8.4% | 14.4% | |
| Margins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 39.9% | 39.9% | 39.4% | 39.1% | 38.6% | 38.2% | 38.3% | 38.7% | 39.0% | 39.0% | 38.7% | 37.9% | 37.3% | 36.6% | 36.1% | 35.6% | 35.8% | 35.9% | 36.5% | 37.2% | 37.3% | 37.3% | 36.9% | 36.7% | 36.4% | 35.9% | 35.6% | 35.0% | 34.5% | 34.6% | 34.4% | 34.4% | 34.4% | 34.3% | 34.3% | 34.2% | 34.1% | 33.1% | 32.1% | 32.0% | |
| 17.2% | 17.0% | 16.7% | 16.4% | 16.5% | 16.8% | 17.2% | 17.2% | 17.5% | 17.4% | 16.2% | 15.8% | 15.2% | 14.6% | 14.8% | 14.0% | 13.6% | 12.7% | 13.1% | 14.0% | 14.3% | 15.3% | 15.2% | 15.3% | 15.6% | 15.3% | 15.2% | 14.2% | 13.6% | 13.9% | 13.9% | 14.6% | 14.8% | 14.7% | 15.2% | 15.4% | 15.8% | 16.1% | 15.7% | 15.8% | |
| 11.8% | 11.5% | 12.1% | 13.4% | 13.4% | 10.2% | 9.7% | 9.4% | 9.1% | 13.0% | 12.4% | 12.6% | 12.6% | 11.0% | 10.5% | 9.7% | 8.8% | 8.4% | 9.1% | 9.7% | 10.5% | 11.5% | 11.6% | 11.7% | 12.1% | 11.8% | 11.9% | 11.3% | 10.7% | 11.0% | 10.8% | 11.4% | 11.6% | 11.3% | 11.7% | 11.9% | 10.2% | 10.6% | 10.4% | 10.3% | |
| 10.8% | 9.8% | 11.0% | 12.1% | 13.0% | 14.3% | 14.5% | 14.8% | 14.9% | 13.7% | 12.8% | 12.2% | 11.2% | 12.6% | 13.8% | 16.3% | 17.5% | 17.4% | 15.5% | 12.6% | 12.6% | 12.0% | 12.2% | 12.1% | 12.3% | 11.5% | 13.8% | 11.2% | 10.1% | 10.4% | 7.2% | 8.4% | 8.5% | 9.3% | 10.6% | 11.1% | 12.7% | 12.3% | 11.5% | 12.0% | |
| Returns | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15.2% | 14.5% | 16.7% | 18.0% | 17.7% | 14.1% | 13.4% | 13.6% | 13.1% | 18.4% | 18.2% | 19.7% | 19.6% | 16.7% | 16.7% | 14.8% | 13.2% | 12.8% | 13.9% | 15.0% | 16.3% | 17.8% | 18.3% | 18.9% | 19.6% | 18.6% | 18.2% | 17.0% | 16.2% | 16.1% | 15.5% | 15.8% | 15.6% | 15.5% | 15.8% | 15.9% | 14.3% | 14.9% | 14.8% | 15.4% | |
| 11.4% | 10.9% | 12.3% | 13.5% | 13.3% | 9.9% | 9.8% | 9.8% | 9.4% | 13.2% | 12.6% | 13.4% | 13.2% | 11.4% | 10.1% | 8.9% | 7.8% | 8.2% | 9.2% | 10.0% | 10.9% | 12.0% | 12.6% | 13.1% | 13.5% | 12.8% | 12.7% | 12.2% | 11.6% | 11.5% | 11.4% | 11.8% | 11.2% | 11.2% | 11.8% | 12.1% | 10.6% | 10.8% | 10.9% | 10.7% | |
| Balance Sheet & Debt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| -654 | -1,156 | -99 | -166 | -754 | -1,052 | -1,056 | -152 | -615 | 372 | -7.0 | -713 | -1,401 | -1,705 | -1,221 | -1,757 | -1,773 | -1,768 | -1,079 | -481 | -790 | -933 | -1,343 | -944 | -1,233 | -1,371 | -1,639 | -1,238 | -1,393 | -995 | -1,457 | -1,422 | -605 | -1,163 | -1,225 | -1,049 | -1,603 | -1,172 | -796 | 667 | |
| -0.2 | -0.4 | 0.0 | -0.1 | -0.3 | -0.3 | -0.3 | 0.0 | -0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -0.2 | -0.4 | -0.6 | -0.4 | -0.6 | -0.6 | -0.7 | -0.4 | -0.2 | -0.3 | -0.3 | -0.4 | -0.3 | -0.3 | -0.4 | -0.5 | -0.4 | -0.4 | -0.3 | -0.4 | -0.4 | -0.2 | -0.3 | -0.3 | -0.3 | -0.4 | -0.3 | -0.2 | 0.2 | |
| 75.0% | 75.2% | 73.2% | 75.2% | 75.3% | 70.1% | 73.0% | 71.9% | 71.9% | 71.8% | 69.2% | 68.0% | 67.5% | 68.0% | 60.9% | 60.2% | 59.3% | 64.0% | 66.2% | 66.6% | 67.0% | 67.2% | 68.7% | 69.2% | 68.9% | 69.0% | 69.8% | 71.8% | 71.3% | 71.6% | 73.3% | 74.8% | 71.7% | 72.2% | 74.6% | 75.8% | 74.0% | 72.6% | 73.5% | 69.4% | |
| 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | |
| Per Share | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2.56 | 2.55 | 2.75 | 3.19 | 3.27 | 2.55 | 2.49 | 2.48 | 2.47 | 3.63 | 3.52 | 3.68 | 3.80 | 3.36 | 3.24 | 2.99 | 2.71 | 2.61 | 2.88 | 3.18 | 3.57 | 4.06 | 4.18 | 4.34 | 4.54 | 4.46 | 4.53 | 4.33 | 4.14 | 4.24 | 4.20 | 4.41 | 4.54 | 4.51 | 4.76 | 4.95 | 4.37 | 4.63 | 4.67 | 4.76 | |
| 21.77 | 22.15 | 22.79 | 23.91 | 24.40 | 25.14 | 25.77 | 26.47 | 27.28 | 27.85 | 28.39 | 29.18 | 30.18 | 30.63 | 30.95 | 30.97 | 30.85 | 31.18 | 31.69 | 32.98 | 34.06 | 35.18 | 36.06 | 36.95 | 37.46 | 37.87 | 38.14 | 38.25 | 38.48 | 38.63 | 38.76 | 38.68 | 39.14 | 39.71 | 40.59 | 41.64 | 42.83 | 43.79 | 44.88 | 46.44 | |
| 16.90 | 17.62 | 16.45 | 17.74 | 18.55 | 18.11 | 18.66 | 18.17 | 18.93 | 19.73 | 19.37 | 18.72 | 19.42 | 20.11 | 19.44 | 20.28 | 20.52 | 20.29 | 20.79 | 21.22 | 21.95 | 22.80 | 22.81 | 22.94 | 23.13 | 23.99 | 24.87 | 25.45 | 25.51 | 26.40 | 27.09 | 27.91 | 29.14 | 28.99 | 30.10 | 31.07 | 30.59 | 31.15 | 31.59 | 31.03 | |
| 2.34 | 2.17 | 2.52 | 2.88 | 3.17 | 3.60 | 3.74 | 3.91 | 4.08 | 3.83 | 3.63 | 3.57 | 3.39 | 3.84 | 4.27 | 5.06 | 5.41 | 5.43 | 4.91 | 4.15 | 4.31 | 4.21 | 4.40 | 4.47 | 4.61 | 4.36 | 5.27 | 4.27 | 3.89 | 4.02 | 2.81 | 3.24 | 3.32 | 3.68 | 4.31 | 4.64 | 5.44 | 5.38 | 5.18 | 5.58 | |
Showing the most recent 40 periods — older statements are on file for this stock.
Data as of: September 24, 2026 · Source: fundamental data & SEC filings (annual and quarterly reports, 10-K/10-Q)
Note: pure fact-based analysis, not investment advice and not a solicitation to buy or sell. All figures without guarantee.