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Cognizant

Information TechnologyComputer ServicesS&P 500
Ticker CTSHTEANECK, NJFiscal year ends DecemberBook value per share $30.64Diluted shares 472.0M

Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) provides professional services that help organizations modernize technology, rework business processes and transform customer experiences. Its services include consulting, application development and maintenance, systems integration, software engineering, infrastructure and security, business… From the company’s description.

In fiscal 2025, Cognizant reported revenue of $21.11B, up 7.0% from fiscal 2024, and net income of $2.23B. Its operating margin was 16.1%, and operations generated $2.88B in cash. Over the twelve months to Jun 30, 2026, revenue was $21.64B.

Fiscal year 2025 · ends 12-31Changes are against fiscal 2024The amber dot is the latest twelve months, to 2026-06-30
Sales & profitability
$21.11BFY2025
+7.0% year over year
Last 12 mo $21.64B
16.06%FY2025
+1.4 percentage points
Last 12 mo 15.88%
$2.23BFY2025
−0.4% year over year
Last 12 mo $2.22B
14.85%FY2025
−1.4 percentage points
Last 12 mo 15.35%
Cash & financing
$2.88BFY2025
+35.7% year over year
Last 12 mo $2.92B
$2.60BFY2025
+42.0% year over year
Last 12 mo $2.60B
0.04FY2025
Was 0.06× a year earlier
Last 12 mo 0.11
489.0MFY2025
−1.6% year over year
Last 12 mo 472.0M

Margins and return on equity change in ; everything else in percent. Fewer shares and less debt are shown plainly, not as bad news — it depends what you make of buybacks. Dotted labels explain each measure. is shown separately from the annual figures.

What Cognizant does

In the company’s own words

Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) provides professional services that help organizations modernize technology, rework business processes and transform customer experiences. Its services include consulting, application development and maintenance, systems integration, software engineering, infrastructure and security, business process services, automation and technology solutions involving AI, cloud, data and the Internet of Things. Customers span healthcare and life sciences, financial services, manufacturing, retail, energy, communications, media, technology and other industries. Cognizant reports four industry-based segments: Health Sciences, Financial Services, Products and Resources, and Communications, Media and Technology. It serves clients through an integrated global delivery model combining teams at client locations with local, regional and offshore delivery centers. The company also develops, licenses, implements and supports proprietary and third-party software products and platforms, and provides services to help clients establish and operate global capability centers. Cognizant had approximately 351,600 employees as of December 31, 2025. Its website is www.cognizant.com.

Company details
Sector
Information Technology
Industry (SIC)
Computer Services
Headquarters
TEANECK, NJ
Fiscal year end
December
CIK
1058290
SIC
7371

Financial performance, year by year

Fiscal 2013–2025 · USD
$-2.16B$4.33B$10.82B$17.31B$23.81B2013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025Last 12 moLast 12 monthsLast 12 months

The full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.

Ownership

Who owns Cognizant — and what changed

Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30

888
funds hold it
1 of 35
superinvestors hold it
$9.24B
held by funds, at market
45.8%
of shares held by funds

Superinvestors in Cognizant · what they did last quarter

Chris BloomstranNEW
Semper Augustus Investments Group
1.7%of 13F portfolio

Share of each manager’s reported 13F portfolio. Change is in shares held, since the previous quarter.

Largest fund holders · Cognizant’s weight in each

VANGUARD TOTAL STOCK MARKET INDEX FUND
VTI · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.03%of fund net assets
VANGUARD 500 INDEX FUND
VOO · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.03%of fund net assets
Dodge & Cox Stock Fund
DODGX · Dodge & Cox Funds
0.36%of fund net assets
VANGUARD MID-CAP INDEX FUND
VO · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.18%of fund net assets
Fidelity 500 Index Fund
FXAIX · Fidelity Concord Street Trust
0.04%of fund net assets

Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.

Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.

Fund ownership is a subset of institutional 13F ownership — the two describe overlapping populations and must not be added together.

Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.

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