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Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation CTSH

19 fiscal years on record · USD · FY2025 reported
SEC FILINGS ONLY6 YEARS OF DIVIDEND GROWTH
Revenue · FY2025
$21.1B
▲ 7.0% vs FY2024
Dividend streak
6 yrs
Raised every year since 2020
EPS · FY25
$4.56
Dividend / sh · FY25
$1.24
Payout · FY25
27%
ROE · FY25
15.2%
Net margin · FY25
10.6%
Dividend coverage
3.7×
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Result
USD 21.1B
Revenue, FY2025 · full 19-year series below
Revenue Net income
8162421.12.22007201020132016201920222025
8162421.12.22016201920222025

11 cents of every revenue dollar became profit this year.

Per share
USD 4.56
Diluted EPS, FY2025
EPS Dividend
2461.244.562007201020132016201920222025
2461.244.562016201920222025

Earnings covered the dividend 3.7 times — the rest stayed in the company.

Profitability
15.2%
Return on equity, FY2025
ROE
816243215.2%2007201020132016201920222025
816243215.2%2016201920222025
Operating margin16.1%
Net margin10.6%
Return on assets11.0%

Each USD of equity produced 15 cents of profit this year.

Returned to shareholders
USD 2.0B
returned in FY2025 · dividends + net buybacks
Dividends paidUSD 610.0M
Net buybacksUSD 1.4B
Share of profit89.1%
Consecutive raises6 years

USD 610.0M in dividends and USD 1.4B in buybacks — 89% of the year's profit went back to shareholders.

Growth
+4.9% a year
revenue, compounded over five years
CAGR
3 yrs
5 yrs
10 yrs
15 yrs
Revenue
+2.8%
+4.9%
+5.4%
+10.7%
Net income
−0.9%
+9.9%
+3.2%
+7.7%
EPS, diluted
+1.1%
+12.2%
+5.6%
Dividend / share
+4.7%
+7.1%
Returned to shareholders
+0.0%
−1.1%
+15.8%
+26.4%

Compound annual rates per period — left blank where the series crosses a loss.

Share base
0.48B
Shares outstanding, FY2025
0.290.482007201020132016201920222025
0.610.482016201920222025
Change, 5 years−9.6%
Change, 10 years−21.3%

The share count shrank 10% in five years — the same company, cut into fewer, larger slices.

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Balance sheet
USD 20.7B
total assets, end of FY2025
Total assetsUSD 20.7B
EquityUSD 15.0B
CashUSD 1.9B
Gross debtUSD 576.0M
Net debtUSD -1.3B
Current ratio2.14×

The company holds more cash than debt.

History
19 fiscal years
Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · USD
Metric
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
Revenue $B
21.1
19.7
19.4
19.4
18.5
16.7
16.8
16.1
14.8
13.5
12.4
10.3
8.8
7.3
6.1
4.6
3.3
2.8
2.1
Operating income $B
3.4
2.9
2.7
3.0
2.8
2.1
2.5
2.8
2.5
2.3
2.1
1.9
1.7
1.4
1.1
0.9
0.6
0.5
0.4
EBITDA $B
3.9
3.4
3.2
3.5
3.4
2.7
3.0
3.3
2.9
2.7
2.5
2.1
1.9
1.5
1.3
1.0
0.7
0.6
·
Income tax $B
1.3
0.7
0.7
0.7
0.7
0.7
0.6
0.7
1.2
0.8
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.3
0.3
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
Net income $B
2.2
2.2
2.1
2.3
2.1
1.4
1.8
2.1
1.5
1.6
1.6
1.4
1.2
1.1
0.9
0.7
0.5
0.4
0.4
EPS, diluted $
4.56
4.51
4.21
4.41
4.05
2.57
3.29
3.60
2.53
2.55
2.65
2.35
2.02
1.72
2.85
2.37
1.78
1.44
1.15
Dividend / sh $
1.24
1.20
1.16
1.08
0.96
0.88
0.80
·
0.45
0.00
0.00
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
Payout %
27
27
28
25
24
34
25
22
18
0
0
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
ROE %
15.2
16.2
16.7
18.8
18.7
12.7
16.4
19.0
14.1
15.5
19.1
20.7
22.4
23.9
23.4
23.5
23.2
25.1
23.8
Shares out B
0.48
0.49
0.50
0.51
0.53
0.53
0.55
0.58
0.59
0.61
0.61
0.61
0.61
0.30
0.30
0.30
0.30
0.29
·

Slide the table for earlier years · "·" marks figures not disclosed in the filing for that year.

How we verifyAUDITED
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checks passed before publication
EPS recomputationBalance-sheet identityGross profitBalance-sheet liquidity

Every figure was compared against the original statement: 0 failures and 0 presentation gaps.

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