COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP financial metrics

Professional SEC-based dashboard for profitability, financial health, and growth with transparent scoring logic. Latest period: Q4 2025.

Symbol
CTSH on Nasdaq
Location
Teaneck, NJ
Fiscal year end
31 December
Latest financial report
12 Feb 2026

Quick Takeaways

  • CTSH - COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP financial facts are built from SEC company filings data.
  • Latest metrics period on this page: Q4 2025.
  • Headline metric: Return On Equity 15%.

What Changed

  • Return On Equity YoY change: <span class="text-red-600">-6.5%</span>.
  • Most recent SEC facts end date: 06 Feb 2026.

Why This Matters

  • This gives a beginner-friendly first read before you inspect detailed formulas and metric tables.
  • Every metric card links to a deeper SEC-backed history page for verification.

Official SEC Source

Based on latest 10-Q/10-K

Facts and ratios are grounded in SEC company facts linked to the latest 10-Q/10-K cycle.

See Original Filing

Latest SEC snapshot (2026-02-06) highlights Return On Equity 15.2%, Return On Assets 10.2%, and Operating Margin 16.0%.

Financial Quality Score

Transparent 0-100 scoring model based on profitability, financial health, and growth factors.

70.0/100

Balanced Confidence high

Return On Equity

15%

Metric score 42.1/100

Return On Assets

10%

Metric score 100.0/100

Financial Health

Current Ratio
2.14x
Quick Ratio
1.74x
Debt to Equity
0.08x

Strengths

Return On Assets, Current Ratio, and Quick Ratio

Watchpoints

NetIncomeLoss YoY

Key metrics snapshot

Return On Equity

15%

YoY: -6.5%

Industry median: 14% (n=51)

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Return On Assets

10%

YoY: -5.9%

Industry median: -11% (n=48)

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Operating Margin

16%

YoY: +9.6%

Industry median: -6.7% (n=40)

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Current Ratio

2.14x

YoY: +2.1%

Industry median: 1.14x (n=53)

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Quick Ratio

1.74x

YoY: -1.2%

Industry median: 1.13x (n=35)

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Debt-to-equity

0.08x

YoY: -6.4%

Industry median: 0.16x (n=41)

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Revenues YoY

7%

YoY:

Industry median: 6.7% (n=42)

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NetIncomeLoss YoY

-0.45%

YoY:

Industry median: -8.2% (n=44)

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Profitability

Metric Latest value YoY change
Return On Equity 15% -6.5%
Return On Assets 10% -5.9%
Operating Margin 16% +9.6%

Financial Health

Metric Latest value YoY change
Current Ratio 2.14x +2.1%
Quick Ratio 1.74x -1.2%
Debt-to-equity 0.08x -6.4%

Growth

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenues YoY 7%
NetIncomeLoss YoY -0.45%

Share Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding 478,246,920 -3.3%
Common Stock, Shares, Outstanding 479,000,000 -3.2%
Common Stock, Value, Issued $5,000,000 0%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Basic 488,000,000 -1.6%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Diluted 489,000,000 -1.6%

Additional Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax $21,108,000,000 +7%
Operating Income (Loss) $3,389,000,000 +17%
Nonoperating Income (Expense) $90,000,000 +96%
Income Tax Expense (Benefit) $1,258,000,000 +76%
Earnings Per Share, Basic 4.57 +1.1%
Earnings Per Share, Diluted 4.56 +1.1%
Cash and Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value $1,901,000,000 -15%
Accounts Receivable, after Allowance for Credit Loss, Current $4,439,000,000 +9.4%
Other Assets, Current $1,465,000,000 +22%
Assets, Current $7,818,000,000 +4.2%
Deferred Income Tax Assets, Net $967,000,000 -23%
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net $933,000,000 -6.1%
Operating Lease, Right-of-Use Asset $573,000,000 +3.8%
Intangible Assets, Net (Excluding Goodwill) $1,417,000,000 -11%
Goodwill $7,106,000,000 +2.2%
Other Assets, Noncurrent $1,767,000,000 +72%
Assets $20,692,000,000 +3.6%
Accounts Payable, Current $308,000,000 -9.4%
Employee-related Liabilities, Current $1,490,000,000 -0.6%
Liabilities, Current $3,659,000,000 +2.1%
Deferred Income Tax Liabilities, Net $168,000,000 +9.1%
Operating Lease, Liability, Noncurrent $423,000,000 +0.71%
Other Liabilities, Noncurrent $847,000,000 +71%
Liabilities $5,677,000,000 +2.1%
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax $160,000,000 +46%
Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit) $15,158,000,000 +3.2%
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent $15,015,000,000 +4.2%
Liabilities and Equity $20,692,000,000 +3.6%
Common Stock, Shares Authorized 1,000,000,000 0%
Common Stock, Shares, Issued 479,000,000 -3.2%
Common Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share 0.01 0%
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents $2,634,000,000 +18%
Deferred Tax Assets, Valuation Allowance $427,000,000 +790%
Deferred Tax Assets, Gross $1,537,000,000 +4.9%
Operating Lease, Liability $576,000,000 +0.7%
Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax, Attributable to Parent $2,366,000,000 +16%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid $673,000,000 +2.1%
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross $3,929,000,000 +3.9%
Operating Lease, Liability, Current $153,000,000 +0.66%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Two $150,000,000 +8.7%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year One $182,000,000 +1.7%
Operating Lease, Weighted Average Discount Rate, Percent 0.057 +3.6%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Undiscounted Excess Amount $97,000,000 +11%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Three $120,000,000 +9.1%
Deferred Tax Assets, Operating Loss Carryforwards $45,000,000 -10%
Preferred Stock, Shares Issued 0
Preferred Stock, Shares Authorized 15,000,000 0%
Unrecognized Tax Benefits $487,000,000 +53%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Four $83,000,000 -1.2%
Additional Paid in Capital $12,000,000 -7.7%
Deferred Tax Assets, Net of Valuation Allowance $1,110,000,000 -22%
Preferred Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share 0.1 0%

How we score

This score is transparent and deterministic. We weight profitability, financial health, and growth metrics, then renormalize weights when SEC data is missing.

Metric Weight V1 threshold
ROIC205% to 20%
ROE158% to 25%
ROA102% to 10%
Operating Margin55% to 25%
Current Ratio121.0x to 2.0x
Quick Ratio80.8x to 1.5x
Debt to Equity100.3x to 2.0x (lower is better)
Revenue YoY10-10% to +20%
Net Income YoY10-10% to +20%

How Calculated (standard_v1)

Metrics are computed with a market-consensus convention designed for cross-portal comparability.

  • TTM Operating Income / TTM Revenues
  • Current Assets / Current Liabilities (latest instant quarter)
  • (Current Assets - Inventory) / Current Liabilities; fallback: (Cash+Short-Term Investments + Accounts Receivable) / Current Liabilities
  • Total Debt / Stockholders Equity (latest instant quarter; shared unit; freshest series)
  • TTM Net Income / Average Equity (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM Net Income / Average Assets (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM NOPAT / Average Invested Capital, where NOPAT=Operating Income*(1-tax rate), Invested Capital=Equity+Total Debt-Cash & ST Investments
  • TTM Revenues YoY
  • TTM Net Income YoY