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COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP

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Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY25FY24FY23FY22FY21FY20
Revenue$21.11B$19.74B$19.35B$19.43B$18.51B$16.65B
Operating income$3.39B$2.89B$2.69B$2.97B$2.83B$2.11B
Net income$2.23B$2.24B$2.13B$2.29B$2.14B$1.39B
Total assets$20.69B$19.97B$18.48B$17.85B$17.85B$16.92B
Total liabilities$5.68B$5.56B$5.26B$5.54B$5.86B$6.09B
Equity$15.02B$14.41B$13.23B$12.31B$11.99B$10.84B
EPS (diluted)$4.56$4.51$4.21$4.41$4.05$2.57
Shares out.494.6M497.8M509.3M524.5M530.6M548.6M

Reported figures from the company's SEC filings (XBRL). Blank where a line item isn't cleanly tagged — never estimated.

Key ratios

from filings · FY2025
Operating margin
16.1%
Net margin
10.6%
Return on equity
14.9%
Return on assets
10.8%
Return on capital (ROCE)
19.9%
Liabilities / assets
27.4%
Debt / equity
0.38×
Book value / share
$30.36
Revenue growth (YoY)
7.0%
Net income growth (YoY)
−0.4%

Computed from the company's own SEC figures — no market price, so these are facts, not a valuation. Book value per share is reported equity ÷ shares; it is not the stock price.

Financial health

forensic scores · FY2025
Altman Z″ (distress)
7.58safe
Accruals / assets
3.2%clean
Piotroski F-Score
8/9strong

Altman Z″is a textbook bankruptcy-distress score from book values only (>2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · <1.1 distress). Accruals = (net income − operating cash flow) ÷ assets; persistently high accruals are an earnings-quality red flag. Beneish M-Scoreis an eight-ratio screen comparing this year with last (M > −1.78 = elevated manipulation-risk screen, not proof). Piotroski F-Scorecounts how many of nine fundamental-health checks pass (shown as passed / applicable; we use operating margin and total liabilities as documented proxies where the exact input isn't XBRL-tagged). Computed from SEC filings — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Quality score

EDS Score
77
/ 100
Profitability 100Growth 50Catalyst 33Earnings quality 100Financial strength 100

Our own multi-factor score from free SEC data — profitability, growth, financial strength, earnings quality, and event/ownership catalysts. No market price and no licensed model: each axis is the share of source-backed checks it passes. Descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast. What these scores mean →

Signs

6 good
  • Operating margin is positive
  • Revenue is growing year-over-year
  • Conservative leverage (liabilities < 50% of assets)
  • Positive operating cash flow
  • Clean earnings (low accruals)
  • Altman Z″ in the safe zone

Derived from the company's own SEC figures (fundamentals, forensic scores, filing discipline) — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

5%+ owners

SEC Schedule 13D / 13G · last 3 yrs

Holders who disclosed a 5%+ stake. 13D signals intent to influence or control; 13G is a passive holding. Latest filing per holder — open it for the exact stake.

Short interest

FINRA · bi-monthly
SettlementShares shortDays to coverΔ vs prior
May 15, 202647.4M6.5+15.1%
Apr 30, 202641.2M6.0+15.2%
Apr 15, 202635.7M7.2+7.9%
Mar 31, 202633.1M5.8+6.3%
Mar 13, 202631.2M5.2-1.3%

Shares sold short as reported to FINRA. Days-to-cover = short shares ÷ average daily volume — higher means more potential squeeze pressure.

Material events

SEC Form 8-K · most recent

Events the company reported on Form 8-K, labelled by the SEC item code it filed under — its own classification, not our interpretation.

Recent SEC filings

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