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COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP: financial statements
Nearly strong · see the checkFigures in USD, fiscal years
Revenue and net income
Operating and free cash flow
Margins
Returns
Income statement
| USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Last year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $16.7B | $18.5B | $19.4B | $19.4B | $19.7B | $21.1B | +7% |
| Gross profit | $6.0B | $6.9B | $7.0B | $6.7B | $6.8B | $7.1B | +5% |
| Selling, general & admin | $3.1B | $3.5B | $3.4B | $3.3B | $3.2B | $3.2B | +1% |
| Operating income | $2.1B | $2.8B | $3.0B | $2.7B | $2.9B | $3.4B | +17% |
| EBITDA | $2.7B | $3.4B | $3.5B | $3.2B | $3.4B | $3.9B | +15% |
| Interest expense | $24.0M | $9.0M | $19.0M | $41.0M | $54.0M | $37.0M | -31% |
| Profit before tax | $2.1B | $2.8B | $3.0B | $2.8B | $2.9B | $3.5B | +18% |
| Income tax | $704M | $693M | $730M | $668M | $713M | $1.3B | +76% |
| Net income | $1.4B | $2.1B | $2.3B | $2.1B | $2.2B | $2.2B | -0% |
Cash flow
| USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Last year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $3.3B | $2.5B | $2.6B | $2.3B | $2.1B | $2.9B | +36% |
| Capital expenditure | $398M | $279M | $332M | $317M | $297M | $288M | -3% |
| Free cash flow | $2.9B | $2.2B | $2.2B | $2.0B | $1.8B | $2.6B | +42% |
| Depreciation & amortization | $559M | $574M | $569M | $555M | $542M | $550M | +1% |
Balance sheet
| USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Last year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash | $2.7B | $1.8B | $2.2B | $2.6B | $2.2B | $1.9B | -15% |
| Current assets | $6.9B | $7.3B | $7.3B | $7.5B | $7.5B | $7.8B | +4% |
| Total assets | $16.9B | $17.9B | $17.9B | $18.5B | $20.0B | $20.7B | +4% |
| Current liabilities | $3.5B | $3.5B | $3.3B | $3.3B | $3.6B | $3.7B | +2% |
| Financial debt | $701M | $664M | $646M | $639M | $908M | $576M | -37% |
| Total liabilities | $6.1B | $5.9B | $5.5B | $5.3B | $5.6B | $5.7B | +2% |
| Shareholders' equity | $10.8B | $12.0B | $12.3B | $13.2B | $14.4B | $15.0B | +4% |
| Net debt | -$2.0B | -$1.1B | -$1.5B | -$2.0B | -$1.3B | -$1.3B | -0% |
Dividend profile
- Paying in a row
- 9 years
- Raised in a row
- 6 years
- Growth per year
- 7.1%
- Paid out of profit
- 27.3%
- Paid out of free cash
- 28.0%
Latest dividend per share: 1.24 USD. Without share prices EdgeScore shows no dividend yield.
Dividends
| USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Last year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dividends paid | $480M | $509M | $564M | $591M | $600M | $610M | +2% |
| Dividend per share | 0.88 | 0.96 | 1.08 | 1.16 | 1.20 | 1.24 | |
| Dividends / net income | 34.5% | 23.8% | 24.6% | 27.8% | 26.8% | 27.4% | |
| Dividends / free cash flow | 16.5% | 23.0% | 25.2% | 29.4% | 32.8% | 23.5% |
Ratios
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Last year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 35.9% | 37.3% | 35.9% | 34.6% | 34.3% | 33.7% | |
| Operating margin | 12.7% | 15.3% | 15.3% | 13.9% | 14.7% | 16.1% | |
| Net margin | 8.4% | 11.5% | 11.8% | 11.0% | 11.3% | 10.6% | |
| SG&A as share of revenue | 18.6% | 18.9% | 17.7% | 16.8% | 16.3% | 15.3% | |
| Return on equity | 12.8% | 17.8% | 18.6% | 16.1% | 15.5% | 14.9% | |
| Return on assets | 8.2% | 12.0% | 12.8% | 11.5% | 11.2% | 10.8% | |
| Return on invested capital | 15.9% | 21.6% | 20.8% | 18.6% | 18.0% | 16.2% | |
| Debt / equity | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.04 | |
| Net debt / EBITDA | -0.7x | -0.3x | -0.4x | -0.6x | -0.4x | -0.3x | |
| Interest coverage | 88.1x | 314.0x | 156.2x | 65.6x | 53.6x | 91.6x | |
| Current ratio | 1.94 | 2.08 | 2.17 | 2.25 | 2.09 | 2.14 | |
| Quick ratio | 1.94 | 2.08 | 2.17 | 2.25 | 2.09 | 2.14 |
Data source: SEC EDGAR, company annual reports. Lines a company does not report are left empty. Free cash flow is operating cash flow minus capital expenditure. Ratios use the same formulas as the EdgeScore check.
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