COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS NASDAQ: CTSH
Background of Cognizant Technology Solutions
- Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp is an American multinational technology company that provides business consulting, information technology and outsourcing services.
- Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp is headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey, and part of the NASDAQ-100 where it trades under the symbol CTSH.
- Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp operates through four segments: Financial Services; Healthcare; Products and Resources; and Communications, Media, and Technology.
- Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp offers customer experience enhancement, robotic process automation, analytics and AI, integrated health management, claims investigative services and patient experience, as well as services that drive operational improvements in claims processing, enrolment, membership, and billing.
- Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp also provides solution to manufacturers, retailers and travel and hospitality companies, and cloud, interactive, and IoT services to information, media, entertainment, communications, and technology companies.
- Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp has a rich history that dates to 1994 when it was founded as an in-house technology unit of Dun & Bradstreet. The company started serving external clients in 1996 and after a series of corporate re-organisations there was an initial public offering in 1998.
- Dun & Bradstreet spun off several of its subsidiaries in 1996, including, amongst other, DBSS, to form the new company called Cognizant Corporation, headquartered in Chennai, India.
- Three months later DBSS renamed itself to Cognizant Technology Solutions.
- Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp revenues in 2002 were $229 million, and the company had zero debt with $100 million in the bank.
- During the dotcom bust, Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp grew by taking on the maintenance projects that larger IT services companies did not want.
- Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp experienced a period of fast growth during the 2000s and became a Fortune 500 company in 2011, reaching position 185 as of 2025.
- Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp’s services portfolio gradually expanded across the IT services landscape and into business process outsourcing (BPO) and business consulting.
- Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp appeared in Fortune magazine’s “100 Fastest-Growing Companies” list for ten consecutive years from 2003 to 2012.
- In 2014, Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp acquired healthcare IT services provider TriZetto Corp for $2.7 billion and its shares, rose nearly 3 percent in pre-market trading.
- In 2015, Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp signed a multimillion-dollar agreement with Escorts Group in India to help Escorts’ businesses in digital transformation and modernizing its operations across all business segments and soon after partnered with Singapore-based supermarket retailer NTUC FairPrice to perform digital transformation in NTUC’s business.
- In 2018, Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp and a consortium of Indian life insurers announced the development of a blockchain solution aimed at increasing efficiency through facilitating cross-company data sharing.
- Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp oversees a high-value product portfolio that provides consulting and technology, and outsourcing services in North America, Europe, and internationally.
- Today, Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp is truly one of the most valuable technology companies in the world with a market capitalization of US$ 36.544 billion recorded in July 2025.
- In 2025 the total staff compliment for Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp was more than 296,500.
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Shares Growth Driver
- Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp posted very solid results in Q1, exceeding the guidance set by growing 2.9% sequentially compared to the prior quarter with broad-based growth across industries.
- The second quarter showed some acceleration, but not as strong as expected which has led Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp to adopt a more conservative approach and take its full year guidance down to at least to 20% from the prior guidance of around 23% for this calendar year.
- Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp has taken a cautious approach in its guidance and still think that 20% is a solid growth target given the current environment.
- On Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp’s growth drivers, CEO D’Souza says that the company’s BPO, IT infrastructure services and management consulting businesses have been leading the company’s growth.
- The businesses that they have invested in over the last four-to-five years, have now reached critical mass, and are growing faster than company average.
- A substantial portion of Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp’s business comes from North America where the demand is healthy.
- On Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp expanded share re-purchase programme, D’Souza expressed confidence in the business going forward, seeing the programme as a solid opportunity to return cash to shareholders.
- Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp is generating a significant amount of cash and the board of directors has approved an increase in the share repurchase programme to demonstrate their confidence in the business and to cautiously return cash to shareholders.
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Investor Tip
- Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp trades its shares on the NASDAQ Stock Market (NASDAQ) under the stock symbol CTSH. Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp forms part of both the NASDAQ-100 and S&P 500 components.
- An analysis on the market performance for the first quarter of 2025 indicated a total revenue of US$ 16,828,000,000 along with a gross profit of US$ 6,140,000,000 and EBITDA of US$ 2,835,000,000.
- First quarter 2025 financial results show that Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp successfully executed its strategy of embracing digital, investing in international expansion, and repositioning the Cognizant brand.
- Financial Services revenue grew 0.5% year-over-year, and decreased 1.7% in constant currency, as revenue growth generated by digital services in banking and insurance was offset by declining non-digital revenue.
- Healthcare revenue grew 7.9% year-over-year, or 7.0% in constant currency because healthcare revenue benefited from increased demand for integrated payer software solutions and continued strong demand among Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp’s life sciences clients.
- Products and Resources revenue grew 4.6% year-over-year, or 2.4% in constant currency.
- Revenue among manufacturing, logistics, energy, and utilities clients grew double-digits for the fourth consecutive quarter while retail, consumer goods, travel and hospitality clients continued to be adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Communications, Media, and Technology revenue grew 5.0% year-over-year, or 3.1% in constant currency, including a significant benefit from recent acquisitions. Clients exposed to studios and theme parks continued to be adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
- During the first quarter, Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp repurchased 3.1 million shares for $234 million at an average price of $75.80 under its share repurchase programme.
- In May 2025, Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.24 per share for shareholders.
- The first-quarter performance reflects solid revenue growth in digital services and consistent execution of Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp’s
- Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp second quarter revenue is expected to be $4.42-$4.46 billion, or growth of 10.5-11.5%.
- Full year 2025 revenue is expected to be $17.8-$18.1 billion, or growth of 7.0-9.0%.
- Data from this analysis should be weighed against forecasted performance during this pandemic, but for now, prices on shares and in turn dividends remain unaffected, which provides shareholders with assurance that they will have a strong buy-in on NASDAQ.
Sector
Technology
Industry
Information Technology Services
Sub industry
Information Technology consulting
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