Cognizant CTSH
Cognizant is one of the world’s leading professional services companies, engineering modern businesses and delivering strategic outcomes for our clients. 10-K, Item 1
- Employees
- 351,600
- Headquarters
- Teaneck, NJ
- CEO
- Ravi Kumar Singisetti
- Next results
- around Feb 3, 2027
CTSH among Technology peers
Six ratios from the latest 10-K. Each corner is the share of 74 peers the company is above, not a score.
What changed
1 new risk paragraph. 10-K filed Feb 12, 2026 against Feb 12, 2025.
Each row opens the detail with the quote and the filing. A row is a change worth reading, not a verdict.
Accounting checks
10 checks on the latest 10-K. Checks, not verdicts.
0facts worth reading about all 10 checks found nothing to note
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Receivables +9.4% vs revenue +7.0% (+2.4 pts)
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Cash from operations $2.9B vs net income $2.2B (FY ending Dec 31, 2025)
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Same auditor in both 10-Ks: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
7 more checks with nothing to note
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No statement of substantial doubt about going concern
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No 8-K item 4.02 in the last 2 years
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No NT 10-K or NT 10-Q in the last 2 years
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The same matters as last year: Revenue Recognition - Expected Labor Costs to Complete for Certain Fixed-Price Contracts
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No sentence in the 10-K concludes that controls were not effective because of a material weakness
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No 8-K item 2.06 in the last 2 years
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No 8-K item 1.03 in the last 2 years
In their words
1 paragraph in Risk Factors that was not in the 10-K filed Feb 12, 2025. Quoted as filed.
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Item 1A · new paragraph · not in the 10-K filed Feb 12, 2025 10-K, ITEM 1A
frequently, with less predictability or with greater intensity due to climate change or other drivers, could cause community disruptions and impact our employees’ abilities to commute or to work from home safely and effectively.
New risk paragraphs, against peers
Latest 10-K of each, Technology companies closest in revenue
Paragraphs in Risk Factors with nothing like them in the company's 10-K the year before. A count of text, not of risk.
Financial performance
Last 4 fiscal years · 10-K XBRL
| Metric | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $19.4B | $19.4B | $19.7B | $21.1B |
| Net income | $2.3B | $2.1B | $2.2B | $2.2B |
| Operating cash flow | $2.6B | $2.3B | $2.1B | $2.9B |
| Free cash flow | $2.2B | $2.0B | $1.8B | $2.6B |
Revenue, FY2016 to FY2025
Ten fiscal years, each from its own 10-K · XBRL · USD
$21.1B ▲ 7.0% in FY2025$2.2B ▼ 0.4% in FY2025$2.6B ▲ 42.0% in FY2025
Recent filings
2 filings in the last 30 days · SEC EDGAR
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8-KOct 29, 2026Quarterly results, Regulation FD disclosure 8-K items 2.02, 7.01
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10-QOct 29, 2026Quarterly report (10-Q) period ended Sep 30, 2026
About the company
Cognizant, Teaneck, NJ · from the 10-K filed Feb 12, 2026
Cognizant is one of the world’s leading professional services companies, engineering modern businesses and delivering strategic outcomes for our clients. We help clients modernize technology, reimagine processes and transform experiences so they can stay ahead in today's fast-changing world, where AI is reshaping organizations in every field. As an AI builder, we provide deep expertise at the intersection of industry and technology, combining our perspective with extensive knowledge of our clients' organizations to build industry-specific platforms and incorporate context into systems, AI models and custom solutions.
- Headquarters
- Teaneck, NJ
- Country
- United States
- Reports in
- USD
- Listed on
- Nasdaq
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31
- Last results
- Oct 29, 2026
Employees, at the top of the page: "As of December 31, 2025, we had approximately 351,600 employees, with 256,900 in India, 41,600 in North America, 14,600 in Continental Europe, 7,800 in the United Kingdom and 30,700 in various other locations throughout the rest of the world" (10-K). Address and exchange: SEC's company file.
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Sources
The 10-K filed Feb 12, 2026 (open at SEC), compared with the 10-K filed Feb 12, 2025. Numbers from the XBRL of the 10-Ks; filings from SEC EDGAR.
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