Cognyte Software (CGNT) EBITDA Margin (2020 - 2026)
Cognyte Software (CGNT) reported EBITDA Margin of 6.84% for fiscal Q2 2027 (quarter ended Jul 31, 2026), up 0.92 percentage points from 5.93% a year earlier but down 0.20 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Cognyte Software (CGNT) EBITDA Margin (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Jul 31, 2026, Cognyte Software's EBITDA Margin came in at 6.98%, up 2.80 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended Jan 31, 2026), it came in at 6.31%, up 3.88 percentage points from FY2025.
- EBITDA Margin has increased for three consecutive fiscal years, though with a five-year change of -2.89 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- By fiscal year, EBITDA Margin came in at 2.43% in FY2025 (+3.78 pp), -1.35% in FY2024 (+25.97 pp), -27.33% in FY2023 (-34.13 pp) and 6.80% in FY2022 (-2.40 pp).
- Five-year quarterly EBITDA Margin spans a low of -30.30% in fiscal Q3 2023 and a high of 9.87% in fiscal Q3 2022.
- Year over year, EBITDA Margin has now increased in each of the last 14 quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +2.76 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year EBITDA Margin in five years was fiscal Q3 2024 (a gain of 31.20 percentage points); the low point was fiscal Q3 2023 (a drop of 40.17 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q2 2027 came in at 7.05% (Q1 2027), 7.69% (Q4 2026) and 6.30% (Q3 2026).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | EBITDA Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 450.50 Bn | 419.56 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 47.55% |
| 2 | Oracle | 401.01 Bn | 273.57 Bn | - | 52.36% |
| 3 | Sap Se | 257.03 Bn | 178.11 Bn | 8.40 Bn | 29.96% |
| 4 | Salesforce | 187.04 Bn | 142.92 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 34.25% |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 135.91 Bn | 114.37 Bn | 2.82 Bn | 18.59% |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing | 104.14 Bn | 86.27 Bn | 2.51 Bn | -25.13% |
| 7 | Intuit | 72.30 Bn | 51.65 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 15.92% |
| 8 | Relx | 60.17 Bn | 57.14 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 55.31 Bn | 48.30 Bn | 81.55 Mn | -6,798.02% |
| 10 | Cognyte Software | 623.36 Mn | 212.69 Mn | 79.64 Mn | 6.84% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | 6.84% |
| Apr 30, 2026 | 7.05% |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 7.69% |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 6.30% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 5.93% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 5.17% |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 4.20% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 1.18% |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 2.98% |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 1.20% |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 0.74% |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 0.90% |
| Jul 31, 2023 | -2.65% |
| Apr 30, 2023 | -4.81% |
| Jan 31, 2023 | -22.35% |
| Oct 31, 2022 | -30.30% |
| Jul 31, 2022 | -26.73% |
| Apr 30, 2022 | -29.65% |
| Jan 31, 2022 | 7.41% |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 9.87% |
Cognyte Software EBITDA Margin API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=ebitda-margin&ticker=CGNT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "ebitda-margin", "ticker": "CGNT", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=ebitda-margin&ticker=CGNT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();