Cognyte Software (CGNT) EBT Margin (2020 - 2026)
Cognyte Software's EBT Margin was 4.23% in fiscal Q2 2027 (quarter ended Jul 31, 2026), up 2.81 percentage points from 1.42% a year earlier and up 1.79 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Cognyte Software (CGNT) EBT Margin (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a trailing twelve-month basis, Cognyte Software's EBT Margin was 3.05% through Jul 31, 2026, up 2.09 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended Jan 31, 2026), it came in at 2.84%, up 4.08 percentage points from FY2025.
- EBT Margin has now increased for three consecutive fiscal years, though with a five-year change of -2.74 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In earlier fiscal years, EBT Margin was -1.25% in FY2025 (+2.98 pp), -4.23% in FY2024 (+26.85 pp), -31.08% in FY2023 (-32.82 pp) and 1.74% in FY2022 (-3.83 pp).
- The fiscal Q2 2027 figure marks the highest quarterly EBT Margin since fiscal Q1 2026.
- Compared with a year earlier, EBT Margin was higher in six of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +2.20 percentage points.
- The best year-over-year quarter for EBT Margin over five years was fiscal Q3 2024 (a gain of 39.81 percentage points); the worst was fiscal Q3 2023 (a drop of 40.74 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, CGNT's EBT Margin in the three fiscal quarters before Q2 2027 was 2.44% (Q1 2027), 3.76% (Q4 2026) and 1.67% (Q3 2026).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | EBT Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 450.50 Bn | 419.56 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 55.87% |
| 2 | Oracle | 401.01 Bn | 273.57 Bn | - | 28.98% |
| 3 | Sap Se | 257.03 Bn | 178.11 Bn | 8.40 Bn | 30.43% |
| 4 | Salesforce | 187.04 Bn | 142.92 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 40.12% |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 135.91 Bn | 114.37 Bn | 2.82 Bn | 10.99% |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing | 104.14 Bn | 86.27 Bn | 2.51 Bn | 22.98% |
| 7 | Intuit | 72.30 Bn | 51.65 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 12.40% |
| 8 | Relx | 60.17 Bn | 57.14 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 55.31 Bn | 48.30 Bn | 81.55 Mn | -6,715.87% |
| 10 | Cognyte Software | 623.36 Mn | 212.69 Mn | 79.64 Mn | 4.23% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | 4.23% |
| Apr 30, 2026 | 2.44% |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 3.76% |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 1.67% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 1.42% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 4.48% |
| Jan 31, 2025 | -0.29% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | -1.99% |
| Jul 31, 2024 | -0.95% |
| Apr 30, 2024 | -1.84% |
| Jan 31, 2024 | -7.16% |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 4.49% |
| Jul 31, 2023 | -6.85% |
| Apr 30, 2023 | -7.59% |
| Jan 31, 2023 | -20.73% |
| Oct 31, 2022 | -35.31% |
| Jul 31, 2022 | -33.76% |
| Apr 30, 2022 | -33.85% |
| Jan 31, 2022 | 2.30% |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 5.42% |
Cognyte Software EBT 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
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=ebt-margin&ticker=CGNT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "ebt-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=ebt-margin&ticker=CGNT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();