Cognyte Software (CGNT) FCF Margin (2020 - 2026)
Cognyte Software (CGNT) posted FCF Margin of 3.36% for fiscal Q2 2027 (quarter ended Jul 31, 2026), up 7.74 percentage points from -4.38% a year earlier and up 6.46 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Cognyte Software (CGNT) FCF Margin (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Jul 31, 2026, FCF Margin at Cognyte Software was 11.80%, up 1.15 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended Jan 31, 2026), it came in at 12.68%, down 3.68 percentage points from FY2025.
- Annual FCF Margin shows a five-year change of -6.60 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In prior fiscal years, Cognyte Software's FCF Margin was 16.36% in FY2025 (+3.09 pp), 13.27% in FY2024 (+22.47 pp), -9.20% in FY2023 (-12.24 pp) and 3.04% in FY2022 (-16.25 pp).
- Quarterly FCF Margin has run from a low of -23.56% in fiscal Q3 2023 to a high of 28.07% in fiscal Q1 2024 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, FCF Margin increased in five of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +1.27 percentage points.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for FCF Margin in the past five years was fiscal Q1 2024, with a gain of 35.31 percentage points; the weakest was fiscal Q4 2022, with a drop of 41.38 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, FCF Margin for the three prior fiscal quarters was -3.09% (Q1 2027), 20.87% (Q4 2026) and 26.97% (Q3 2026).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | FCF Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 450.50 Bn | 419.56 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 62.08% |
| 2 | Oracle | 401.01 Bn | 273.57 Bn | - | -27.89% |
| 3 | Sap Se | 257.03 Bn | 178.11 Bn | 8.40 Bn | 33.09% |
| 4 | Salesforce | 187.04 Bn | 142.92 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 9.68% |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 135.91 Bn | 114.37 Bn | 2.82 Bn | 11.86% |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing | 104.14 Bn | 86.27 Bn | 2.51 Bn | 24.76% |
| 7 | Intuit | 72.30 Bn | 51.65 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 29.95% |
| 8 | Relx | 60.17 Bn | 57.14 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 55.31 Bn | 48.30 Bn | 81.55 Mn | -4.83% |
| 10 | Cognyte Software | 623.36 Mn | 212.69 Mn | 79.64 Mn | 3.36% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | 3.36% |
| Apr 30, 2026 | -3.09% |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 20.87% |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 26.97% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | -4.38% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 5.92% |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 23.66% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 18.37% |
| Jul 31, 2024 | -4.85% |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 27.51% |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 13.93% |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 1.36% |
| Jul 31, 2023 | 10.77% |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 28.07% |
| Jan 31, 2023 | 14.71% |
| Oct 31, 2022 | -23.56% |
| Jul 31, 2022 | -20.27% |
| Apr 30, 2022 | -7.24% |
| Jan 31, 2022 | -2.96% |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 10.93% |
Cognyte Software FCF Margin API
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params = {"slug": "fcf-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=fcf-margin&ticker=CGNT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();