Cognyte Software (CGNT) Selling, General & Administrative (2020 - 2026)
Cognyte Software (CGNT) recorded Selling, General & Administrative of $42.85 million in fiscal Q2 2027 (quarter ended Jul 31, 2026), up 13.6% from $37.73 million a year earlier and up 6.8% from the prior quarter.
Cognyte Software (CGNT) Selling, General & Administrative (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a TTM basis, Cognyte Software's Selling, General & Administrative came in at $162.01 million as of Jul 31, 2026, up 8.3% year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended Jan 31, 2026), it came in at $153.65 million, up 7.1% from FY2025.
- Annual Selling, General & Administrative has a five-year compound annual growth rate of -1.1% (FY2021 to FY2026).
- Across earlier fiscal years, Selling, General & Administrative came in at $143.52 million in FY2025 (+14.1%), $125.78 million in FY2024 (-18.5%), $154.35 million in FY2023 (-17.0%) and $185.87 million in FY2022 (+14.3%).
- The fiscal Q2 2027 figure is the highest quarterly Selling, General & Administrative since fiscal Q1 2023.
- On a year-over-year basis, Selling, General & Administrative has increased for ten consecutive quarters, with growth averaging 9.9% over the last eight quarters.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Selling, General & Administrative in the last five years was growth of 17.2% in fiscal Q1 2025, against a decline of 33.6% in fiscal Q1 2024 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three fiscal quarters came in at $40.13 million (Q1 2027), $40.87 million (Q4 2026) and $38.15 million (Q3 2026).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | SG&A (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 453.55 Bn | 422.61 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 194.58 Mn |
| 2 | Oracle | 430.98 Bn | 303.54 Bn | - | 376.00 Mn |
| 3 | Sap Se | 256.23 Bn | 177.31 Bn | 8.40 Bn | -469.59 Mn |
| 4 | Salesforce | 193.08 Bn | 148.96 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 725.00 Mn |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 138.94 Bn | 117.40 Bn | 2.82 Bn | 369.00 Mn |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing | 102.51 Bn | 84.63 Bn | 2.51 Bn | 1.25 Bn |
| 7 | Intuit | 75.44 Bn | 54.79 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 391.00 Mn |
| 8 | Relx | 60.79 Bn | 57.76 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 56.32 Bn | 49.31 Bn | 81.55 Mn | 39.92 Mn |
| 10 | Cognyte Software | 638.70 Mn | 228.04 Mn | 79.64 Mn | 42.85 Mn |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | 42.85 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2026 | 40.13 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 40.87 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 38.15 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 37.73 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 36.90 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 38.23 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 36.76 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 34.76 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 33.77 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 33.05 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 32.62 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2023 | 31.31 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 28.80 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2023 | 35.07 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2022 | 36.83 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 39.04 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 43.40 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2022 | 46.85 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 43.06 Mn |
Cognyte Software Selling, General & Administrative 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=selling-general-and-administrative&ticker=CGNT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "selling-general-and-administrative", "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=selling-general-and-administrative&ticker=CGNT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();