Cognyte Software (CGNT) Tax Rate (2020 - 2026)
Cognyte Software's Tax Rate was -10.55% in fiscal Q2 2027 (quarter ended Jul 31, 2026), up 86.42 percentage points from -96.97% a year earlier but down 188.20 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Cognyte Software (CGNT) Tax Rate (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a trailing twelve-month basis, Cognyte Software's Tax Rate was 62.35% through Jul 31, 2026, down 34.95 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended Jan 31, 2026), it came in at 59.33%, up 124.87 percentage points from FY2025.
- Tax Rate shows a five-year change of +41.48 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In earlier fiscal years, Tax Rate was -65.54% in FY2025 (-77.71 pp), 12.17% in FY2024 (+25.53 pp), -13.36% in FY2023 (-237.51 pp) and 224.15% in FY2022 (+206.30 pp).
- Quarterly Tax Rate has moved between -135.98% (fiscal Q1 2025) and 501.36% (fiscal Q4 2022) over five years.
- Compared with a year earlier, Tax Rate was higher in five of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +73.39 percentage points.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Tax Rate over five years was fiscal Q4 2022 (a gain of 616.12 percentage points); the worst was fiscal Q4 2023 (a drop of 572.93 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, CGNT's Tax Rate in the three fiscal quarters before Q2 2027 was 177.65% (Q1 2027), -28.14% (Q4 2026) and 301.13% (Q3 2026).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 449.46 Bn | 418.52 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 1.42% |
| 2 | Oracle | 415.29 Bn | 287.84 Bn | - | 15.11% |
| 3 | Sap Se | 256.30 Bn | 177.39 Bn | 8.40 Bn | - |
| 4 | Salesforce | 188.94 Bn | 144.82 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 22.54% |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 138.57 Bn | 117.03 Bn | 2.82 Bn | 31.96% |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing | 102.66 Bn | 84.78 Bn | 2.51 Bn | 22.20% |
| 7 | Intuit | 74.00 Bn | 53.35 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 32.78% |
| 8 | Relx | 60.34 Bn | 57.31 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 53.88 Bn | 46.87 Bn | 81.55 Mn | - |
| 10 | Cognyte Software | 635.05 Mn | 224.39 Mn | 79.64 Mn | - |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Apr 30, 2026 | 177.65% |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 301.13% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 96.68% |
| Jan 31, 2022 | 501.36% |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 45.36% |
| Jul 31, 2021 | 26.83% |
| Oct 31, 2020 | 30.21% |
| Jul 31, 2020 | 48.44% |
| Jan 31, 2020 | 40.34% |
Cognyte Software Tax Rate 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=tax-rate&ticker=CGNT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "tax-rate", "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=tax-rate&ticker=CGNT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();