Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH) EBT Margin (2009 - 2026)

Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH) reported EBT Margin of 16.02% for Q1 2026, down 103.0% year-over-year from 533.9% in Q1 2025, and down 2.71% quarter-over-quarter from 16.46% in Q4 2025.

Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH) EBT Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH) has 18 years of EBT Margin data on file, last reported at 16.02% in Q1 2026.

  • EBT Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 16.02%, down 103.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 16.23% (up 86.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 16.48%, up 160.0% from the prior year.
  • EBT Margin declined to 16.02% in Q1 2026 per CTSH's latest filing, from 16.46% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, EBT Margin peaked at 17.05% in Q1 2025 and troughed at 12.01% in Q2 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 15.37% and a median of 15.34% in 2023 frame the typical range for EBT Margin.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: EBT Margin slumped 350 bps in 2023, then soared 300 bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of EBT Margin shows it stood at 14.76% in 2022, then grew by 7 bps to 15.74% in 2023, then fell by 8 bps to 14.56% in 2024, then advanced by 13 bps to 16.46% in 2025, then dropped by 3 bps to 16.02% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows CTSH's EBT Margin at 16.02% in Q1 2026, 16.46% in Q4 2025, and 16.38% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBT Margin (Qtr)
1 Infosys 250,975,992.28 Bn 250,975,991.00 Bn 1.56 Bn 23.17%
2 International Business Machines 267.32 Bn 252.39 Bn 8.95 Bn 8.71%
3 Wipro 138.60 Bn 137.44 Bn 751.00 Mn 19.24%
4 Accenture 109.98 Bn 101.66 Bn 16.30 Bn 13.61%
5 Cognizant Technology Solutions 25.38 Bn 23.86 Bn 1.78 Bn 16.02%
6 Fidelity National Information Services 21.09 Bn 20.34 Bn 1.11 Bn 7.86%
7 Broadridge Financial Solutions 17.60 Bn 17.30 Bn 626.90 Mn 17.43%
8 Cdw 17.16 Bn 16.58 Bn 1.19 Bn 5.62%
9 Leidos Holdings 15.68 Bn 15.27 Bn 761.00 Mn 9.75%
10 Caci International 11.74 Bn 11.58 Bn 797.83 Mn 7.51%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 16.02%
Dec 31, 2025 16.46%
Sep 30, 2025 16.38%
Jun 30, 2025 16.05%
Mar 31, 2025 17.05%
Dec 31, 2024 14.56%
Sep 30, 2024 14.83%
Jun 30, 2024 15.01%
Mar 31, 2024 15.17%
Dec 31, 2023 15.74%
Sep 30, 2023 14.56%
Jun 30, 2023 12.01%
Mar 31, 2023 15.34%
Dec 31, 2022 14.76%
Sep 30, 2022 16.72%
Jun 30, 2022 15.51%
Mar 31, 2022 15.11%
Dec 31, 2021 15.43%
Sep 30, 2021 15.41%
Jun 30, 2021 15.14%