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Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH) FCF Margin (2016 - 2025)

Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH) has disclosed FCF Margin for 17 consecutive years, with 14.64% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, FCF Margin fell 183.0% to 14.64% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 12.29%, a 304.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 12.29%, up 304.0% from a year prior.
  • FCF Margin was 14.64% for Q4 2025 at Cognizant Technology Solutions, down from 21.42% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Margin ranged from a high of 21.42% in Q3 2025 to a low of 0.65% in Q2 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 10.99% and a median of 12.88% in 2022 define the central range for FCF Margin.
  • Peak YoY movement for FCF Margin: surged 926bps in 2023, then tumbled -1278bps in 2024.
  • Cognizant Technology Solutions' FCF Margin stood at 15.91% in 2021, then fell by -21bps to 12.65% in 2022, then increased by 10bps to 13.85% in 2023, then increased by 19bps to 16.47% in 2024, then fell by -11bps to 14.64% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CTSH's FCF Margin are 14.64% (Q4 2025), 21.42% (Q3 2025), and 6.31% (Q2 2025).