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Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH) FCF Payout Ratio: 2017-2025

Historic FCF Payout Ratio for Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH) over the last 9 years, with Sep 2025 value amounting to 0.13.

  • Cognizant Technology Solutions' FCF Payout Ratio fell 30.90% to 0.13 in Q3 2025 from the same period last year, while for Sep 2025 it was 0.23, marking a year-over-year decrease of 36.44%. This contributed to the annual value of 0.33 for FY2024, which is 11.86% up from last year.
  • Per Cognizant Technology Solutions' latest filing, its FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.13 for Q3 2025, which was down 71.84% from 0.46 recorded in Q2 2025.
  • In the past 5 years, Cognizant Technology Solutions' FCF Payout Ratio registered a high of 9.44 during Q1 2024, and its lowest value of -4.62 during Q2 2023.
  • Over the past 3 years, Cognizant Technology Solutions' median FCF Payout Ratio value was 0.22 (recorded in 2023), while the average stood at 0.70.
  • Its FCF Payout Ratio has fluctuated over the past 5 years, first crashed by 1,690.87% in 2023, then spiked by 3,870.04% in 2024.
  • Over the past 5 years, Cognizant Technology Solutions' FCF Payout Ratio (Quarterly) stood at 0.17 in 2021, then soared by 35.92% to 0.23 in 2022, then decreased by 2.46% to 0.22 in 2023, then dropped by 19.11% to 0.18 in 2024, then plummeted by 30.90% to 0.13 in 2025.
  • Its FCF Payout Ratio stands at 0.13 for Q3 2025, versus 0.46 for Q2 2025 and 0.48 for Q1 2025.