Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH) FCF Payout Ratio (2017 - 2026)

Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH) has reported FCF Payout Ratio for 10 consecutive years, with 0.34 the latest figure, recorded in Q2 2026.

• On a quarterly basis, FCF Payout Ratio fell 26.0% year-over-year to 0.34 in Q2 2026; TTM through Jun 2026 was 0.24, a 10.57% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 0.24, down 28.42% from the prior year.
• FCF Payout Ratio was 0.34 for Q2 2026 at Cognizant Technology Solutions, down from 0.8 in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, FCF Payout Ratio peaked at 9.44 in Q1 2024 and troughed at 4.62 in Q2 2023.
• A 5-year average of 0.58 and a median of 0.23 in 2022 frame the typical range for FCF Payout Ratio.
• Across the five-year window, FCF Payout Ratio sank 1690.87% in 2023 and soared 3870.04% in 2024, its largest moves.
• Over 5 years, FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.23 in 2022, then decreased by 2.46% to 0.22 in 2023, then slipped by 19.11% to 0.18 in 2024, then rose by 7.88% to 0.19 in 2025, then soared by 76.91% to 0.34 in 2026.
• The last three FCF Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.34 (Q2 2026), 0.8 (Q1 2026), and 0.19 (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.