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

Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH) has disclosed FCF Payout Ratio for 9 consecutive years, with 0.19 as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, FCF Payout Ratio rose 7.88% to 0.19 in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.24, a 28.42% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.24, down 28.42% from a year prior.
  • FCF Payout Ratio was 0.19 for Q4 2025 at Cognizant Technology Solutions, up from 0.13 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 9.44 in Q1 2024 to a low of 4.62 in Q2 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 0.57 and a median of 0.22 in 2022 define the central range for FCF Payout Ratio.
  • Peak YoY movement for FCF Payout Ratio: plummeted 1690.87% in 2023, then skyrocketed 3870.04% in 2024.
  • Cognizant Technology Solutions' FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.17 in 2021, then skyrocketed by 35.92% to 0.23 in 2022, then dropped by 2.46% to 0.22 in 2023, then decreased by 19.11% to 0.18 in 2024, then increased by 7.88% to 0.19 in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CTSH's FCF Payout Ratio are 0.19 (Q4 2025), 0.13 (Q3 2025), and 0.46 (Q2 2025).