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

Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH) has 10 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.8 in Q1 2026.

• FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 came in at 0.8, up 67.34% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.25 (down 12.17% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.24, down 28.42% from the prior year.
• FCF Payout Ratio climbed to 0.8 in Q1 2026 per CTSH's latest filing, from 0.19 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 0.6 and a median of 0.23 in 2022 frame the typical range for FCF Payout Ratio.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: FCF Payout Ratio plunged 1690.87% in 2023, then jumped 3870.04% in 2024.
• A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.23 in 2022, then slipped by 2.46% to 0.22 in 2023, then dropped by 19.11% to 0.18 in 2024, then gained by 7.88% to 0.19 in 2025, then jumped by 315.34% to 0.8 in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows CTSH's FCF Payout Ratio at 0.8 in Q1 2026, 0.19 in Q4 2025, and 0.13 in Q3 2025.