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.

• On a quarterly basis, FCF Payout Ratio rose 67.34% year-over-year to 0.8 in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 0.25, a 12.17% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 0.24, down 28.42% from the prior year.
• FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 stood at 0.8, up from 0.19 in the prior quarter.
• Over the last five years, FCF Payout Ratio for CTSH reached as high as 9.44 in Q1 2024 and fell as low as 4.62 in Q2 2023.
• Historically, FCF Payout Ratio has averaged 0.6 across 5 years, with a median of 0.23 in 2022.
• Across the five-year window, FCF Payout Ratio slumped 1690.87% in 2023 and surged 3870.04% in 2024, its largest moves.
• Year by year, FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.23 in 2022, then fell by 2.46% to 0.22 in 2023, then retreated by 19.11% to 0.18 in 2024, then grew by 7.88% to 0.19 in 2025, then jumped by 315.34% to 0.8 in 2026.
• Per Business Quant data, the three most recent FCF Payout Ratio figures were 0.8 in Q1 2026, 0.19 in Q4 2025, and 0.13 in Q3 2025.