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Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH) Free Cash Flow (2016 - 2025)

Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH) has disclosed Free Cash Flow for 17 consecutive years, with $781.0 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Free Cash Flow fell 6.69% to $781.0 million in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was $2.6 billion, a 42.04% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at $2.6 billion, up 42.04% from a year prior.
  • Free Cash Flow was $781.0 million for Q4 2025 at Cognizant Technology Solutions, down from $1.2 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Free Cash Flow ranged from a high of $1.2 billion in Q3 2025 to a low of -$32.0 million in Q2 2023.
  • A 5-year average of $544.4 million and a median of $621.5 million in 2022 define the central range for Free Cash Flow.
  • Peak YoY movement for Free Cash Flow: tumbled 106.6% in 2023, then surged 1918.75% in 2025.
  • Cognizant Technology Solutions' Free Cash Flow stood at $760.0 million in 2021, then dropped by 19.47% to $612.0 million in 2022, then rose by 7.68% to $659.0 million in 2023, then increased by 27.01% to $837.0 million in 2024, then fell by 6.69% to $781.0 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CTSH's Free Cash Flow are $781.0 million (Q4 2025), $1.2 billion (Q3 2025), and $331.0 million (Q2 2025).