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Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH) Gross Margin (2016 - 2025)

Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH) has disclosed Gross Margin for 17 consecutive years, with 33.73% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Gross Margin fell 139.0% to 33.73% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 33.72%, a 63.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 33.72%, down 63.0% from a year prior.
  • Gross Margin was 33.73% for Q4 2025 at Cognizant Technology Solutions, roughly flat from 33.87% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Gross Margin ranged from a high of 37.88% in Q3 2021 to a low of 33.59% in Q1 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 35.17% and a median of 34.77% in 2022 define the central range for Gross Margin.
  • Peak YoY movement for Gross Margin: surged 293bps in 2021, then plummeted -255bps in 2023.
  • Cognizant Technology Solutions' Gross Margin stood at 36.57% in 2021, then decreased by -5bps to 34.86% in 2022, then rose by 1bps to 35.25% in 2023, then fell by 0bps to 35.12% in 2024, then dropped by -4bps to 33.73% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CTSH's Gross Margin are 33.73% (Q4 2025), 33.87% (Q3 2025), and 33.67% (Q2 2025).