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Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH) Operating Expenses (2016 - 2025)

Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH) has disclosed Operating Expenses for 17 consecutive years, with $833.0 million as the latest value for Q3 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Operating Expenses fell 3.81% to $833.0 million in Q3 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was $1.6 billion, a 51.62% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at $332.0 million, down 91.05% from a year prior.
  • Operating Expenses was $833.0 million for Q3 2025 at Cognizant Technology Solutions, up from $791.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $947.0 million in Q2 2023 to a low of $40.0 million in Q4 2023.
  • A 5-year average of $767.8 million and a median of $849.0 million in 2022 define the central range for Operating Expenses.
  • Peak YoY movement for Operating Expenses: crashed 95.35% in 2023, then soared 2132.5% in 2024.
  • Cognizant Technology Solutions' Operating Expenses stood at $871.0 million in 2021, then dropped by 1.26% to $860.0 million in 2022, then plummeted by 95.35% to $40.0 million in 2023, then skyrocketed by 2132.5% to $893.0 million in 2024, then fell by 6.72% to $833.0 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CTSH's Operating Expenses are $833.0 million (Q3 2025), $791.0 million (Q1 2025), and $893.0 million (Q4 2024).