Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH) reported Operating Expenses of $791.0 million for Q1 2026, little changed year-over-year from $791.0 million in Q1 2025, and down 1.86% quarter-over-quarter from $806.0 million in Q4 2025.

Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH) has 18 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $791.0 million in Q1 2026.

  • Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 came in at $791.0 million, changed 0.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $3.2 billion (down 3.57% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $3.6 billion, down 3.75% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses slipped to $791.0 million in Q1 2026 per CTSH's latest filing, from $806.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Operating Expenses peaked at $947.0 million in Q2 2023 and troughed at $788.0 million in Q1 2024.
  • A 5-year average of $841.9 million and a median of $835.0 million in 2023 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
  • On a YoY basis, Operating Expenses climbed as much as 8.11% in 2024 and fell as far as 14.47% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at $860.0 million in 2022, then retreated by 3.95% to $826.0 million in 2023, then advanced by 8.11% to $893.0 million in 2024, then declined by 9.74% to $806.0 million in 2025, then declined by 1.86% to $791.0 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows CTSH's Operating Expenses at $791.0 million in Q1 2026, $806.0 million in Q4 2025, and $833.0 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Infosys 250,975,992.28 Bn 250,975,991.00 Bn 1.56 Bn 500.00 Mn
2 International Business Machines 267.32 Bn 252.39 Bn 8.95 Bn 7.26 Bn
3 Wipro 138.60 Bn 137.44 Bn 751.00 Mn -158.00 Mn
4 Accenture 109.98 Bn 101.66 Bn 16.30 Bn 15.55 Bn
5 Cognizant Technology Solutions 25.38 Bn 23.86 Bn 1.78 Bn 791.00 Mn
6 Fidelity National Information Services 21.09 Bn 20.34 Bn 1.11 Bn 605.00 Mn
7 Broadridge Financial Solutions 17.60 Bn 17.30 Bn 626.90 Mn 1.59 Bn
8 Cdw 17.16 Bn 16.58 Bn 1.19 Bn 814.00 Mn
9 Leidos Holdings 15.68 Bn 15.27 Bn 761.00 Mn 223.00 Mn
10 Caci International 11.74 Bn 11.58 Bn 797.83 Mn 2.12 Bn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 791.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 806.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 833.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 810.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 791.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 893.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 866.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 810.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 788.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 826.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 873.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 947.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 835.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 860.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 838.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 883.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 862.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 871.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 924.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 881.00 Mn