Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH) Payout Ratio (2017 - 2026)

Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH) has reported Payout Ratio for 10 consecutive years, with 0.24 the latest figure, recorded in Q2 2026.

• On a quarterly basis, Payout Ratio rose 2.77% year-over-year to 0.24 in Q2 2026; TTM through Jun 2026 was 0.28, a 11.12% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 0.27, up 1.85% from the prior year.
• Payout Ratio was 0.24 for Q2 2026 at Cognizant Technology Solutions, up from 0.24 in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, Payout Ratio peaked at 0.55 in Q3 2025 and troughed at 0.22 in Q3 2022.
• A 5-year average of 0.27 and a median of 0.26 in 2023 frame the typical range for Payout Ratio.
• Across the five-year window, Payout Ratio fell 16.65% in 2024 and jumped 113.78% in 2025, its largest moves.
• Over 5 years, Payout Ratio stood at 0.27 in 2022, then declined by 1.22% to 0.26 in 2023, then increased by 5.21% to 0.28 in 2024, then decreased by 15.3% to 0.23 in 2025, then climbed by 3.81% to 0.24 in 2026.
• The last three Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.24 (Q2 2026), 0.24 (Q1 2026), and 0.23 (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.