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Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH) Retained Earnings (2016 - 2025)

Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH) has disclosed Retained Earnings for 17 consecutive years, with -$160.0 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Retained Earnings fell 101.09% to -$160.0 million in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was -$160.0 million, a 101.09% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at -$160.0 million, down 101.09% from a year prior.
  • Retained Earnings was -$160.0 million for Q4 2025 at Cognizant Technology Solutions, down from -$64.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Retained Earnings ranged from a high of $14.7 billion in Q4 2024 to a low of -$511.0 million in Q3 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $4.4 billion and a median of $39.5 million in 2021 define the central range for Retained Earnings.
  • Peak YoY movement for Retained Earnings: soared 33921.62% in 2022, then tumbled 1068.42% in 2023.
  • Cognizant Technology Solutions' Retained Earnings stood at $37.0 million in 2021, then skyrocketed by 33921.62% to $12.6 billion in 2022, then tumbled by 100.75% to -$94.0 million in 2023, then soared by 15723.4% to $14.7 billion in 2024, then plummeted by 101.09% to -$160.0 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CTSH's Retained Earnings are -$160.0 million (Q4 2025), -$64.0 million (Q3 2025), and $43.0 million (Q2 2025).