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Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2025)

Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH) has disclosed Return on Invested Capital for 17 consecutive years, with 0.14% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Invested Capital fell 1.0% to 0.14% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.14%, a 1.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.14%, down 1.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Invested Capital was 0.14% for Q4 2025 at Cognizant Technology Solutions, up from 0.14% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.18% in Q3 2022 to a low of 0.14% in Q3 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 0.16% and a median of 0.15% in 2021 define the central range for Return on Invested Capital.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Invested Capital: grew 4bps in 2021, then decreased -4bps in 2023.
  • Cognizant Technology Solutions' Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.17% in 2021, then rose by 3bps to 0.18% in 2022, then dropped by -15bps to 0.15% in 2023, then dropped by -1bps to 0.15% in 2024, then fell by -4bps to 0.14% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CTSH's Return on Invested Capital are 0.14% (Q4 2025), 0.14% (Q3 2025), and 0.16% (Q2 2025).