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Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH) Share-based Compensation (2016 - 2025)

Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH) has disclosed Share-based Compensation for 17 consecutive years, with $44.0 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Share-based Compensation rose 7.32% to $44.0 million in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was $181.0 million, a 3.43% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at $181.0 million, up 3.43% from a year prior.
  • Share-based Compensation was $44.0 million for Q4 2025 at Cognizant Technology Solutions, down from $47.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Share-based Compensation ranged from a high of $89.0 million in Q2 2022 to a low of $41.0 million in Q4 2024.
  • A 5-year average of $52.0 million and a median of $47.5 million in 2023 define the central range for Share-based Compensation.
  • Peak YoY movement for Share-based Compensation: surged 32.84% in 2022, then crashed 52.81% in 2023.
  • Cognizant Technology Solutions' Share-based Compensation stood at $52.0 million in 2021, then increased by 11.54% to $58.0 million in 2022, then fell by 25.86% to $43.0 million in 2023, then fell by 4.65% to $41.0 million in 2024, then increased by 7.32% to $44.0 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CTSH's Share-based Compensation are $44.0 million (Q4 2025), $47.0 million (Q3 2025), and $48.0 million (Q2 2025).