Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH) Shares Outstanding (2009 - 2026)

Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH) has 18 years of Shares Outstanding data on file, last reported at $474.0 million in Q1 2026.

• Shares Outstanding for Q1 2026 came in at $474.0 million, down 3.85% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $474.0 million (down 3.85% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $479.0 million, down 3.23% from the prior year.
• Shares Outstanding eased to $474.0 million in Q1 2026 per CTSH's latest filing, from $479.0 million in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, Shares Outstanding peaked at $521.0 million in Q1 2022 and troughed at $474.0 million in Q1 2026.
• A 5-year average of $498.6 million and a median of $497.0 million in 2024 frame the typical range for Shares Outstanding.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2024 and 2026: Shares Outstanding slipped 0.6% in 2024, then dropped 3.85% in 2026.
• A 5-year view of Shares Outstanding shows it stood at $509.0 million in 2022, then slipped by 2.16% to $498.0 million in 2023, then slipped by 0.6% to $495.0 million in 2024, then slipped by 3.23% to $479.0 million in 2025, then declined by 1.04% to $474.0 million in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows CTSH's Shares Outstanding at $474.0 million in Q1 2026, $479.0 million in Q4 2025, and $483.0 million in Q3 2025.