What is Cognizant's financial services — goodwill?

Cognizant (CTSH) reported financial services — goodwill of $1.18B in Q4 2025.

How has Cognizant's financial services — goodwill changed year-over-year?

Cognizant's financial services — goodwill increased by 4.3% year-over-year, from $1.13B to $1.18B.

What does financial services — goodwill mean?

This represents the intangible asset value recorded when the company acquires other businesses specifically to bolster the Financial Services segment. It reflects the premium paid over the fair value of net identifiable assets, representing brand value, customer relationships, and intellectual property.

Cognizant CTSH Financial Services — Goodwill

Other segment segments

Health Sciences

$2.92B+0.7%

Products and Resources

$1.93B+2.7%

Communications, Media and Technology

$1.08B+3.3%

Similar metrics at other companies

DFHFinancial Services — Goodwill

$22.86M+2,504%

CBZFinancial Services — Goodwill

$2B—

SOFIFinancial Services — Goodwill

$37.16M0.0%

MTHFinancial Services — Goodwill

$0—

CNHFinancial Services — Goodwill

$139M+0.7%

ADTNServices And Support — Goodwill

$59M+6.8%

Other financials

Income statement

See full

Revenue$5.4B+5.8%

Gross profit$1.8B+3.3%

Operating income$843.0M-1.2%

Net income$662.0M-0.2%

EPS (diluted)$1.39+3.7%

Balance sheet

See full

Cash & equivalents$1.5B-24.0%

Total debt$1.1B-7.4%

Total equity$15.1B+1.1%

Total assets$20.5B+2.7%

Cash flow

See full

Operating cash flow$274.0M-31.5%

CapEx$76.0M-1.3%

Free cash flow$198.0M-38.7%

Valuation

See full

Market cap$18.32B-48.1%

Enterprise value$17.91B-48.3%

P/E8.2×-6.3×

P/S0.9×-0.9×

Profitability

See full

Gross margin33.5%-0.7pp

Operating margin15.8%+0.6pp

Net margin10.4%-1.3pp

FCF margin11.5%+0.9pp

Returns & leverage

See full

Return on equity14.9%-1.7pp

Debt / equity0.1×0.0×

Current ratio2.2×0.0×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Cognizant in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:Goodwill.

The official record: Cognizant’s 10-K, filed February 12, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

Ask your AI about Cognizant's financial services — goodwill.

Connect your AI assistant and compare segments, right in your chat.

Connect your AI

Claude

Questions, answered.

What is Cognizant's financial services — goodwill?: Cognizant (CTSH) reported financial services — goodwill of $1.18B in Q4 2025.
How has Cognizant's financial services — goodwill changed year-over-year?: Cognizant's financial services — goodwill increased by 4.3% year-over-year, from $1.13B to $1.18B.
What does financial services — goodwill mean?: This represents the intangible asset value recorded when the company acquires other businesses specifically to bolster the Financial Services segment. It reflects the premium paid over the fair value of net identifiable assets, representing brand value, customer relationships, and intellectual property.