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Cognizant CTSH Price / book

Price / book at other companies

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International Business MachinesIBM
6.9×-1.7×
Willis Towers Watson logo
Willis Towers WatsonWTW
3.4×-0.7×
Accenture logo
AccentureACN
3.6×-2.9×
TD SYNNEX logo
TD SYNNEXSNX
1.4×0.0×
Fidelity National Information Services logo
Fidelity National Information ServicesFIS
1.5×-1.1×
Ciena logo
CienaCIEN
25.8×+22.5×

Other financials

Income statement

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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

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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

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Operating cash flow$274.0M-31.5%
CapEx$76.0M-1.3%
Free cash flow$198.0M-38.7%

Valuation

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Market cap$23.09B-22.5%
Enterprise value$22.68B-21.9%
P/E10.4×-2.3×
P/S1.1×-0.4×

Profitability

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Gross margin33.5%-0.7pp
Operating margin15.8%+0.6pp
Net margin10.4%-1.3pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity14.9%-1.7pp
Debt / equity0.1×0.0×
Current ratio2.2×0.0×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Cognizant’s reported figures.

Based on the most recent quarter.

The official record: Cognizant’s 10-Q, filed April 29, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Cognizant's price / book?
Cognizant (CTSH) reported price / book of 1.9× in Q1 2026.
How has Cognizant's price / book changed year-over-year?
Cognizant's price / book decreased by 23.3% year-over-year, from 2.5× to 1.9×.
What is the long-term trend for Cognizant's price / book?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Cognizant's price / book has grown at a -8.6% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 14.2× to 9.9×.
What does price / book mean?
How the market price compares to the company's accounting net worth.
How do you interpret price / book?
Below 1.0 can flag a market discount to book value (common for distressed or asset-heavy firms); high values reflect intangible value the balance sheet doesn't capture. Most informative for financials and asset-heavy businesses.
How does price / book compare across companies?
A core valuation gauge for banks and insurers; weak for asset-light firms where book value understates economic value.