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Cognizant CTSH Price / earnings

Price / earnings at other companies

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21.2×-21.0×
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16.4×
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14.7×-10.1×
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12.8×-4.1×
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-39.2×
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170.2×+83.0×

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/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 / earnings?
Cognizant (CTSH) reported price / earnings of 13.2× in Q1 2026.
How has Cognizant's price / earnings changed year-over-year?
Cognizant's price / earnings decreased by 18.0% year-over-year, from 16.1× to 13.2×.
What is the long-term trend for Cognizant's price / earnings?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Cognizant's price / earnings has grown at a -8.0% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 91× to 65.1×.
What does price / earnings mean?
How many dollars investors pay for each dollar of the company's annual profit.
How do you interpret price / earnings?
Lower can mean cheaper — or that the market expects earnings to fall. High multiples embed growth expectations. Meaningless when earnings are negative, so it is suppressed there.
How does price / earnings compare across companies?
Compare against the company's own history and sector peers, not across sectors with different growth and risk profiles.