| Annual · values | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Cash Flow | 2.88 B USD | 2.12 B USD | 2.33 B USD | 2.57 B USD | 2.50 B USD | 3.30 B USD | 2.50 B USD | 2.59 B USD | 2.41 B USD | 1.62 B USD | 2.15 B USD | 1.47 B USD |
| Depreciation & Amortization | 550.00 M USD | 542.00 M USD | 555.00 M USD | 569.00 M USD | 574.00 M USD | 559.00 M USD | 526.00 M USD | 498.00 M USD | 443.00 M USD | 379.00 M USD | 330.00 M USD | 208.07 M USD |
| Stock-Based Compensation | 181.00 M USD | 175.00 M USD | 176.00 M USD | 261.00 M USD | 246.00 M USD | 232.00 M USD | 217.00 M USD | 267.00 M USD | 221.00 M USD | 217.00 M USD | 192.00 M USD | 134.82 M USD |
| Capital Expenditures | 288.00 M USD | 297.00 M USD | 317.00 M USD | 332.00 M USD | 279.00 M USD | 398.00 M USD | 392.00 M USD | 377.00 M USD | 284.00 M USD | 300.00 M USD | 272.80 M USD | 212.20 M USD |
| Cash Flow from Investing | -230.00 M USD | -1.65 B USD | -331.00 M USD | -106.00 M USD | -2.16 B USD | -1.24 B USD | 1.59 B USD | -1.63 B USD | -582.00 M USD | -963.00 M USD | -1.37 B USD | -3.16 B USD |
| Cash Flow from Financing | -2.27 B USD | -915.00 M USD | -1.61 B USD | -1.94 B USD | -1.20 B USD | -2.01 B USD | -2.57 B USD | -1.69 B USD | -1.99 B USD | -719.00 M USD | -648.10 M USD | 1.50 B USD |
| Dividends Paid | 610.00 M USD | 600.00 M USD | 591.00 M USD | 564.00 M USD | 509.00 M USD | 480.00 M USD | 453.00 M USD | 468.00 M USD | 265.00 M USD | 0 USD | 0 USD | — |
| Stock Buybacks | 1.38 B USD | 605.00 M USD | 1.06 B USD | 1.42 B USD | 771.00 M USD | 1.62 B USD | 2.25 B USD | 1.26 B USD | 1.89 B USD | 512.00 M USD | 460.00 M USD | 248.32 M USD |
| Free Cash Flow | 2.60 B USD | 1.83 B USD | 2.01 B USD | 2.24 B USD | 2.22 B USD | 2.90 B USD | 2.11 B USD | 2.21 B USD | 2.12 B USD | 1.32 B USD | 1.88 B USD | 1.26 B USD |
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is a global professional services and technology company headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey, founded in 1994. The company focuses on helping enterprises modernize their technology stacks, become data-enabled, and apply artificial intelligence to improve decision-making and operations. Cognizant provides consulting, systems integration, application development and maintenance, cloud migration, digital engineering, and business process services to clients across industries such as financial services, healthcare, life sciences, manufacturing, retail, and communications. It plays a significant role in large-scale digital transformation programs, including modernizing legacy systems, implementing cloud and SaaS platforms, and optimizing processes through automation and analytics. By combining domain expertise with technology capabilities, Cognizant serves as a strategic partner to corporations and institutions seeking to enhance efficiency, improve customer experience, and manage complex IT and operational environments in an increasingly digital and AI-driven market.