Cognizant

NASDAQ: CTSH

Stock price

65.86 USD

(+27.72%) 10 years

Financial Performance

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5Y price score: (24)

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A score of 100 indicates that the stock did as well as the S&P 500 Index.

A score below 100 means the stock underperformed the index, while a score above 100 means it outperformed the S&P 500.

10Y return: 44.5%

DATE RANGE:
Latest quarterly dividend amount:$ 0.33
Current annual dividend yield:1.97%

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37.0

52-week range

87.0

65.865

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Stock Splits

DateNumeratorDenominatorSplit Type
Mar 10, 201421stock-split
Oct 17, 200721stock-split
Jun 18, 200421stock-split
Apr 02, 200331stock-split
Mar 17, 200021stock-split

Latest Dividends

Previous dividend
Next dividend
Status
Paid
Declared
Type
Quarterly
Quarterly
Per share
$ 0.33
$ 0.33
Declaration date
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Date when the company officially announced the dividend.
Wed, Jul 29, 2026
-
Ex-dividend date
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Tue, Aug 18, 2026
Fri, Nov 13, 2026
Pay date
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Date when the dividend is paid or scheduled to be paid to shareholders.
Tue, Aug 25, 2026
Wed, Nov 25, 2026

Valuation

Free Cash Flow Yield

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FCF Yield TTM = Trailing Twelve Months free cash flow per share / current market price per shareLearn more

7.7 %

Dividend Yield TTM

2 %

Market cap $

$ 29,669

Price / Earnings TTM

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P/E TTM = current market price per share / Trailing Twelve Months diluted earnings per shareLearn more

12

Price / Book TTM

2

PEG TTM

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Price/Earnings-to-Growth ratio = P/E TTM divided by most recent annual diluted earnings per share growth rateLearn more

13.6

Earnings growth and return

LTM

5YR

10YR

Total return (price & dividends)

(6.3) %

(8.3) %

44.5 %

Free cash flow per share growth

(13.7) %

0.4 %

75.6 %

Earnings per share growth

148.2 %

77 %

71.7 %

Dividends

Previous dividend:0.33 per share, Paid, Ex-div date Aug 18, 2026
Next dividend:0.33 per share, Declared, Ex-div date Nov 13, 2026

Analyst ratings

Price Target Low

51

Price Target High

82

Price Target Median

65

Buy

23

Hold

23

Sell

5

Dividend History

Declaration date
Record date
Payment date
Adj. dividend
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Adjusted for splits
Dividend
Type
Yield
01ㅤ
-
Fri, Nov 13, 2026
Wed, Nov 25, 2026
$ 0.33
$ 0.33
Quarterly
2.11%
02ㅤ
Wed, Jul 29, 2026
Tue, Aug 18, 2026
Tue, Aug 25, 2026
$ 0.33
$ 0.33
Quarterly
2.25%
03ㅤ
Wed, Apr 29, 2026
Mon, May 18, 2026
Wed, May 27, 2026
$ 0.33
$ 0.33
Quarterly
2.49%
04ㅤ
Wed, Feb 04, 2026
Wed, Feb 18, 2026
Thu, Feb 26, 2026
$ 0.33
$ 0.33
Quarterly
1.89%
05ㅤ
Wed, Oct 29, 2025
Tue, Nov 18, 2025
Wed, Nov 26, 2025
$ 0.31
$ 0.31
Quarterly
1.73%
06ㅤ
Wed, Jul 30, 2025
Mon, Aug 18, 2025
Tue, Aug 26, 2025
$ 0.31
$ 0.31
Quarterly
1.75%
07ㅤ
Wed, Apr 30, 2025
Mon, May 19, 2025
Wed, May 28, 2025
$ 0.31
$ 0.31
Quarterly
1.50%
08ㅤ
Wed, Feb 05, 2025
Tue, Feb 18, 2025
Wed, Feb 26, 2025
$ 0.31
$ 0.31
Quarterly
1.36%
09ㅤ
Wed, Oct 30, 2024
Tue, Nov 19, 2024
Wed, Nov 27, 2024
$ 0.3
$ 0.3
Quarterly
1.57%
10ㅤ
Wed, Jul 31, 2024
Tue, Aug 20, 2024
Wed, Aug 28, 2024
$ 0.3
$ 0.3
Quarterly
1.58%
11ㅤ
Wed, May 01, 2024
Mon, May 20, 2024
Wed, May 29, 2024
$ 0.3
$ 0.3
Quarterly
1.72%
12ㅤ
Tue, Feb 06, 2024
Tue, Feb 20, 2024
Wed, Feb 28, 2024
$ 0.3
$ 0.3
Quarterly
1.52%
13ㅤ
Wed, Nov 01, 2023
Tue, Nov 21, 2023
Thu, Nov 30, 2023
$ 0.29
$ 0.29
Quarterly
1.66%
14ㅤ
Wed, Aug 02, 2023
Mon, Aug 21, 2023
Tue, Aug 29, 2023
$ 0.29
$ 0.29
Quarterly
1.66%
15ㅤ
Wed, May 03, 2023
Fri, May 19, 2023
Tue, May 30, 2023
$ 0.29
$ 0.29
Quarterly
1.76%
16ㅤ
Thu, Feb 02, 2023
Fri, Feb 17, 2023
Tue, Feb 28, 2023
$ 0.29
$ 0.29
Quarterly
1.66%
17ㅤ
Wed, Nov 02, 2022
Fri, Nov 18, 2022
Tue, Nov 29, 2022
$ 0.27
$ 0.27
Quarterly
1.82%
18ㅤ
Tue, Jul 26, 2022
Fri, Aug 19, 2022
Tue, Aug 30, 2022
$ 0.27
$ 0.27
Quarterly
1.52%
19ㅤ
Wed, May 04, 2022
Fri, May 20, 2022
Tue, May 31, 2022
$ 0.27
$ 0.27
Quarterly
1.45%
20ㅤ
Wed, Feb 02, 2022
Fri, Feb 18, 2022
Tue, Mar 01, 2022
$ 0.27
$ 0.27
Quarterly
1.15%

Cognizant (CTSH) dividend history and yield

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