Cognizant

American multinational information technology
Organization business Q1107035
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Financials

Self-reported XBRL data from 10 annual filings
Revenue
$21.11B
▲ 7.0% YoY FY2025
Net Income
$2.23B
▼ 0.4% YoY FY2025
Assets
$20.69B
▲ 3.6% YoY FY2025
EPS (diluted)
$4.56
▲ 1.1% YoY FY2025
$0.00$5.80B$11.61B$17.41B$23.22B FY2016: $13.49B · NI $1.55B (11.5% margin)FY2017: $14.81B · NI $1.50B (10.2% margin)FY2018: $16.12B · NI $2.10B (13.0% margin)FY2019: $16.78B · NI $1.84B (11.0% margin)FY2020: $16.65B · NI $1.39B (8.4% margin)FY2021: $18.51B · NI $2.14B (11.5% margin)FY2022: $19.43B · NI $2.29B (11.8% margin)FY2023: $19.35B · NI $2.13B (11.0% margin)FY2024: $19.74B · NI $2.24B (11.3% margin)FY2025: $21.11B · NI $2.23B (10.6% margin) '16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
Revenue Net Income
Source: SEC EDGAR · latest 10-K filed 2025-12-31 · accession 0001058290-26-000008

Cognizant

Summary

Cognizant is a business[1]. Cognizant ranks in the top 0.31% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,889 views/month, #93 of 29,529).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cognizant is in the country of United States[3].
  • Cognizant is in the country of US[4].
  • Cognizant's instance of is recorded as business[5].
  • Cognizant's instance of is recorded as enterprise[6].
  • Cognizant's instance of is recorded as public company[7].
  • Cognizant's founder is recorded as Kumar Mahadeva[8].
  • Cognizant's founder is recorded as Lakshmi Narayanan[9].
  • Cognizant's founder is recorded as Francisco D'Souza[10].
  • Cognizant followed Dun & Bradstreet[11].
  • Cognizant's headquarters location is recorded as Teaneck[12].
  • Cognizant's chief executive officer is recorded as Francisco D'Souza[13].
  • Cognizant's child organization or unit is recorded as Cognizant (India)[14].
  • Cognizant's child organization or unit is recorded as Cognizant (United Kingdom)[15].
  • Cognizant is part of Nasdaq-100[16].
  • Cognizant is part of S&P 500[17].
  • Cognizant's Commons category is recorded as Cognizant Technology Solutions[18].
  • Cognizant's stock exchange is recorded as Nasdaq[19].
  • Cognizant's industry is recorded as IT service management[20].
  • Cognizant's industry is recorded as information technology consulting[21].
  • January 1, 1994 marks the founding of Cognizant[22].
  • 1988-04-06 marks the founding of Cognizant[23].
  • Cognizant's official website is recorded as https://www.cognizant.com[24].
  • Cognizant's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+266200'}[25].
  • Cognizant's legal form is recorded as Delaware corporation[26].
  • Cognizant's legal form is recorded as XTIQ[27].

Body

Founding

Founders include Kumar Mahadeva[8], Lakshmi Narayanan[9], and Francisco D'Souza[10]. Recorded inception include January 1, 1994[22] and 1988-04-06[23].

Identity

Part of include Nasdaq-100[16], a stock market index[28], in United States[29] and S&P 500[17], a stock market index[30], in United States[31]. Cognizant followed Dun & Bradstreet[11].

Leadership

Cognizant's chief executive officer is recorded as Francisco D'Souza[13].

Operations

Cognizant's headquarters location is recorded as Teaneck[12]. Subsidiaries include Cognizant (India)[14], a business[32], in India[33], founded in 1994[34], headquartered in Mumbai[35] and Cognizant (United Kingdom)[15], a business[36], in United Kingdom[37], founded in 1994[38], headquartered in London[39].

Industry

Industries include IT service management[20] and information technology consulting[21].

Ownership

Cognizant's stock exchange is recorded as Nasdaq[19].

Why It Matters

Cognizant ranks in the top 0.31% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,889 views/month, #93 of 29,529).[2] Cognizant has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] Cognizant is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

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  1. [3] . GRID. Retrieved . grid.ac. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . economictimes.indiatimes.com. economictimes.indiatimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . Polygon.io. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] . ROR release v1.19. wikidata.org.
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  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Global LEI Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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