---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001058290-22-000320"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CTSH"
cik: "0001058290"
company_name: "COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP"
filed_at: "2022-11-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-22T11:44:22.343030+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cognizant Q3 revenue $4.9B, +2.4% YoY; trims FY22 guidance to 4.5% growth

## Summary
- Revenue $4.9B, up 2.4% YoY (5.6% constant currency), below expectations.
- GAAP diluted EPS $1.22 (+18% YoY); adjusted diluted EPS $1.17 (+10% YoY).
- FY22 revenue growth guidance cut to 4.5% reported (7.0% constant currency).
- Board approved $2B increase to share repurchase authorization; YTD returned over $1.5B.
- Digital revenue 51% of total, up ~7% YoY (~11% constant currency).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001058290-22-000320
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CTSH
- cik: 0001058290
- company_name: COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP
- filed_at: 2022-11-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1058290/000105829022000320/0001058290-22-000320-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1058290/000105829022000320/ctsh-20221102.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP reported the quarter ended September 30, 2022 results: revenue $4.9 billion, EPS $1.22. Guidance reaffirmed.
  - Period: the quarter ended September 30, 2022
  - Revenue: $4.9 billion
  - EPS: $1.22
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: reported results
  source text: are attached to this current report on Form 8-K as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2, respectively.* --- EX-99.1 (EX-99.1) --- COGNIZANT REPORTS THIRD QUARTER 2022 RESULTS • Revenue of $4.9 billion grew 2.4% year-over-year, or 5.6% in constant currency 1 • Operating Margin and Adjusted Operating Margin of 16.4%, an increase of 100 and 60 basis points year-over-year,
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1058290/000105829022000320/0001058290-22-000320-index.htm

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