---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001058290-23-000329"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CTSH"
cik: "0001058290"
company_name: "COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP"
filed_at: "2023-11-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T01:56:42.394281+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cognizant Q3 revenue $4.9B (+0.8% YoY); record bookings $26.9B; guidance narrowed

## Summary
- Revenue $4.9B, up 0.8% YoY (down 0.2% constant currency); GAAP EPS $1.04 vs $1.22; Adjusted EPS $1.16 vs $1.17.
- Record trailing 12-month bookings of $26.9B, up 16% YoY; operating cash flow $828M; free cash flow $755M.
- Full-year 2023 revenue guidance narrowed to -0.7% to flat; adjusted operating margin guidance raised to ~14.7%.
- Share repurchase expectation increased by $200M to $1B; voluntary attrition 16.2% (down 13 pts YoY).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001058290-23-000329
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CTSH
- cik: 0001058290
- company_name: COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP
- filed_at: 2023-11-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- 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/1058290/000105829023000329/0001058290-23-000329-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1058290/000105829023000329/ctsh-20231101.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP reported the quarter ended September 30, 2023 results: revenue $4.9 billion, EPS $1.04. Guidance reaffirmed.
  - Period: the quarter ended September 30, 2023
  - Revenue: $4.9 billion
  - EPS: $1.04
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: reported results
  source text: OGNIZANT REPORTS THIRD QUARTER 2023 RESULTS • Revenue of $4.9 billion increased 0.8% year-over-year, declined 0.2% in constant currency 1 • Record trailing 12-month bookings of $26.9 billion, up 16% year-over-year • Operating cash flow of $828 million; free cash flow 1 of $755 million was ~144% of net income • Share repurchase expectation for 2023 increased by $200 million to $1 billion • Full-year 2023 revenue guidance narrowed to (0.7%) to flat, as reported and in constant currency 1 • Full-year 2023 Adjusted Operating Margin 1 guidance now ~14.7%, the high end of prior guidance TEANECK, N.J., November 1, 2023 - Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH), one of the world’s leading professional services companies, today announced its third quarter 2023 financial results.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1058290/000105829023000329/0001058290-23-000329-index.htm

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