---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001058290-25-000266"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CTSH"
cik: "0001058290"
company_name: "COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP"
filed_at: "2025-07-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T22:46:29.129546+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cognizant Q2 beat: revenue $5.25B (+8.1% YoY), record bookings $27.8B, guided 4-6% CC growth

## Summary
- Q2 revenue $5.245B, up 8.1% YoY (7.2% CC), above guidance high end; GAAP EPS $1.31 (+15%), adj EPS $1.31 (+12%).
- Record trailing 12-month bookings $27.8B (+6%); Q2 bookings +18% driven by two $1B+ mega deals.
- Return to shareholders increased: planned $2.0B for 2025 (from $1.7B); YTD $885M via buybacks and dividends.
- FY2025 CC revenue growth guidance narrowed to 4.0-6.0%; adjusted op margin unchanged at 15.5-15.7%.
- Acquisitions contributed ~400 bps to YoY revenue growth; operating margin expanded 100 bps GAAP, 40 bps adjusted.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001058290-25-000266
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CTSH
- cik: 0001058290
- company_name: COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP
- filed_at: 2025-07-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1058290/000105829025000266/0001058290-25-000266-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1058290/000105829025000266/ctsh-20250730.htm

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