Every material Form 8-K Cognizant filed with the SEC in 2025, read and summarized by AI: what happened, the key figures, whether it reads positive or negative for shareholders, and how big a deal it is (impact 1-5). Newest first; each brief links to its own page and to the filing on SEC.gov.
Cognizant reported third-quarter 2025 revenue of $5.42 billion, up 7.4% year over year and above the high end of its guidance range. GAAP diluted EPS fell to $0.56 from $1.17 because of a one-time, non-cash income tax charge of $0.80 per share, while adjusted EPS rose 11% to $1.39.
Q3 revenue of $5.42 billion rose 7.4% year over year (6.5% in constant currency); GAAP diluted EPS was $0.56 versus $1.17 a year earlier
Adjusted diluted EPS was $1.39 versus $1.25; GAAP EPS includes a $0.80 one-time non-cash income tax charge
Full-year 2025 constant currency revenue growth guidance raised to 6.0% to 6.3%; full-year adjusted diluted EPS guidance is $5.22 to $5.26
Company repurchased $450 million of shares in Q3 and returned $1.5 billion year to date; it expects to return $2.0 billion in 2025
Cognizant reported second-quarter 2025 revenue of $5.25 billion, up 8.1% year over year and above the high end of its guidance range, with GAAP diluted EPS of $1.31, up 15%. The company narrowed its 2025 constant-currency revenue growth guidance to 4.0% to 6.0% and raised its planned 2025 shareholder returns to $2.0 billion from $1.7 billion. Full-year adjusted operating margin guidance was unchanged at 15.5% to 15.7%.
Q2 2025 revenue of $5.25 billion, up 8.1% from $4.85 billion in Q2 2024; GAAP diluted EPS of $1.31 versus $1.14
Adjusted diluted EPS of $1.31 versus $1.17 a year earlier, up 12%
Planned 2025 shareholder returns raised to $2.0 billion from $1.7 billion; $885 million returned year to date
Full-year 2025 revenue guidance of $20.7 billion to $21.1 billion; adjusted EPS guidance of $5.08 to $5.22
Cognizant said its SVP, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer, Robert Telesmanic, will retire effective July 1, 2025, and the Board approved Alina Kerdman, currently SVP, Assistant Global Controller, to succeed him in that role on the same date. Mr. Telesmanic will stay on as a non-executive officer and special advisor until December 31, 2025 to support an orderly transition, and Ms. Kerdman's offer letter sets annual target compensation of $1,200,000.
Robert Telesmanic notified the company on May 23, 2025 of his plans to retire; he will advise through December 31, 2025.
Alina Kerdman, age 44, joined Cognizant in 2010 and has been SVP, Assistant Global Controller since December 2023.
Target compensation of $1,200,000 includes a $400,000 base salary and a $200,000 annual cash incentive target.
Transition awards include RSUs with a $150,000 grant-date fair value and PSUs of approximately $50,411, both to be granted July 1, 2025.
Cognizant reported first-quarter 2025 revenue of $5.1 billion, up 7.5% year over year and above the high end of its guidance range, with GAAP diluted EPS of $1.34, up 22%. The company left its 2025 revenue and adjusted EPS guidance unchanged, and it plans to return about $1.7 billion to shareholders this year through buybacks and dividends. Q1 bookings fell 7%, though trailing-twelve-month bookings rose 3%.
Q1 2025 revenue was $5,115 million, up 7.5% year over year (8.2% in constant currency).
GAAP diluted EPS was $1.34, up from $1.10; adjusted diluted EPS was $1.23, up 10%, after excluding a $62 million gain on sale of an office complex in India.
Full-year 2025 revenue guidance of $20.5 billion to $21.0 billion and adjusted diluted EPS guidance of $4.98 to $5.14 are unchanged.
Q1 bookings declined 7% year over year; trailing-twelve-month bookings rose 3% to $26.7 billion.
Cognizant reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2024 results on February 5, 2025. Fourth-quarter revenue rose 6.8% year-over-year, and full-year GAAP diluted EPS rose to $4.51 from $4.21, while fourth-quarter GAAP diluted EPS slipped to $1.10 from $1.11. The company guided 2025 revenue to $20.3 billion to $20.8 billion and adjusted diluted EPS to $4.90 to $5.06.
Q4 2024 revenue was $5.1 billion (5,082 million), up 6.8% year-over-year; GAAP diluted EPS was $1.10 versus $1.11 a year earlier.
Full-year 2024 revenue was $19.7 billion, up 2.0%; GAAP diluted EPS was $4.51 versus $4.21 in 2023.
2025 guidance: full-year revenue of $20.3 billion to $20.8 billion and adjusted diluted EPS of $4.90 to $5.06.
Cognizant returned $1.2 billion to shareholders in 2024 and declared a quarterly dividend of $0.31 per share, up 3%, payable February 26, 2025.
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